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Wheeler received a 2017 Quality Improvement Award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the amount of $66,449.

Senator Richard Blumenthal visited the Wheeler Health & Wellness Center at 10 North Main Street, Bristol to kick off National Health Center Week (August 13-19) and highlight a new $300,000 federal grant designed to prevent opioid abuse among teenage girls.

As part of National Health Center Week, August 13–19, 2017, Wheeler will host three free public events and take part in a larger local event for residents of Bristol and the surrounding towns.

Wheeler’s Connecticut Clearinghouse at 334 Farmington Avenue, Plainville, will host free opioid and drug prevention community trainings in observance of International Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday, August 31, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Register at https://www.ctclearinghouse.org/registration/ or call 800.232.4424.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) awarded a grant to Wheeler to address and prevent prescription and illegal opioid misuse by adolescent girls.

Wheeler is a sponsor of the sixth Annual Rockwell Park Summer Festival in Rockwell Park, Bristol. The event, presented by Bristol’s West End Association, takes place on Saturday, August 19, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wheeler’s Connecticut Center for Prevention, Wellness and Recovery will offer free Mental Health First Aid Training sessions on August 8 & 9, and August 21 & 22, 2017 at Connecticut Clearinghouse, 334 Farmington Avenue, Plainville.

Wheeler’s Northwest Village School received an automated external defibrillator (AED) donation from In a Heartbeat, Inc.

Wheeler’s June 2017 edition of Positive Change E-News features the latest news from our organization!

Wheeler’s Judith Stonger, MA, CPS, CARC, vice president of Prevention, Wellness and Recovery, and Katie Heffernan Farrell, LCSW, chief social worker, Office of Chief Public Defender, co-presented at a recent annual meeting of the Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services.

The Child Health and Development Institute, Inc. released an Issue Brief focused on the results and success of a federal Project LAUNCH grant, managed and implemented by Wheeler in collaboration with community partners in New Britain.

Wheeler Clinic has received Ambulatory Health Care accreditation and Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) certification from the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.

Wheeler’s Jessica Smith, LMFT, senior director, Adult Outpatient Services, and Stephanie Almada, peer recovery specialist, were part of an NBC 30 Connecticut story that aired last night about the opioid crisis and the suburbs and paths to treatment and recovery.

Connecticut’s Remembrance Quilt, an initiative of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, features hand-made squares created by family and friends who lost a loved one to a substance use disorder, including opioid addiction. Quilt events were held across Connecticut earlier this spring.

Wheeler honored six individuals and local organizations last night for their outstanding commitment to the organization’s mission, including The Honorable Whitt Betts (R-78), Cathryn Addy, Ph.D., president of Tunxis Community College; OneDigital Health and Benefits, O’Shea Getz, P.C., Gnazzo’s Food Center and The Country Club of Farmington.