The Latest News in Our Mission to Create Healthy Communities
We’ve got a lot going on, and that’s a wonderful thing. From program and services news to community events, to legislative advocacy and more – here’s what’s happening at United Services.
Media Contact:
Cherie Poirier, MBA
860-774-2020 (office)
cpoirier@usmhs.org
Latest News
April 23: Community Conversation about Youth Services and Juvenile Justice
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 [...]
FREE Integrated Play Group for Preschool-aged children
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 [...]
United Services to partner with ECSU to offer Domestic Violence training
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 [...]
Upcoming The Parent Project® Classes
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 [...]
FREE Child and Family Wellness Lunch Speaker Series
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, [...]
United Services Celebrates 50 Years with Annual Dinner
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 [...]
United Services to Participate in National Health Program
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. [...]
United Services to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
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 [...]
United Services to join with State and UConn Police to expand Lethality Assessment Program
Innovative program offers immediate support services at the scene of a domestic violence incident United Services, Inc. will collaborate with the University of Connecticut Police and State Police at Troops C, D and K to implement the recently expanded Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), to provide immediate safety and support services [...]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
United Services to mark National Domestic Violence Awareness Month with community education, partnership initiatives this October On the heels of national attention to domestic violence, United Services will commemorate National Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October with a series of community education and partnership initiatives. United Services provides the only [...]
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