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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 ...
February 1, 2022

Barnes & Noble Customers Provide 1,500 New Books for Hartford Students

The Village for Families & Children distributed nearly 1,500 children’s books to local students and their families today, to help provide extra reading opportunities and aid pandemic learning loss. ...
January 27, 2022

The Village Awarded Behavioral Healthcare and Human Services Accreditation From the Joint Commission

The Village for Families & Children has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Behavioral Healthcare and Human Services Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. ...
January 21, 2022

Low-income Connecticut Residents Can Get Free Tax-prep Help With VITA

The VITA program offers free tax assistance to Connecticut residents with low income, who struggle with English, who are senior citizens or who have a disability. ...
January 19, 2022

West Hartford Second Chance Shop Hosts Huge Storewide Sale To Celebrate 3-Year Anniversary

To celebrate its three-year anniversary, the Shop is hosting a big sale this week—shoppers will enjoy 30% off new and high-quality, gently used men’s and women’s clothing, accessories and household ...
January 4, 2022

Village Couple Raises $30K For Families

AN AVON COUPLE has raised big-time funds for a significant holiday program sponsored by The Village for Families & Children. ...
December 3, 2021

Village Annual “Girl Within” Event Raises More Than $150,000 To Empower Women and Girls

The Village’s largest fundraiser of the year, the 2021 Virtual Girl Within Event raised more than $150,000 to support Village programs that help women and girls in Greater Hartford who ...
December 1, 2021

Hartford Schools Launch Saturday Academy To Help Students Recover From Toll of COVID-19

A new Hartford Public Schools program will open several school buildings on Saturdays to give students extra time for academic support and social-learning activities like sports, arts and cooking. ...
November 16, 2021

ESPN, Doc Wayne and The Village Team Up to Expand Mental Health Services for Youth

Trauma-informed and sport-infused therapy training enables additional programs and services to address the ongoing mental health crisis. ...

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