Community leaders, donors, friends, and staff gathered online for a virtual building dedication on June 25 in honor of former Wheeler President and Chief Executive Officer, Susan Walkama, LCSW. The primary five-story building at Wheeler’s flagship community health center at 43 Woodland Street in Hartford was renamed the “Susan Walkama Family Health & Wellness Center.”

Teodoro Anderson Diaz, LCSW, LADC, vice president of Health and Wellness Center Outpatient Services, Wheeler, recently talked with Access Health CT about the importance of prevention in maintaining men’s health.

"This is an individual, organizational, community, national, and international issue, and it starts with a mirror." Letters to Wheeler's staff on June 1 and June 6 by Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, President and CEO.

Wheeler offers COVID-19 virus and antibody testing for patients at all of its Family Health & Wellness Center sites, and drive-through and walk-up testing in Hartford.

Wheeler President and CEO Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, appeared on the award-winning 'For the People' radio program to talk about Wheeler's new Family Health & Wellness Center in Waterbury, our response to COVID-19, and more.

Wheeler’s Waterbury Family Health & Wellness Center has moved from 100 Jefferson Square to 855 Lakewood Road, and the new community health center is now open. An expanded array of primary care and behavioral health services, including medication-assisted treatment for addiction, will be offered through walk-in, appointments, and telehealth and telemedicine services.

Some children might be feeling worried or scared seeing so many people wearing masks during the current COVID-19 crisis. Melissa Mendez, LCSW, IMH-E, Director of Early Childhood Programs at Wheeler, shares some ideas for how to talk children and calm some of their fears.

COVID-19 does not discriminate based on age. A group that can easily be overlooked are teens, who are going through a transitional period towards becoming an adult. On a normal day, teens are navigating so many feelings, awkward social moments, and discovering who they are.

Patients at Wheeler struggling with basic needs or substance use disorder will benefit from the philanthropic generosity of an Avon family foundation.

Residents in the Waterbury region will have easier access to a lifesaving medication used to reverse overdoses, thanks to the American Savings Foundation and Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center community health center in the Brass City.