Category Archives: WYA

AmeriCorps Week 2013 Blog Series – Movie Night at St. Vincent de Paul

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Pat Wildes

 This is the 4th post in a series of 5 written by various CHC HealthCorps Navigators about their efforts during AmeriCorps Week 2013. Grace Capreol wrote this piece about movie night at St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen in Middletown. … Continue reading →

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AmeriCorps Week 2013 Blog Series – Shelter Now

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Pat Wildes

This is the 3rd post in a series of 5 written by various CHC HealthCorps Navigators about their efforts during AmeriCorps Week 2013. Ruthie Tallents wrote this piece about Shelter Now in Meriden. Keeping in theme with our WYA “Healthcare … Continue reading →

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AmeriCorps Week 2013 Blog Series – Master’s Manna

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Pat Wildes

This is the 2nd post in a series of 5 written by various CHC HealthCorps Navigators about their efforts during AmeriCorps Week 2013. Jackie Wang wrote this piece about Master’s Manna in Wallingford, Connecticut. Our kick-off night ended with Navigators exhausted from the long … Continue reading →

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Integrated Care for Special Populations

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Aldon Hynes

The following is an email to CHC Staff announcing the Integrated Care  for Special Populations.  It has been edited for the blog. As you know, CHC has long been a  source of excellent care and caring for many particularly vulnerable popuations.  … Continue reading →

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National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Aldon Hynes

Across the country, last Friday, the longest night of the year, people stopped to remember homeless people that have died.  Here in Middletown, Martha Trevey, one of our primary care provider for homeless people,  shared some of her thoughts with those gathered:   … Continue reading →

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Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” Candlelight Vigil

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Aldon Hynes

The following is a note from Martha Trevey about the Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” candlelight vigil: On Thursday evening I had the opportunity to attend Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” candlelight vigil. Prudence Crandall is one of WYA’s (Wherever You … Continue reading →

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The New Britain Project Homeless Connect Event

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Aldon Hynes

On our journey of building healthy communities, our Wherever You Are program (WYA), along with other CHC staff members participated at the New Britain Project Homeless Connect Event on May 11th. Special thanks goes out to Martha Trevey, Patricia Mik, … Continue reading →

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Psychiatric Telemedicine for Uninsured Patients without Stable Housing

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Aldon Hynes

How would I cope with being down on my luck, without a good job, a nice house to come home to in the evening, and so many other parts of daily life we so often take for granted?  I imagine … Continue reading →

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Health Promotion

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Aldon Hynes

Last week’s  CHCChat, a weekly, Twitter-based discussion about various topics in community-oriented primary health care, was about Health Promotion.   The World Health Organization defines Health Promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their … Continue reading →

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What it means to be homeless

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Elizabeth Radl

This time a year ago I was living just outside of Los Angeles. I was trying to get by, working as many part-time jobs as possible. Unfortunately, the hours weren’t enough so I had more free time than I would have … Continue reading →

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