News from Wheeler

This month, as part of National Foster Care Month, Brooklyn Baking Company, 464 Reidville Drive, Waterbury, is selling a special version of its well-loved donut decorated in blue to mark the observance.

May is National Foster Care Month, an annual observance to recognize and support children, youth, and families in the foster care system.

Wheeler is offering an inspiring training, TIPS-MAPP, Trauma-Informed Partnering for Safety and Permanence - Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting, starting April 15, 2024, to prepare prospective foster parents and families for the role of fostering a child or youth in Waterbury and surrounding towns.

Wheeler is offering an inspiring training, TIPS-MAPP, Trauma-Informed Partnering for Safety and Permanence - Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting, starting January 29, 2024, to prepare prospective foster parents and families for the role of fostering a child or youth in Waterbury and surrounding towns.

The holiday season can be challenging for families under the best of circumstances. For youth in foster care, the season may be even harder because of past loss, the absence of family rituals, uncertainty about the future, and a strong yearning to belong. Here are some tips for making the most of the holiday season with your foster child.

Nikki Korth, LCSW, program manager, Wheeler Foster Care, was a guest on Connoisseur Media’s “For the People” radio show yesterday and discussed the benefits of adoption, foster care, and the need for loving families and homes in Connecticut.

If you or someone you know has cared for a relative’s child, you could be an amazing fit as a Wheeler Foster Care Kinship Navigator. In this role, you will work alongside members of a caring, professional team while drawing from your lived experience to support youth and their foster families.

Family activities and more will be part of a Chalk Walk event at the Wheeler Family Health & Wellness Center, 855 Lakewood Road, Waterbury, on Saturday, June 24, from noon to 3pm.

The need for loving foster homes for youth, particularly teens, continues to be urgent, and Sharon Pendleton-Ponzani, LCSW, director, Wheeler Foster Care Programs, discussed this need yesterday during a WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News Interview.

May is National Foster Care Month, an annual observance to recognize and support children, youth, and families in the foster care system. Wheeler’s Foster Care team serves youth and families in Waterbury and eight surrounding towns to provide youth, ages 6 to 17, with stable, safe, caring environments for shorter periods of time or potentially longer.

A digital campaign to recruit foster families for youth in Waterbury and eight surrounding towns is designed to educate prospective parents about opportunities to foster youth—for shorter durations—right in their own communities.

Wheeler is offering a TIP-MAPP course on March 15 starting at 6 pm for individuals interested in becoming foster parents for youth in Waterbury and surrounding towns.

From Beyblades to Barbies, books, crayons, and everything in between, employees from Farmington-based Mott Corporation are helping to make a joyful holiday for 40 youth in foster care in the Central Connecticut region.

John and Brian Pica-Sneeden started their foster care journey nearly 30 years ago. Since then, they have adopted six of their foster children – one as recently as last month!

A new Wheeler program serving youth and families in nine cities and towns in Greater Waterbury is actively and urgently recruiting foster families who can provide stable, safe, caring environments for youth for shorter durations. Funded by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, the program serves children and youth ages 6 to 17 right in their own communities.