As technology becomes more integrated in everyday life, experts are urging parents to stay active and involved in their children’s digital habits. From smartphones to virtual reality, the growing access ...
Village Associate Vice President of Intensive Treatment Dr. Jennifer Lusa spoke with FOX61 to shed light on how complex trauma can have a lasting impact—and how treatment and support can ...
Thanks to the generosity of the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation (formerly the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving), children, adults and families across the region who are facing challenges with their ...
The Village has been awarded a grant of $150,000 from The Cigna Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), to help address the youth mental health ...
As Connecticut students return to school, the number of children seeking emergency mental health care spikes because of increased stress and more teacher referrals to services, officials said Wednesday. ...
Health experts say many of these students are facing challenges ranging from changes in routine, struggles with learning, and peer and social interaction challenges. Many of these children end up ...
Back-to-school season can be hard on some children. It comes with a new routine, a big transition back into the classroom and a change in emotions. ...
The Village for Families & Children puts the “it takes a village” philosophy into action, supporting Connecticut families through a partnership with DCF. Learn more about the Urgent Crisis Center. ...
To ensure children in Connecticut receive comprehensive pediatric care, Connecticut Children’s and The Village for Families & Children (The Village) are working together to embed behavioral health clinicians into private ...
West Hartford residents James and Anne Carroll are stepping up to help children who are struggling with their mental health through a $30,000 donation to The Village’s Urgent Crisis Center ...
The Paradis family in West Hartford knows what it's like to have a child in crisis, and they want to share their story in hopes of helping others who are ...
In response to the growing youth mental health epidemic in the U.S., the State of Connecticut introduced Urgent Crisis Centers (UCCs) which provide immediate care—no appointment necessary—to children and teens, ...
State lawmakers Thursday planned to debate an extension of funding for several urgent crisis centers, that provide behavior health care for young people and their families. The centers in Hartford, ...
The Village’s walk-in, youth mental health Urgent Crisis Center (UCC) in Hartford is extending its hours of operation to meet an increased need for immediate mental health support for children ...
Connecticut finds itself in a midst of a mental health crisis. In the past two months, nine youth deaths by suicide have been reported in the state, compared to seven ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Students across Connecticut are heading back to school. But, the transition from home to the classroom can be challenging, especially after a difficult few years. At The Village for Families ...
Children living and attending school at The Village for Families & Children recently had the opportunity to develop a podcast on the importance of mental health for the 2023 NPR ...
The Hartford UCC, located at The Village for Families and Children at 1680 Albany Ave. accepts walk-in patients who are welcomed into a colorful, playful waiting room and quickly met ...
Children and adolescents who are experiencing a mental health crisis can now receive the vital and immediate support needed to stabilize and begin healing at The Village for Families & ...
There is a new resource for Connecticut kids. An Urgent Crisis Center is opening its doors at The Village For Families and Children in Hartford. It’s one of four centers ...
Wednesday marked the grand opening of The Village for Families and Children‘s urgent crisis center in Hartford. The centers are designed as walk-in, outpatient clinics for kids who are having ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Village for Families & Children will open Hartford’s first urgent crisis center for children experiencing mental health emergencies next month. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hundreds of children affected by trauma will be provided with opportunities to build healthy coping skills through recreational play therapies thanks to a $75,000 grant the LEGO Community Fund U.S. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Study by The Consultation Center at Yale University School of Medicine and The Village for Families & Children demonstrates significant reduction in trauma-related symptoms for Medicaid-eligible children who received EMDR ...
