News from Wheeler

Keturah Kinch, MPA, director of Health Center Community Engagement for Wheeler Clinic's Family Health & Wellness community health centers in Hartford, Bristol and New Britain, is featured in an Access Health CT social media campaign running this month as part of Mental Health Month.

Yesterday, 12 organizations and individuals were recognized for their outstanding contributions to Wheeler at the organization’s 9th annual Hands & Hearts reception held at the Country Club of Farmington.

Congratulations to our Chief Financial Officer Athena Dellas, MBA, for her recognition on June 9 at the YWCA New Britain Women in Leadership Luncheon! More than 600 women have been celebrated for their outstanding accomplishments and contributions in the Greater New Britain community since 1985.

Jenny Cannon, APRN, primary care nurse practitioner at Wheeler, talks about how she began her career in nursing and her professional role at Wheeler.

E. Cinqué Barlow has joined the Wheeler Family Health & Wellness Center as a specialist for the Ryan White Case Management Program.

Learn more about the benefits of Zumba, offered to patients at Wheeler's Family Health & Wellness Center, Hartford.

Patients at Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center at 43 Woodland Street, Hartford have easy, on-site access to their medications and related assistance, thanks to the opening of a Genoa Healthcare full-service pharmacy at the community health center.

Wheeler’s Care Coordination teams in New Britain and Hartford were awarded a one-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to assist and treat families who fled to Connecticut from Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricane Maria.

Three upcoming programs will focus on anxiety management, adolescent girls and opioids, and Mental Health First Aid.

Wheeler is named a Platinum-level Healthy Workplace by the Business Council of Fairfield County.

Amanda S. Grasso, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, has joined Wheeler’s Health & Wellness Center (HWC), offering services through HWC facilities in New Britain.

Earlier this year, Zaida A. of Hartford struggled to advocate for her elementary school-age son and secure basic resources including assistance with paying her rent. She was connected with Wheeler’s Community Support for Families (CSF) program through the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, CSF’s funder.

From the moment a group of community visionaries came together in the late 1960s to establish a center for treating children's mental health needs in Plainville, Wheeler has always been different.

Jessica Masterson, RDN, CDE, CDN has joined Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center at 43 Woodland Street, Hartford as a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified diabetes educator. Jessica has a passion for food, nutrition and helping people understand the impact it has on their mental and physical health. She believes in the power of improving the way we eat.

A new edition of the Southington Behavioral Health Resource Directory, a comprehensive guide to behavioral health and community resources in Southington, is now available online at the Connecticut Clearinghouse website.