Wheeler Health

Wheeler prioritizes recovery, health, and growth for patients and families through skilled, compassionate care.

Wheeler delivers over 100 community-based programs across Connecticut, supporting children, adults, and families with in-home care, foster services, early childhood programs, community justice, employee assistance, and wellness initiatives.

Access primary, behavioral, addiction, and adolescent health care at Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center at One Hope Street, Bristol, CT. Walk-ins welcome. Serving all ages with school-based and LGBTQIA+ inclusive services.

Wheeler offers integrated medical, dental, behavioral health, and addiction treatment services at five Connecticut outpatient centers, including walk-in care and mobile health units.

Wheeler’s in-home services, using MST and MDFT models, deliver intensive, evidence-based behavioral health support to families across Connecticut—empowering caregivers, addressing trauma, and building resilience through community-centered care.

Occupational therapist Adrianne Smith uses music, mindfulness, and hands-on activities at Wheeler’s Northwest Village School to help students develop motor skills, independence, and confidence.

During Problem Gambling Awareness Month, Wheeler highlights its Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program, offering therapy, counseling, and hope for individuals and families affected by gambling addiction.

Wheeler’s health centers provide chiropractic care to reduce pain, improve mobility, and support patient wellness through evidence-based treatment.

Wheeler’s Intensive Family Preservation (IFP) program supports Connecticut families involved with DCF, offering in-home, time-limited services to strengthen parenting skills, build community connections, and keep children safely at home.

An anonymous donor supports Wheeler Health employees for the second year with $1,000 stipends for childcare and summer camp costs, easing the burden for frontline healthcare and teaching staff through the Summer of Hope initiative.

Wheeler’s REACH and PROUD programs offer trauma-informed, person-centered support for women in substance use recovery, including peer support, clinical care, and essential services.

Every month, read the latest news from Wheeler and learn about the difference we make in communities across our state.

Evidence-based and promising practice models of in-home family treatment in Connecticut

This is a full, three-credit graduate-level course curriculum that was designed and developed at Wheeler, a community-based provider with expertise in multiple evidence-based in-home family treatment models.

Dr. Eleck oversees primary care services for adults, children, and families at Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Centers in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville, and Waterbury, including clinical oversight and direct patient care.

Wheeler’s volunteer Board of Trustees includes individuals with decades of experience in health care, education, finance, and law, guiding the organization since 1968.

Wheeler Health provides integrated health and human services across Connecticut through five community health centers, mobile care, a therapeutic school, and in-home programs, serving over 70,000 individuals annually.

The following programs are Behavioral Health and Human Services accredited by The Joint Commission:

Generosity, vision and hard work are the building blocks of Wheeler's history, starting first with a generous bequest in 1960 from prominent Plainville resident Bertha Wheeler, and the support of many local and statewide community and business leaders and clinical professionals.

Wheeler’s Navigation Center operates Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Wheeler’s senior foster care recruiter, Allison Casinghino, explains how to become a foster parent.

Serving 90 percent of Connecticut's cities and towns

Wheeler Health is a community health center, providing integrated primary and behavioral health care for all ages, as well as a wide range of specialty services. Our outpatient locations are in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville, Waterbury, our more than 100 community-based programs cover the entire state, and our therapeutic special education day school, Northwest Village School, is in Plainville.

Wheeler collects demographic information from patients to ensure culturally competent care and high-quality service delivery.

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