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PLTI Sites and Contacts

Statewide contacts

Dawn Homer-Bouthiette
Director
Family Strength & Parent Leadership
Connecticut Commission on Children
18-20 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
Phone: (860) 240-0085
Fax: (860) 240-0248
dawn.homer-bouthiette@cga.ct.gov

Edie Luciano
Legislative Secretary
Connecticut Commission on Children
18-20 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
Phone: (860) 240-0074
Fax: (860) 240-0248
edie.luciano@cga.ct.gov

Local sites and contacts

Bridgeport
Donna Thompson-Bennett
PLTI @ the Parent Center
900 Boston Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06610
203-336-4197
thomben1@yahoo.com | www.bridgeportplti.org

Danbury
Lauren Halpin
PLTI @ Danbury Children First
83 West Street
Danbury, CT 06810
203-797-8088
LaurenH@danburychildrenfirst.org | www.danburychildrenfirst.org

Hartford
Trish Torruella
PLTI @ Office for Young Children
550 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
860-757-9539
Torrt002@hartford.gov

Meriden
Yvonne Jimenez and David Radcliffe
PLTI @ Meriden Children First
105 Miller Street
Meriden, CT 06450
203-630-3566 or 203-913-2994
leapyear4@cox.net | dwradcliffe@juno.com
www.meridenchildrenfirst.org

Middletown/Middlesex County
Rebecca Doette
PLTI @ Middletown Public Schools
310 Hunting Hill
Middletown, CT 06457
860-638-1463
plti@mpsct.org | website: www.middletownschools.org

Milford
Leslie Darling
PLTI @ Milford Health Department
82 New Haven Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
203-783-3383
ldarling@ci.milford.ct.us

New Haven
Dee Brassell
PLTI @ Christian Community Action
660 Winchester Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
203-520-9708
dlb120152@sbcglobal.net

New London
Tony Mollica & Zenobia Penn
PLTI @ the Martin Center
120 Broad Street
New London, CT 06320
860-442-1497
Tmollica@ci.new-london.ct.us | website www.newlondonclicks.org

Plymouth/Terryville
Donna Koser
PLTI @ Plymouth Early Childhood Council
77 Main Street
Terryville, CT 06786
860-314-2763
plymouthearlychildhoodcouncil@plymouthct.us

Stamford
Josephine Fulcher Anderson
PLTI @ Stamford Health & Social Services
888 Washington Boulevard, 8th Floor
Stamford, CT 06801
203-866-9775 or 203-216-2063
josephinean@aol.com

Waterbury
Natalie Forbes
PLTI @ Waterbury Hospital
140 Grandview Avenue, Suite L02
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-573-6240
nforbes@wtbyhosp.org

West Hartford
Deborah Zipkin and Tammy Exum
PLTI @ Charter Oak FRC
425 Oakwood Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06110
860-233-4701 or 860-214-8963
deborah@bridgefamilycenter.org| bridgefamilycenter@gmail.com

More about parent engagement

PLTI curriculum and other program details
"But I'm Just a Parent," a speech by COC Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman
How Community Leaders Can Reap Parent Involvement
Parent Involvement Checklist for Public Officials
A Guide to Engaging Parents in Public-Private Child Care Partnerships (This is a publication of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and hosted on its website.)

"Parent Leadership Training Institute" and "PLTI" are service marks owned by the Connecticut Commission on Children. They may not be used without the Commission's written permission.

This page was last updated: February 7, 2012