Information on Counseling Services, Donations and Condolences to Newtown, and Available Financial Assistance for the Newtown Community

Counseling Available for the Newtown Community.

Newtown Youth & Family Services, Inc. has the latest information regarding available counseling on their website www.newtownyouthandfamilyservices.org. NYFS can be reached directly at 203-426-8103. Newtown Youth and Family Services is located at 15 Berkshire Rd. Sandy Hook, CT 06482.

Visit the website, One Newtown, for information on grief counseling.

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy, website resources from the Connecticut State Library. Click here.

Resources for Grieving Teens

Website Information on Grief and Family Counseling from Newtown Public Schools

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) link to resources by topic: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/index.aspx

Tufts University Child & Family Webguide: http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/

Grief and Loss of loved ones

• The Dougy Center: http://www.dougy.org/
• The Center for Hope - The Center for HOPE provides comprehensive services for adults and children around lower Fairfield county living with an illness, grieving a loss or coping with a traumahttp://www.familycenters.org/content/view/56/49/
  
  
• A more local resource for counseling is the Healing Hearts program: http://www.regionalhospicect.org/healing_hearts

Mental Health and Behavioral Concerns

• Anxiety issues: http://www.childanxiety.net/index.htm
• National Center for Children exposed to Violence:
  • http://www.nccev.org/index.html
• National Institute of Mental Health:
  • http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

Making Donations to Newtown

Visit the website, One Newtown, for information on making donations to the Newtown & Sandy Hook community.

Financial Assistance

Visit the website, One Newtown, for information on financial assistance.

The U.S. Postal Service has set up a post office box for the public to send its condolences to Newtown. Letters and cards can be sent to: P.O. Box 3700, Newtown, CT 06470.