United Services will be hosting a free Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHA) training open to the community in May, as part of Mental Health Awareness Month activities. The two-part YMHFA training will take place at United Services’ Dayville clinic at 1007 North Main Street on Tuesday, May 19th and Tuesday, May 26th from 9:00am to 1:00pm each day (participants [...]
Please join United Services at the 99 Restaurant in Dayville from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday May 5 for a Dining for a Cause to benefit Particle Accelerator. Particle Accelerator is an annual, free, all-day benefit concert to raise awareness on depression and suicide and funds for United Services. This year's concert will be held on Saturday June [...]
United Services Youth Service Bureau Invites You to Attend A Community Conversation about Youth Services and Juvenile Justice Please join youth service staff for a guided discussion to help identify strengths and service gaps within the greater Plainfield area. This is the first of several community conversations that will be held in the ten town Youth Service Bureau area. Date: [...]
Come and join us for a FREE peer play group experience. Our play group is open to children ages three to five and their parents. Every Wednesday from 9-10 a.m. at United Services Center for Autism. 303 Putnam Road, Wauregan. Spring Session is starting soon: May 6th-June 17th Snack will be provided Your child will enjoy guided participation in a variety of [...]
United Services will partner with Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic later this month for a training to educate men on issues of domestic violence. The 10x10 Campaign engages men and boys in preventing intimate partner violence, dating violence and stalking. The free training provides tools for men to educate other men about domestic violence. “Domestic violence is an equal [...]
United Services has two upcoming series of The Parent Project® starting in February. The Parent Project®: Empowering Parents * Transforming Children (8-17 yrs.) Learn how to never argue with your child again! Prevent or intervene in alcohol or drug use! Improve school attendance and performance! Find resources to help your family! Dates: Monday, February 2, 2015 or Tuesday February 3, [...]
United Services Youth Service Bureau will present a FREE 8-week Child and Family Wellness Lunch Speaker Series from January to March at the Killingly Public Library Community Room, 25 Westcott Road, Danielson. The series will begin at January 27. Please check back for details on each week's speaker. A light lunch, drinks and dessert will be provided. To register please contact [...]
National guest speaker featured at meeting where agency announces new board, recognizes community partners, and long-serving staff helping to create healthy communities in northeastern Connecticut United Services, Inc., Connecticut’s largest private, nonprofit behavioral health center celebrated its 50th Anniversary Thursday with its Annual Dinner held at Wrights Mill Farm in Canterbury. The event featured a keynote address from A. Kathryn [...]
United Services will be one of 48 mental health programs nationwide to participate in an innovative health pilot program next year. United Services, northeastern Connecticut’s behavioral health center, has been accepted to the In SHAPE Implementation Project, a new program by The National Council for Behavioral Health and Dartmouth College. According to the National Council, people with Serious Mental Illness [...]
Annual Dinner will include keynote address from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administrator United Services will mark its 50th year of “Creating Healthy Communities” through social and behavioral health programs with an annual dinner November 20 at Wright’s Mill Farm in Canterbury. The annual celebration will feature a keynote address from A. Kathryn Power, Regional Administrator, Region [...]