The report contains the findings and recommendations of an evaluation of the Community Training Home program operated by the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation. The section on background information provides details of the history of the program which currently provides foster care services for 478 people with mental retardation of which 164 were children and 155 were labeled severely or profoundly retarded. The strengths of the program are identified next and include the program model based on placing retarded persons into typical homes and families. The next section identifies problems and offers recommendations. These include redefining the training home; division into separate programs for adults and for children, with distinct policies for each; adoption of permanency planning as a formal policy for children with an increased subsidized adoption rate; clarification of the authority of the Central office vis-a-vis the regions; development of an annual plan for program operation; development of a single, simplified rate level system for the program; establishment of a standard personal allowance; allocation of additional funds to respite and support services; development of separate training programs for home service providers; improved monitoring of the homes; intensive training for professional staff; development of a statewide quality assurance system; and expansion of the Community Training Home program. (DB)