Four years ago, Amy Borg’s empty nest in a central Connecticut suburb offered an opportune time to become a foster parent. But her desire to help youth, especially girls, began long before then.

Violet Pastorkova-Jaouen, RDN, CD-N has joined Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center as a registered dietitian nutritionist . Violet comes with 18 years of nutrition and 24 years of dietetic experience, including providing nutritional assessments, education, and counsleing to a broad range of patients with varied diseases and conditions.

To provide same-day assessments and rapid access to follow-up care, Wheeler Health has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant as part of a $4.2-million funding package distributed to seven community health centers across Connecticut.