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July 21, 2023

New Mental Health Care Models in Connecticut Offer ER Alternative to Children in Crisis

A couple of refurbished, old red brick houses on Asylum Avenue in Hartford now host two new models of mental health care for teens and children. The facilities are part of The Village for Families & Children and include an outpatient Urgent Crisis Center (UCC) which opened Thursday – it’s ...
July 20, 2023

Urgent Crisis Center for Children Opens in Hartford

Thursday, a new Urgent Crisis Center for children who experience mental health or behavioral emergencies opened in Hartford. The center will act just like an urgent care, but for mental ...
July 17, 2023

The Hartford Supports Asylum Hill With Crucial Funds to Aid Families in Need

Hundreds of families who live in Hartford’s Asylum Hill Neighborhood and surrounding communities will be provided with lifechanging support to build firm foundations for their futures thanks to a $210,000 ...
June 28, 2023

The Village set to open Hartford’s first urgent crisis center for children

The Village for Families & Children will open Hartford’s first urgent crisis center for children experiencing mental health emergencies next month. ...
June 21, 2023

Village President & CEO Galo Rodriguez To Retire at Year’s End

The Village for Families & Children’s Board of Directors is announcing that longtime President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Galo Rodriguez plans to retire at the end of 2023. ...
June 15, 2023

Golfers Raise $110,000 To Support Life-Changing Village Programs for Dads

More than 120 golfers came out swinging for The Village for Families & Children’s 12th Annual Foursomes for Fatherhood Golf Classic at TPC River Highlands in June, which raised $110,000 ...
June 14, 2023

Accountants Trade Office for Landscaping in a Volunteer Effort to Improve Children’s Mental Health Facility

John Mallin normally spends his afternoons leading a team at Ernst & Young in a downtown Hartford office. On Tuesday, he was leading some of the same workers while landscaping ...
June 9, 2023

Former Hartford Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Joins Village Leadership Team

The Village for Families & Children recently named Victor De La Paz as the organization’s new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). In this role, De La Paz will lead The Village’s ...
May 24, 2023

As Pandemic Ends, Tax Assistance Program Soars

More than 13,500 tax filers—a 26-percent increase over last year—received free tax preparation and filing services from hundreds of IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers, resulting in nearly $20 million in refunds ...
May 19, 2023

Nancy and Jeffrey Hoffman Named 2023 Village Champions for Children

The Village has named Nancy and Jeffrey Hoffman as its 2023 Champions for Children in honor of their longstanding commitment to aiding the wellbeing of families in Greater Hartford and ...

CT’s Kids in Crisis: Walk-in Urgent Crisis Centers

Amy Samela gave the I-Team a tour of what will be 1 of 4 urgent crisis centers coming to the state. These are centers created for kids and teens experiencing ...
May 1, 2023

Selling Gently Used Collectibles for Charity

For a dozen years a mother and daughter team has managed the collectibles department at The Second Chance Shop, selling everything from a 135-year-old water pitcher to Beatrix Potter figurines ...
April 25, 2023

WNBA Stars Bring Basketball Clinic to Village To Help Children Facing Mental Health Challenges

Connecticut Sun WNBA stars teamed up with The Village for Families & Children on Tuesday, April 25 to provide a one-day basketball clinic for kids in Greater Hartford to help ...

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