News from Wheeler

Wheeler's community health center at 43 Woodland Street in Hartford is now open on Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm as well, providing walk-in and scheduled care for cold and flu symptoms, aches and pains, minor cuts and bruises, behavioral health, addiction services, and more!

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Late-night stories. Songs by the campfire. Hikes, games, and more. These were among the many memories made by nearly 100 Connecticut foster children, including youth in Wheeler’s care, and their siblings, at the 11th Annual Siblings Connections Camp, August 4-9, at WFSB-TV Channel 3’s Kids Camp in Andover.

Almost one in five Americans lives with chronic pain, often so great that it affects their daily life. At the same time, the ongoing opioid crisis fuels discussions of the role that pain medications play in the epidemic and new examinations of alternative ways to treat pain. Wheeler is at the forefront, with specially trained staff who integrate behavioral health therapies and alternative approaches into plans of care at the Family Health & Wellness Center in Hartford.

Wheeler staff and the local community commemorated International Overdose Awareness Day, remembering the lives lost to addiction and working toward a better future of recovery.

Wheeler has received $122,000 in federal awards for quality care, including special recognition as the only health center in Connecticut ranked in the top two percent of all centers nationally that improved quality of care between 2017 and 2018 in one or more measures that promote behavioral health, diabetes health, and heart health.

Saint Mary’s Hospital, a Regional Health Ministry of Trinity Health of New England, has received approval from the State Office of Health Strategy to transition its outpatient behavioral health clinic to Wheeler Clinic, which is establishing a new Family Health & Wellness Center in Waterbury.

Wheeler’s Christiane Pimentel, senior health outreach coordinator, is part of an Access Health CT social media campaign focused on this observance (August 4-10, 2019) and the role that community health centers play in cities and towns across the country.

In observance of International Overdose Awareness Day, Wheeler’s Connecticut Clearinghouse at 334 Farmington Avenue will host a community Remembrance Quilt workshop event on Saturday, August 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during which the memory of those lost to substance use disorders, including opioid addiction, will be honored.

A new foster care music video—a collaboration between Wheeler’s Foster Care Team and the Annie E. Casey Foundation—premiered recently at the North American Council on Adoptable Children conference in Las Vegas.

More than 150 people attended an August 7 National Health Center Week Celebration at the Wheeler Family Health & Wellness Center at 43 Woodland Street, Hartford.

Wheeler and Connecticut's innovative Mobile Crisis Program are featured in a July 10, 2019 article in US News & World Report. If you or your family are experiencing a mental health crisis, call 211.

More than 150 golfers, supporters, volunteers, and friends took part in Wheeler’s 34th Annual Golf Classic presented by Mutual of America at the Country Club of Farmington on June 10—an event that raised nearly $60,000 and crossed the $1.2-million fundraising mark since its inception in 1986.