Caring, support, linkages to care
School-based Health Centers
Serving Bristol and New Britain
Serving Students in Bristol and New Britain
Wheeler’s School-based Health Centers foster the health and well-being of students in Bristol and New Britain, addressing health, behavioral health, and other issues that can interfere with learning.
New school-based behavioral health clinics employ a national cognitive behavioral intervention model to help students address trauma-related issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and behavioral health issues, and provide other evidence-based interventions to address an array of problems, including anxiety, depression, academic and peer challenges, and more. Services are trauma-informed and include both individual and group therapies.
Wheeler’s School-based Health Centers provide linkage to other services in the community, including assistance with SNAP enrollment and connections with primary and dental care at Wheeler's Family Health & Wellness Center, and a broad continuum of outpatient and community-based levels of care, also are provided. A Wheeler clinician supports each school location.
Wheeler's School-based Health Centers are located in every public elementary, middle and high school in Bristol.
Wheeler's School-based Health Centers serve three school in New Britain, including: DiLoreto Middle School, Slade Middle School and Pulaski Middle School
Wheeler is an award-winning organization
Wheeler's Family Health & Wellness Centers are funded in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Wheeler is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).
Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial health insurance welcome. No patient will be denied health care services due to an individual’s inability to pay for services.