News

July 1, 2022

New Behavioral Health Pharmacy To Boost Access and Improve Mental Health and Recovery Outcomes

The Village and Genoa Healthcare celebrated the grand opening of a new full-service, on-site pharmacy within The Village’s Wethersfield Ave campus, Village South, that will increase help for people facing challenges with mental health, substance use disorder and other chronic conditions. ...
July 15, 2022

Nearly 200,000 Families Can Still Apply for 2022 CT Child Tax Rebate Before July 31 Deadline

Nearly 350,000 households in Connecticut are eligible for the 2022 Connecticut Child Tax Rebate, though only about 150,000 have applied as of July 15 according to the Connecticut Department of ...
May 26, 2022

West Hartford Student Raises Nearly $700 To Provide Toys for Children Living at The Village

A local middle school student is celebrating his bar mitzvah with a special project to provide toys and games for children who are living at The Village and receiving mental ...
May 20, 2022

House Speaker Ritter, Rep. Exum Named “Champions for Children” for Leading Landmark Legislation

The Village has named Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives Matt Ritter and Deputy Majority Leader and State Representative Tammy Exum as The Village’s 2022 Champions for Children, recognizing ...
May 11, 2022

Officials Highlight Effort To Boost Mental Health Services For Kids

At The Village for Families & Children, Gov. Ned Lamont and a handful of his agency commissioners highlighted the expected impact of more than $100 million in recently passed funding ...
May 9, 2022

VITA in Central and Northeastern Connecticut Helps More Than 12,700 Residents File Taxes This Year

More than $36.8 million returned to taxpayers through the VITA campaign ...
May 2, 2022

This Mother’s Day, Hartford Moms in Need To See Expansion of Mental Health and Parenting Support Services

Just in time for Mother’s Day, The Village for Families & Children has expanded services to help empower local mothers, filling a gap in support as families face an increase ...
May 2, 2022

The Village, United Way and City of Hartford Combine Efforts for Drug Take Back Day Event

Hartford residents were able to safely dispose around 70 pounds of unwanted and unused medications. ...
April 18, 2022

Village Hosts Connecticut Sun Basketball Clinic To Help Hartford Kids Affected by Trauma

The Village for Families & Children, WNBA stars partner to bring sports to after-school program ...
March 29, 2022

Vernon Expands Free Pandemic-Related Mental Health Counseling

Children ages 3 to 17 can receive free counseling through a unique partnership with KIDSAFE-CT, an affiliate of The Village for Families & Children. The town has already established a ...
March 11, 2022

Village’s Family Navigators to Assist Families in Cradle to Career Initiative To Improve Academic Success for North Hartford Promise Zone Students

The Village for Families & Children is joining forces with community leaders, local care providers, city officials and community-based organizations in a new initiative to provide Hartford children and their ...
February 28, 2022

Cipes Pediatric Dentistry Provides Village Preschoolers With Free Care

The Village for Families & Children recently teamed up with Drs. Monica Cipes and Elizabeth Chisholm, a mother-daughter team of pediatric dentists at Cipes Pediatric Dentistry of West Hartford, to ...
February 18, 2022

Hartford Middle School Creates Food Pantry for Local Students, Families

At Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Hartford, seventh-grade students are working to live up to every bit of the school's name through a new program initiative. And it ...