Personal Stories Archive - Family Centered Services of CT

Noreen McElroy

This young woman confided that she had been living under her boyfriend’s abusive and controlling behavior for a long time.

I think it is very important to help your own community. There is nothing more important than a child.

New parents and NFN participants Kayla and Luis have always loved the outdoors.

I never thought that I could have learned and gained so much from a parenting program.

Sally is a 26 year old single mom of 2 children, both girls ages 6 and 8.

Luz is a 32 year old South American mother of two children, who came to the United States three years ago to join her children’s father.

I would say that I got a lot from this...the groups help with self-respect and goals in life!

This class has given me the motivation to move forward and that violence comes in a lot of ways, breaking, yelling and more.

Then I heard about the Family CT domestic violence program, I called them and they assisted me very quickly.