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May 31, 2024

“You Never Stop Thinking About Wanting to Belong to a Family”

Colleagues at DCF partner-provider The Village for Families and Children (The Village) say their associate Vice President of Permanency, Thomas "TJ" Michalski, is the real deal - he "walks the walk" so to speak. Not only in his day-to-day work of placing the children they serve in safe, stable and ...
May 17, 2024

Rabbi Donna Berman, Richard Sugarman Named 2024 Village Champions for Children

The Village has named Rabbi Donna Berman and Richard Sugarman as its 2024 Champions for Children in honor of their visionary leadership in service to youth in Greater Hartford. ...
April 16, 2024

Blumenthal Pushes For Federal Funding For Mental-Health Services

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says that fighting suicide and declining mental health for young adults and children will need “probably billions” of dollars. At a news conference Monday morning, which ...
April 8, 2024

Nonprofit Coalition Encourages Filers to Utilize Free Tax Preparation Assistance as Tax Day Approaches

Hartford, CT April 8, 2024 – With the tax season ending, the Central and Northeastern VITA Coalition (comprised of United Way, The Village and Human Resources Agency of New Britain) ...
March 18, 2024

Hartford Healthcare, The Village Bring OnMed Healthcare Experience to Hartford

As part of ongoing efforts to make accessing quality healthcare easier for everyone, Hartford HealthCare (HHC) has teamed with OnMed, an innovative care delivery company, and The Village for Families ...
February 15, 2024

Stark Reality for Many CT Kids: Trauma, Social Isolation, Negative Impact of Social Media

Murphy spoke of his concern for the way social media impacts young people as he and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz this week headed a roundtable on the impact of loneliness ...
February 13, 2024

500 Kids Need New Coats To Keep Warm

The Village is calling on the community to contribute online donations that will help children in Greater Hartford #FeelTheLove with warm winter gear they need by the end of February. ...
January 29, 2024

Tax Season Officially Begins – More Families Eligible for Free Tax Assistance Than Ever Before

Today marks the first official day of the tax season, and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is back to offer free federal and state income tax preparation and filing for ...
January 4, 2024

A Look Inside Hartford’s Urgent Crisis Center for Children

Stress or mental health problems in particular never take a holiday. No one knows that better than the staff inside Hartford’s Urgent Crisis Center for Children. ...
January 2, 2024

NBT Bank Donates $75,000 To Help Local Youth Receive Critical Mental Health Support

As children and teens across Connecticut continue facing mental health crises, NBT Bank is stepping up to help ensure youth have access to care and provide healing to adolescents in ...
December 1, 2023

Period Poverty Takes Center Stage at Village Fundraiser Benefiting Local Women and Girls

The Village’s largest annual fundraiser—Girl Within—returned on Friday to provide critical support to women and girls in Greater Hartford who have been affected by trauma and other mental health challenges, ...
November 22, 2023

Thousands of Girls to Benefit from The Village’s Largest Fundraiser of the Year

The Village for Families and Children’s annual Girl Within event will return at the Connecticut Convention Center on Friday, December 1 to raise funds that help support local women and ...
October 31, 2023

The Village Opens Mobile Opiate, Substance Abuse Treatment in Middletown

Officials gathered Oct. 25 at St. Vincent De Paul Middletown on Main Street to christen the Hartford-based Village for Families & Children’s new expanded recovery vehicle (VERV) program, which provides ...

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