News from Wheeler

About 100 state and local leaders, board members, donors, employees, and friends gathered at a groundbreaking ceremony for Wheeler’s planned 46,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters at One Hope Street in downtown Bristol on Thursday, September 29th.

Teodoro Anderson Diaz, MS, MSW, LCSW, LADC, vice president of family health and wellness center outpatient services, received the Top Latino Leader award at the 2022 National Latino Leadership Conference of the National Diversity Council and the Council for Latino Workplace Equity.

Golfers, sponsors, and volunteers took part in Wheeler’s 37th Annual Golf Classic, presented by Mutual of America Financial Group, on September 14 at The Country Club of Farmington, and the event grossed an unprecedented $100,000 to support individuals and families in care through Wheeler’s Basic Needs Fund.

Wheeler’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, was a guest on the award-winning “For the People” radio show, where she highlighted new intensive behavioral health outpatient services for youth in Waterbury.

Tied for the most awards in the state, Wheeler received six out of eight Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) badges from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) following an annual Uniform Data System (UDS) review for 2021.

Wheeler received a $5,000 grant from the Bristol Brass General Grant Fund at the Main Street Community Foundation to support its Walk With Me program. The grant will be used to support the work of a peer support specialist and enhance and expand parent/caregiver services for LGBTQIA+ families.

State Representative Liz Linehan (D-Cheshire, Southington, Wallingford), State Representative Geraldo Reyes Jr. (D-Waterbury) and others, highlight enhanced mental health outpatient services for children and adolescents in Waterbury.

Wheeler provides Foster Care services to youth and their families in Waterbury and eight surrounding towns. Funded by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, Wheeler’s program matches children and youth with loving foster homes and provides training, support, a stipend for families, and more.