Connecticut DCF Children's Center Facilities Albert J. Solnit Center South Campus

Information on Services

Albert J. Solnit Children's Center- South Campus is a state-administered Psychiatric facility for Connecticut's children who are under the age of eighteen.
The Solnit Center provides comprehensive care to children and adolescents with severe mental illness and related behavioral and emotional problems who cannot be safely assessed or treated in a less restrictive setting.
The South Campus consists of four coed hospital units and three female adolescent psychiatric residential treatment facility cottages (PRTF).

Upon evaluation and admission to Solnit Center, we begin planning the youth's treatment and discharge plan. It is our belief that placement is only one component in a continuing system of psychiatric treatment.
When a youth is ready to leave Solnit Center, the core team assesses the youth's needs and coordinates services for post-facility care. We make every effort to return the youth to his/her home at the end of treatment. When either the youth or the family is not able to make a home goal possible, our staff work with the family, DCF Area Office, and others who are actively involved in the child's care to find the best possible solution. Options may include either a placement in a foster home, group home or residential treatment facility.

Directions:

From Hartford:
I-91 South to Route 9 (left hand exit) and then to Middletown.
Take Silver Street Exit and turn left off ramp over Route 9.
Follow Silver Street to end, juncture with River Road.
Turn right on River Road and look for sign.

From 9 North to Middletown:
Take Eastern Drive Exit to right.
Follow Eastern Drive to Silver Street.
Turn right on Silver Street to end, juncture with River Road.
Turn right on River Road and look for sign.

From Route 9 or Wilbur Cross:
Take Route 9 North to Route 66, Meriden-Middletown Exit.
Right on Route 66 (becomes Washington Street in Middletown) to juncture with Route 9 at Connecticut River.
Turn right on Route 9 to Silver Street Exit and follow instructions under Hartford, above.

From Routes 66 and 6A:
Routes 66 & 6A southeast to Middletown via Portland Bridge.
Follow signs off bridge to Route 9 (left around rotary and right down under railroad tracks).
Right on Route 9 to Silver Street. Exit and follow instructions under Hartford above.