A Community Baby Shower for expectant families and new parents living in Hamden, New Haven, Middletown, Meriden, Old Saybrook, and surrounding areas will take place on May 15 from 3 to 6 pm at the Keefe Community Center, 11 Pine Street, Hamden, Connecticut (parking available at 18 George Street).
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- Energage Names Wheeler a Winner of the 2025 USA TODAY Top Workplaces Award (March 20, 2025)
- Wheeler’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Program: Rapid Response, Long-Term Growth (February 17, 2025)
- Racing to the Finish Line, LifeSet expands to Connecticut, thanks to public/private partnership (February 14, 2025)
- Wheeler Honors Donors for Their Philanthropy and Leadership (December 2024)
- Improving Faster Access to Care (November 2024)
- Wheeler is a 2024 Top Workplace! (September 2024)
- Wheeler’s 39th Annual Golf Classic Nets $60,000 (September 2024)
- Wheeler’s Women’s (REACH) Program for Expectant and Parenting Women and Their Families (August 2024)
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Wheeler Health and the City of Bristol invite all students in Bristol to celebrate this amazing community by creating and sharing original artwork featuring their favorite places in Bristol! Submission deadline is May 30, 2025.
Read MoreThis year, Wheeler celebrates the 40th anniversary of the construction of Northwest Village School (NVS) but its delivery of therapeutic education services nearly spans our entire 55-plus-year history.
Read MoreAccessing same-day, walk-in primary care is now easier than ever for the Bristol and Waterbury communities.
Read MoreA Community Baby Shower for expectant families and new parents living in Norwich, New London, Mansfield, Colchester, Killingly, Stonington, and surrounding areas will take place on April 25 from 3 to 6 pm at the UCFS Healthcare Community Room at 47 Town Street in Norwich, Connecticut.
Read MoreWheeler’s Community Support for Families (CSF) program marked its 13th birthday in recently, and there was a lot for this team to celebrate.
Read MoreWhat do glitter jars and classical music have to do with occupational therapy? As it turns out, quite a bit. This is according to Adrianne Smith, Wheeler’s Northwest Village School (NVS) occupational therapist who has served students for 22 years after graduating from the University of New Hampshire. Working collaboratively with a team of transdisciplinary professionals, Adrianne develops traditional and out-of-the-box strategies to help students perform necessary tasks throughout their school day and beyond.
Read MoreWheeler’s Extended Day Treatment (EDT) program offers comprehensive, intensive therapeutic afterschool services designed to support youth aged 6 to 17 and their families.
Read MoreWheeler has announced it has earned the 2025 USA TODAY Top Workplaces award. Issued by Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces, the Top Workplaces program has a 15-year history of surveying more than 20 million employees and recognizing the top organizations across 60 markets for regional Top Workplaces awards.
Read MoreFrom “Poopons” that incentivize patients to do colorectal screenings, to deep dives into the patient check-in process, Wheeler staff routinely work across disciplines in continuous quality improvement (CQI) teams to improve health outcomes in our patients.
Read MoreDru Breslav, LCSW, senior director of community-based family services, and Elisabeth Cannata, Ph.D., vice president, community-based family services and practice innovation, are among the authors of a chapter in a new book by the Child Welfare League of America, entitled "Child Neglect, Inequity, & Poverty. Volume II: Practice Innovations, Concrete Resources, and Justice."
Read MoreDozens of attendees honored an anniversary in Bristol for two decades of a highly successful model of home-based behavioral health treatment. Wheeler was intimately involved in the development of the Multisystemic Therapy – Building Stronger Families model in 2004-2005 and continues to be a leading provider around the state.
Read MoreFor more than 16 years, Wheeler’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Services (MCIS) program has served children and youth in the Greater Hartford region, right in their homes, schools, and communities. This approach helps to divert unnecessary visits to the emergency room or inpatient hospital stays.
Read MoreFrom operating his own family medical practice in New Hampshire, to leading improvements in the quality of care for more than 15 million Americans as national medical director of Cigna HealthCare, Richard (Dick) Salmon, MD, PhD, has seen firsthand the complexity, challenges, and potential of America’s health care system. He now brings his decades of knowledge to Wheeler Health, joining our volunteer board of trustees in January.
Read MoreHere are links to recent news stories highlighting federal-level funding developments and short- and longer-term impact on community health centers in Connecticut.
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