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Crossing the Stages: A Young Adult’s Triumph Over Mental Illness

When Alyssa* first joined Young Adult Services (YAS), her depression and anxiety had become such an impairment that she struggled to get out of bed each day and was afraid to attend her own high school graduation. She chose to pull herself out of bed to meet with her brand new YAS Clinician, made a step-by-step plan for how to [...]

Suicide Prevention through Music: The Legacy of Jack Young, Jr.

  Following the tragic suicide of their son on his birthday in May of 2007, Grace Young and Jack Young Sr. of Putnam sought to turn their grief into a positive event that would honor Jack Jr.’s memory and love of music while helping to raise awareness of and support for mental health and suicide prevention. With the resulting benefit [...]

How to “GoodShop” to Support Your Neighbors in Need this Holiday Season

With the post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping season nearly upon us, United Services is calling on residents of the Quiet Corner to “GoodShop” for their neighbors in need.  Simply go to the United Services website at www.UnitedServicesCT.org and click on the “GoodShop” logo at the bottom of the page.  The online shopping portal will then offer users discounts to hundreds of popular [...]

December 6th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Coventry Police, United Services Collaborate on New Program to Better Serve Domestic Violence Victims

Partnership is Latest in CT to Employ Nationally-Recognized Pilot Program United Services, Inc. and the Coventry Police Department are collaborating in a new effort, the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), to provide immediate safety and support services to victims at the scene of a domestic violence incident. Through the LAP, Coventry Police officers will be trained in nationally recognized risk assessment [...]

October 11th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Particle Accelerator Concert Raises Record Funds for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention Programs

Nearly $9,000 Raised for United Services at 7th Annual Free Music Festival Held in Memory of Local Musician, the Legendary Jack Young, Jr. Organizers of the annual benefit music festival Particle Accelerator: A Day of Music and Hope have announced that this year’s festival, held on June 8 at Rotary Park in Putnam, has raised a record $9,000 to support [...]

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