We provide services that empower individuals to build bright futures.
Youth Programs
24/7 Crisis Response
Behavioral Health
Training
Hartford Communities That Care, Inc. (HCTC) is a Hartford-based nonprofit organization committed to creating and supporting non-violent and drug-free communities in which youth and families can thrive.
Founded in 1998, HCTC achieves its mission by forming partnerships with key community members and organizations, by coordinating critical services, and by identifying, developing and implementing evidence-based programs for high rates of success.
Uncovering Data on Firearms Recovered in Hartford
While hundreds of illegal firearms are confiscated in Hartford every year, there persists a staggering lack of publicly-available information on these guns. This has provided a considerable challenge to our community partners, CT Against Gun Violence and Hartford Communities That Care, two local organizations committed to reducing gun violence. In our research, we aim to remedy these informational deficiencies and provide data which will support their advocacy efforts.
Professor Sarah Raskin, Larry Johnson (Hartford Communities That Care), Olivia Zeiner-Morrish, and Richard Perry III analyzed and visualized the emerging trends in order to deliver our community partners useful visualizations of this previously inaccessible data.
After nearly 50 shootings in 7 weeks, Hartford’s crisis and violence prevention workers are frustrated, worn thin
HARTFORD — Weeks of unrelenting gunfire in Hartford are overwhelming the small circle of violence prevention workers who respond at all hours to meet shooting victims in their hospital beds.
Recent Podcasts
Raising Youth Voices Podcast Trailer
#YOUTHACTION
Summer Youth Leadership Academy
#YOUTHACTION
HCTC is pleased to partner with the following organizations and alliances in our work.
Ana Grace Foundation
Blue Hills Civic Association
Capital Workforce Partners
City of Hartford
CENCAP Federal Credit Union
Connecticut Against Gun Violence
Connecticut Health Foundation
Connecticut Office For Victim Services
COMPASS Youth Collaborative
Everytown for Gun Safety
Fairview Capital
Giffords Law Center to Prevention Gun Violence
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Hartford Healthcare Medical Group
Hartford Behavioral Health
Harriott Home Health Services
Mothers United Against Violence
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
YMCA of Greater Hartford
YWCA Hartford Region
