Domestic Violence Crisis Center Inc

Kids in Crisis, established in 1978, provides emergency shelter and nursing services to underserved children throughout Connecticut. The services offered by the center include psychiatric care, crises intervention and management, community outreach, child abuse education and prevention, stress management, and educational programs and assessments. It also provides 24-hour counseling and referral services to parents and children suffering from family conflicts, personal pressures, and drug and alcohol abuse. The organization offers various recreational and social activities to children, and conducts seminars and workshops for various issues, including identification of special needs, transitional schooling and personality development. Kids in Crisis is located in Cos Cob, Conn.

Since 1991, Women's Housing and Economic Development Corp. has been providing affordable homes, early childhood education and youth development, family support, home-based child care microenterprise and food business incubation. Based in Bronx, N.Y., the organization builds affordable homes for low-income families. Its list of green homes includes Urban Horizons, Intervale Green and the Bronx Music Heritage Center. Through its support services, the housing corporation caters adult literacy classes, counseling and access to job opportunities. Women's Housing and Economic Development Corp. is Better Business Bureau (BBB) accredited.