Free, Family Friendly event to benefit local Children and Family Programs Pomfret, CT – Lapsley Orchard is set to host its 15th annual Sunflowers for Kids event on Sunday, September 1st from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The orchard’s end-of-summer bounty of sunflowers and wildflowers will be harvested and sold in bunches, or available for guests to pick their [...]
Congressional delegation and USDA Recognized for their Support Mansfield, CT – United Services, Inc., Northeast Connecticut’s Local Mental Health Authority hosted a ceremonial ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration of its new Windham Regional Health and Wellness Center on Monday, July 8, 2019. Guests of honor included Congressman Joe Courtney, representatives of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, and officials from [...]
Putnam’s Rotary Park was packed Saturday June 8 with local residents and families enjoying the gorgeous day and the free family event, Particle Accelerator: A Day of Music and Hope. In its 13th year, Particle Accelerator is an annual benefit concert that raises awareness for suicide and depression and funds for United Services. Saturday’s concert raised just over $10,000 [...]
Mansfield, CT – United Services, Inc., Northeast Connecticut’s Local Mental Health Authority, is pleased to announce that it has been granted state license approvals to begin providing behavioral health and related wellness services at its new state-of-the-art Windham Regional Health and Wellness Center at 140 North Frontage Road, Mansfield, CT beginning on Wednesday, June 5. United Services, Northeast Connecticut’s [...]
United Services is once again offering local residents the opportunity to support critical children and family programs and enjoy a fun night of St. Paddy’s fun at their 18th Annual Irish Night, to be held Friday, March 15 at The Mansion at Bald Hill in Woodstock. Irish Night includes a gourmet corned beef and cabbage dinner, with fish and vegetarian [...]
Free, Family Friendly event to benefit local Children and Family Programs Pomfret, CT – Lapsley Orchard is set to host its 14th annual Sunflowers for Kids event on Sunday, September 2nd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The orchard’s end-of-summer bounty of sunflowers and wildflowers will be harvested and sold in bunches, or available for guests to pick their own, [...]
Local Agency Recognized at State Conference for High Utilization of Two Child and Family Evidence-Based Programs DAYVILLE – United Services was recently recognized for its high utilization of two evidence-based programs for treating trauma and behavioral health in children. The agency was recognized at the annual Healing Connecticut’s Children: The Trauma Focused Evidence- Based Practice Conference, held June 6 in [...]
On June 6, 2018, the Board of Directors of Northeast Communities Against Substance Abuse (NECASA) voted to close the agency and dissolve its non-profit corporation. NECASA began serving the twenty-one towns in Northeast Connecticut in 1990 as the second Regional Substance Abuse Action Council formed in Connecticut. Over the organization’s 28-year history it provided substance abuse and suicide prevention information [...]
Hundreds of local residents and families came out to Putnam’s Rotary Park Saturday June 9 for the 12th Annual Particle Accelerator: A Day of Music and Hope, an annual benefit concert that raises awareness for suicide and depression and funds for United Services. The free, all day music festival featured 18 bands playing music of all genres and for all [...]
Windham Regional Health and Wellness Center on Track to Open Spring 2019 Mansfield, CT - U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development regional staff today toured the construction site for United Services new Windham Regional Health and Wellness Center, scheduled to open in Spring 2019. Courtney and USDA personnel were updated on the new building’s progress. [...]