Wheeler’s path to its 50th anniversary and as a provider of whole-person, integrated care is heavily influenced by a strong, ongoing relationship with Saint Francis Hospital and Trinity Health Of New England. Adam Silverman, MD, FACP, vice president of population health at Saint Francis Healthcare Partners, has been a stalwart partner and advocate.

Patricia Baker’s life work and passion centers on making a healthier tomorrow for us all. That’s a challenge in a rapidly changing health care environment.

"Every Kid Healthy Week" is the last week of April, and Wheeler's Family Health & Wellness Centers (in Bristol, New Britain and Hartford) and Child & Adolescent Center of Excellence offer a full range of services to keep kids (and their parents!) healthy.

“I’m so happy I don’t have to live a lie. For the first time in a long time, I can walk the earth and be accepted for what I am.”

For more than twenty years, Beresford Wilson has tirelessly worked for Connecticut families with children with mental, emotional, behavioral health challenges, and developmental and intellectual disabilities. Like many advocates, he found a calling to social change through his own lived experience. His future in family advocacy became clear shortly after he became a father himself; Wilson’s oldest son weighed fewer than two pounds at birth.

Wheeler's Health & Wellness Center team will have seven walk-in clinics available to assist with SNAP, SAGA, TANF, HUSKY and Access Healthcare.

There wasn’t a time when the late, former State Representative Betty Boukus (D-Plainville, New Britain) wasn’t advocating for Wheeler and the individuals and families served by the organization. Ms. Boukus—who served for 22 years in the state legislature—supported Wheeler as a corporator and trustee, and was a steadfast champion for the expansion of its programs and services.

The Wheeler Family Health & Wellness Center at 43 Woodland Street, Hartford, will offer a free information and education session for patients who are Hepatitis C-positive, or who want to learn more about Hepatitis C, on Wednesday, April 18 from 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.

The Wheeler Family Health & Wellness Center will offer a free six-week “Living Well with HIV” workshop series at the Wheeler Family Health & Wellness Center, 43 Woodland Street, 4th Floor, Hartford, starting Monday, March 26. Workshops are held on six consecutive Mondays from March 26 through April 30. Sessions run from 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

While Wheeler serves 30,000 Connecticut residents from 90% of the state’s cities and towns every year, its roots go back to a field in Plainville, Connecticut in 1968 (link) and the vision and generosity of prominent Plainville citizen, Bertha Wheeler.