Programs & Services

GAP provides personalized support and referrals for individuals facing difficult life challenges. The Center’s Referral Navigators work to directly connect participants to community resources spanning crisis services, social services, mental health, financial and legal services. Through GAP, a participant learns how to outline their personal or family needs and to create an action plan. GAP is a unique service, not offered at any other organization on the Shoreline.

For more information or to make an appointment with a Referral Navigator please call 203-458-6699 or email at info@womenandfamilylife.org

Lawyer Time offers individuals the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a volunteer attorney to discuss legal questions and to better understand one’s personal rights and the legal process.  Attorneys can discuss most civil matters. 

*W&FLC does not provide pro bono services or legal representation.*

For more information or to make an appointment with an attorney please call 203-458-6699 or email  info@womenandfamilylife.org

Please note: Lawyer Time appointments are booking out 1-2 months in advance, and are on a first come, first serve basis, depending on the topic. We appreciate your patience and cooperation.

Achieve is a career program that offers participants the chance to meet in one-on-one consultations with seasoned experts who will provide comprehensive guidance in key areas of career advancement.

Experts can review the following:

• Review resume and cover letter writing
• Job search strategies
• Interview skills, and more!

For more information or to make an appointment for Achieve, please call 203-458-6699 or email us at info@womenandfamilylife.org

Safe Search is a program that allows participants and walk-ins needing a safe place to use a phone or access the internet. Individuals have access to a computer, the internet, phone, printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine. Safe Search is a time and place where individuals can call counselors, and lawyers, research jobs, and revise and print a resume. We also offer a secure location to keep documents for future use. 

To utilize Safe Search stop by Women & Family Life Center Monday-Friday 10:00am-3:00pm

For more information please call 203-458-6699 or email at info@womenandfamilylife.org

W&FLC spearheads the SDVSATF and includes a group of informed non-profit agencies, municipal offices, and private practitioners. The mission of the Task Force is to provide education, coordinate resources, and aids in preventing domestic violence and sexual assault across Shoreline communities. The Task Force hosts an annual Legislative Roundtable with state and local legislators representing Shoreline Towns to discuss key legislative issues pertinent to the work of domestic violence and sexual assault crisis services. 

 For more information or to join SDVSATF, please contact Emma Dufresne, Referral Navigator at edufresne@womenandfamilylife.org. 

The Women & Family Life Center partners with the Beth El Center to offer Shoreline Housing Diversion.  A Shoreline Diversion Specialist can provide a shortcut to completing a CAN assessment (an assessment and referral process for people experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness) as well as offer resources from the shoreline communities besides calling 211 and can add those in need to the Connecticut shelter waitlist. You can meet with a Shoreline Diversion Specialist at the Women and Family Life Center on Tuesdays from 9 am to 4 pm, where walk-in assistance is offered. 

The Shoreline Housing Diversion Specialist provides time-limited case management to participants accessing the Greater New Haven CAN who are not currently receiving housing-related case management services in the 14 towns we serve.

The goal is to divert clients from entering shelters whenever safe and appropriate. Participants are referred to and linked to all relevant resources as quickly as possible, including emergency shelter openings when no viable diversion plan is actualized. Participates must provide the requested documents and work alongside the Shoreline Housing Diversion Specialist to be diverted from homelessness.

Meet individually with a volunteer Financial Consults offers participants one-on-one appointments with a volunteer Financial Coach to review finances and help those involved take control of their economic independence and success. Topics include budgeting, divorce, finances, debt, death claims paperwork, and more.  For more information or to make an appointment with an financial coach please call 203-458-6699 or email at info@womenandfamilylife.org