News from Wheeler

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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.

Wheeler’s Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) program has doubled the number of teams in Region 5 (Waterbury/Danbury/Torrington) and tripled its number of teams in Region 2 (New Haven/Milford). The program now serves youth and families in more than 55 cities and towns in Connecticut.

Health and wellness is so much more than going to the doctor or getting prescriptions filled. If individuals and families leave the physician’s office and return home to environments that don’t promote or sustain healthy behaviors, treating diseases like asthma, depression or heart disease can become difficult or even impossible. The social determinants of health influence everything else in our health care system.

The only community health center in Connecticut with both primary medical care and behavioral health home certifications, Wheeler is also one of five organizations nationally to earn four specific accreditations and certifications from the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body for providing quality, coordinated, patient-centered health care.

Wheeler Clinic is a Hartford Courant Top Workplace for a sixth year in a row, based on feedback from employee surveys.

A forum about foster care and family partnership entitled, “It Takes a Village: The Gift of Fostering,” will take place on Saturday, July 28 from 8:30 a.m.–noon at Klingberg Family Centers, 345 Linwood Street, New Britain.

Looking for behavioral health resources for your family and community? Connecticut Clearinghouse offers a brief, easy-to-read Resource Guide for Behavioral Health.

Wheeler has launched a new statewide program to provide additional support to youth in recovery. The Connecticut Recovery-Oriented Support System for Youth (CROSS) initiative is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2017 State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis grant (STR) through the Connecticut Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and Children and Families (DCF).

A new program supports adults recovering from a substance use disorder as they transition back to their home and community. The Wheeler/Anthem Recovery Care Facilitation program supports adults who are insured by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut and facilitates their transition from a hospital, or residential facility to the community or home.

Wheeler turns 50 in 2018 and celebrates a rich history grounded in the vision and generosity of local residents and community leaders.

For the fifth consecutive year, Wheeler Clinic is a The Hartford Courant Top Workplace and received special recognition in the “Managers” category.

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.

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 Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) program is among the top 12 MDFT programs in the country for the best clinical outcomes in 2016.