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February 8, 2021
CASA book club covers ‘Punching the Air’ YA novel, features guest speaker
Staff and volunteers of CHD’s Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) recently read and discussed instant New York Times bestseller Punching the Air during their monthly book...
Read MoreDecember 18, 2020
CHD partners with local middle school to offer behavioral health services to youth and families
Part of a $3.4 million grant to provide behavioral health and substance use intervention services in Central and Western Massachusetts schools, CHD has partnered with...
Read MoreNovember 27, 2020
CHD expands youth homelessness services through internal and community partnerships
As part of a $2.4 million federal grant awarded to the City of Springfield with the goal of preventing and ending homelessness among youth and...
Read MoreNovember 10, 2020
Myers presents to CASA book club on gender identity and more
As part of their book club, CHD’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Hampden County recently held a virtual event to discuss their latest read, Continental...
Read MoreOctober 28, 2020
CHD partnership with Hampden DA, area hospitals provides 1,120 Naloxone doses to first responders
Two years ago, CHD embarked on a lifesaving initiative led by Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni with local partners Baystate Health and Trinity Health...
Read MoreSigma Gamma Rho Wig Drive supports services at Cancer House of Hope
Cancer House of Hope Program Director Margaret Toomey stands with donated wigs. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month CHD’s Cancer House of Hope partnered...
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2020
Hospitality Center awarded more than $400,000 in COVID-19 relief funding
Awarded by the Waterbury Board of Aldermen, the Hospitality Center will receive a grant of $400,900 to support their services as they continue amid the...
Read MoreAugust 24, 2020
CHD cancels ‘Through Her Eyes’ conference due to COVID-19 concerns
From left to right: CHD President and CEO Jim Goodwin, 2019 keynote speaker and Founder of LIFT Nikki Bell, and CHD VP of Children and...
Read MoreAugust 17, 2020
CHD’s Hartford Crossover Program moves to renewed, historic location
Culminating more than a year-long process of readying and transferring the whole program beginning in April 2019, Crossover’s new space features not only a central...
Read MoreJuly 21, 2020
CHD increases capacity to serve women living with mental illness
Throughout the month of June members of CHD’s Adult Mental Health team, along with the organization’s property management staff, worked amid a tight deadline to...
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