News from Wheeler

Moving ahead to help anchor the downtown Bristol Centre Square development with professional jobs and accessible health care for the entire community, Wheeler Health has chosen a construction management firm for its planned 46,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters on Hope Street. It also has reached 80 percent of its $500,000 fundraising goal for the project, six months after its public launch, thanks to the support of dozens of community- and Wheeler-connected donors. Philanthropic investments in the project now provide for a comprehensive teaching kitchen, allowing Wheeler to expand its nutrition program into Bristol.

Kalisha Yopp, LMSW, supervisor, Wheeler’s Community Support for Families (CSF) program, has an unwavering commitment to the New Britain community, and she has dedicated her life and career to serving its most vulnerable families. Read more about Kalisha’s 100 Women of Color recognition at an event in late June.

Substance use disorders, patient treatment options, and the need for a skilled workforce were highlighted on WNPR’s “Where We Live” program today. Wheeler’s President and CEO, Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, as well as Senator Saud Anwar and Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, were part of the discussion.

Katie Kirch, LCSW, ICGC-II, BACC, clinical supervisor, Wheeler’s Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program, was part of a recent Fox 61 Student News story, which highlighted an increase in gambling among youth.

More than 60 community leaders, donors, neighbors, and Wheeler staff and trustees celebrated Wheeler’s newly renovated and expanded Family Health & Wellness Center in Plainville.

The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), in partnership with state and local organizations, and communities, will celebrate National Prevention Week from May 8-14, 2022.

With Connecticut’s legalization of online sports betting last fall, calls to the CT Helpline for Gambling Treatment (888.789.7777), and related chat messages and texts for help, have increased dramatically, underscoring the need for additional support amid a changing landscape. Wheeler's Katie Kirch, LCSW, ICGC-II, BACC, clinical supervisor, Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program, explains.

Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center at 91 Northwest Drive, Plainville, is now offering primary care for all ages. Services include medical and pediatric care, wellness care and immunizations; physical examinations; chronic disease screening and treatment for conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension/heart health, oversight of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for addiction, and more.

Wheeler’s Katie Kirch, LCSW, ICGC-II, BACC, clinical supervisor, Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program, was a recent guest on Connoisseur Media Connecticut's “For the People” radio program.

When Wheeler and Farmington-based Mott Corporation embarked on an innovative corporate philanthropic partnership in 2016, it was hard to predict its impact on the local community or Mott employees who are integrally involved. Read more about this unique alliance is making change in local communities.

March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, which underscores the challenges of problem gambling and available resources through programs such as Wheeler’s Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program.

Helping to anchor the downtown Bristol Centre Square development with professional jobs and accessible health care for the entire community, Wheeler Health will move forward with a plan to purchase an approximate 1.3-acre lot between North Main and Hope streets, with the intent to build an approximately 35,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters, opening in 2023.

Wheeler’s latest issue of Impact features highlights from this past fall, including a Waterbury Health & Wellness Festival, the relaunch of a substance use intervention program for new and expectant moms, receipt of federal funding for additional mental health services, and much more!

Connecticut Clearinghouse Statewide Opioid Response (SOR) Project Coordinator, Thomas Fulton, received the 2021 Prevention Professional of the Year award from the Connecticut Association of Prevention Professionals (CAPP).

There’s a lot happening at Wheeler’s community health center at 855 Lakewood Road in Waterbury, and a recent two-part special event helped to underscore this point