CHR Featured on Bomba Radio

Thank you to CHR’s Milagros Sinclair, LCSW, Clinical Program Director, for visiting Bomba Radio this week to talk about why CHR is a great place to work! She encouraged people to visit our website to learn more about open positions at CHR. Listen to her interview on Bomba below. https://www.chrhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CHR-INTERVIEW-AUG-15.mp3 The post CHR Featured on Bomba Radio appeared first on CHR....[More]

CHR Featured on Bomba Radio

Thank you to CHR’s Milagros Sinclair, LCSW, Clinical Program Director, for visiting Bomba Radio this week to talk about why CHR is a great place to work! She encouraged people to visit our website to learn more about open positions at CHR. Listen to her interview on Bomba below. https://www.chrhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CHR-INTERVIEW-AUG-15.mp3 The post CHR Featured on Bomba Radio appeared first on CHR....[More]

CHR is Collaborating with Killingly Schools

CHR’s Michael Asinas, LCSW, was featured in a WFSB � Channel 3 Eyewitness News news story about the behavioral healthcare services CHR is now offering in Killingly schools. Similar to a model used in more than 40 schools across central and eastern CT, CHR opened a satellite of its Child Outpatient practice in the Killingly schools. For students and parents, school-based services are a convenient, family-friendly way to help youth address issues related to depression and anxiety. Learn more through our news segment on WFSB here. The pos...[More]

CHR is Collaborating with Killingly Schools

CHR’s Michael Asinas, LCSW, was featured in a WFSB � Channel 3 Eyewitness News news story about the behavioral healthcare services CHR is now offering in Killingly schools. Similar to a model used in more than 40 schools across central and eastern CT, CHR opened a satellite of its Child Outpatient practice in the Killingly schools. For students and parents, school-based services are a convenient, family-friendly way to help youth address issues related to depression and anxiety. Learn more through our news segment on WFSB here. The pos...[More]

CHR Celebrates Renovations to Putnam Campus

PUTNAM, Conn. � Behavioral healthcare provider Community Health Resources (CHR) celebrated the completion of renovations throughout its Putnam campus yesterday alongside members of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, Centreville Bank, as well as with many other proud CHR donors and supporters. CHR recently completed renovations to expand the Pathways Outpatient Medication for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD) Program, as well as the residential treatment programs for women with substance use disorders. Construction began last fall us...[More]

CHR Celebrates Renovations to Putnam Campus

PUTNAM, Conn. � Behavioral healthcare provider Community Health Resources (CHR) celebrated the completion of renovations throughout its Putnam campus yesterday alongside members of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, Centreville Bank, as well as with many other proud CHR donors and supporters. CHR recently completed renovations to expand the Pathways Outpatient Medication for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD) Program, as well as the residential treatment programs for women with substance use disorders. Construction began last fall us...[More]

Advocating on the National Stage

Heather Gates Elected Second Vice Chair of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing Two Senior Leaders Elected to Leadership Roles with the National Association of Social Workers Heather Gates, President and CEO of Community Health Resources (CHR), was recently elected Second Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, the nation’s leading advocacy organization representing agencies like CHR that provide mental health and substance use services for people across the country. A National Council Board me...[More]

Advocating on the National Stage

Heather Gates Elected Second Vice Chair of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing Two Senior Leaders Elected to Leadership Roles with the National Association of Social Workers Heather Gates, President and CEO of Community Health Resources (CHR), was recently elected Second Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, the nation’s leading advocacy organization representing agencies like CHR that provide mental health and substance use services for people across the country. A National Council Board me...[More]

Innovative Pilot Program Launched to Help Prevent Overdose Deaths

New Effort by Somers Fire Department Paramedics, Trinity Health New England & Community Health Resources (CHR) is First-of-its-Kind in New England To help prevent overdose deaths and connect people to life-saving services, the Somers Fire Department Paramedics and behavioral healthcare provider Community Health Resources (CHR) recently launched an innovative pilot program to provide the addiction treatment medication Suboxone at the scene of an overdose, following resuscitation by Narcan. Known as the Somers Fire Department Prehospital Suboxone...[More]

Innovative Pilot Program Launched to Help Prevent Overdose Deaths

New Effort by Somers Fire Department Paramedics, Trinity Health New England & Community Health Resources (CHR) is First-of-its-Kind in New England To help prevent overdose deaths and connect people to life-saving services, the Somers Fire Department Paramedics and behavioral healthcare provider Community Health Resources (CHR) recently launched an innovative pilot program to provide the addiction treatment medication Suboxone at the scene of an overdose, following resuscitation by Narcan. Known as the Somers Fire Department Prehospital Suboxone...[More]

Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Willimantic

CHR is proud to coordinate Functional Family Therapy- Foster Care, an evidence-based program to nurture and support children, teens, and families in the Willimantic region. There is currently an urgent need for foster parents to help provide love and support to hundreds of children and teens who have no home. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more, please contact CHR’s FFT Foster Care Team at 860-730-8727 or [email protected]. View CHR’s new ad here, appearing now on WFSB. CHR provides foster parents with: • C...[More]

Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Willimantic

CHR is proud to coordinate Functional Family Therapy- Foster Care, an evidence-based program to nurture and support children, teens, and families in the Willimantic region. There is currently an urgent need for foster parents to help provide love and support to hundreds of children and teens who have no home. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more, please contact CHR’s FFT Foster Care Team at 860-730-8727 or [email protected]. View CHR’s new ad here, appearing now on WFSB. CHR provides foster parents with: • C...[More]

CHR Participates in Nonprofit Rally & Lobby Day

Today, CHR participated in the Nonprofit Rally & Lobby Day hosted by The Alliance: The Voice of Community Nonprofits at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. The purpose of this day is to advocate for meaningful funding increases for community nonprofits in the final state budget. As the most comprehensive, non-profit behavioral healthcare provider in Connecticut, CHR offers a wide range of personalized services for children, families and adults whose lives have been touched by mental illness, addiction or trauma. Increased nonprofit fundi...[More]

CHR Participates in Nonprofit Rally & Lobby Day

Today, CHR participated in the Nonprofit Rally & Lobby Day hosted by The Alliance: The Voice of Community Nonprofits at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. The purpose of this day is to advocate for meaningful funding increases for community nonprofits in the final state budget. As the most comprehensive, non-profit behavioral healthcare provider in Connecticut, CHR offers a wide range of personalized services for children, families and adults whose lives have been touched by mental illness, addiction or trauma. Increased nonprofit fundi...[More]

Virtual Career Fairs on May 24 and 25!

This virtual event will feature all open positions at CHR. Sign up today here! To learn more or register, contact us at [email protected]. Hope to see you soon! CHR is a dynamic and diverse workplace, repeatedly named among the Top Workplaces in Connecticut and committed to professional development and growth for all employees. The post Virtual Career Fairs on May 24 and 25! appeared first on CHR....[More]

Virtual Career Fairs on May 24 and 25!

This virtual event will feature all open positions at CHR. Sign up today here! To learn more or register, contact us at [email protected]. Hope to see you soon! CHR is a dynamic and diverse workplace, repeatedly named among the Top Workplaces in Connecticut and committed to professional development and growth for all employees. The post Virtual Career Fairs on May 24 and 25! appeared first on CHR....[More]

CHR Selected as Stop & Shop Community Bag Program Beneficiary

Windsor, Conn. � Behavioral healthcare provider Community Health Resources (CHR) has been selected as a beneficiary of the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program for the month of May 2023 at the Stop & Shop located at 313 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT. CHR will receive a $1 donation every time the $2.50 reusable Community Bag is purchased at this location during May, unless otherwise directed by the customer through the Giving Tag attached to the bag. For more information on the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program, visit stopandshop.2givelocal...[More]

CHR Selected as Stop & Shop Community Bag Program Beneficiary

Windsor, Conn. � Behavioral healthcare provider Community Health Resources (CHR) has been selected as a beneficiary of the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program for the month of May 2023 at the Stop & Shop located at 313 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT. CHR will receive a $1 donation every time the $2.50 reusable Community Bag is purchased at this location during May, unless otherwise directed by the customer through the Giving Tag attached to the bag. For more information on the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program, visit stopandshop.2givelocal...[More]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness Month, observed in the United States in May since 1949, is a great opportunity to raise awareness about mental health, fight stigma, and educate the public about the millions of people in the country that are affected by mental illness. According to a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, 46 percent of Americans will at some point in their life meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental health condition (Kessler et al., 2005). Particularly since the pandemic in 2020, not onl...[More]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness Month, observed in the United States in May since 1949, is a great opportunity to raise awareness about mental health, fight stigma, and educate the public about the millions of people in the country that are affected by mental illness. According to a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, 46 percent of Americans will at some point in their life meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental health condition (Kessler et al., 2005). Particularly since the pandemic in 2020, not onl...[More]