Mobile Family Health & Wellness Centers
Care in our communities
Mobile medical services
Medical exams
- Primary Care exams (Exámenes de Atención Primaria)
- Check-ups (Chequeos)
- Chronic Disease Management (Manejo de enfermedades crónicas)
- Sick Visits (Visitas por enfermedad)
- Birth Control (Control de natalidad)
Screening and testing
- STD testing and treatment (Pruebas y tratamiento de ETS)
- EKGs (ECG)
- Hepatitis C screening and treatment (Detección y tratamiento de la hepatitis C)
- On-site laboratory services for patients (Servicios de laboratorio in situ para pacientes)
Addiction care
- Medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder (Tratamiento asistido por medicamentos para el trastorno por uso de sustancias)
Connecting to specialty care
- Linkages to services at our health centers like chiropractic care, behavioral health, and nutrition counseling (Vínculos con servicios en nuestros centros de salud, como atención quiropráctica, salud conductual y asesoramiento nutricional)
Medical exams
- Primary Care exams (Exámenes de Atención Primaria)
- Check-ups (Chequeos)
- Chronic Disease Management (Manejo de enfermedades crónicas)
- Sick Visits (Visitas por enfermedad)
- Birth Control (Control de natalidad)
Screening and testing
- STD testing and treatment (Pruebas y tratamiento de ETS)
- EKGs (ECG)
- Hepatitis C screening and treatment (Detección y tratamiento de la hepatitis C)
- On-site laboratory services for patients (Servicios de laboratorio in situ para pacientes)
Addiction care
- Medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder (Tratamiento asistido por medicamentos para el trastorno por uso de sustancias)
Connecting to specialty care
- Linkages to services at our health centers like chiropractic care, behavioral health, and nutrition counseling (Vínculos con servicios en nuestros centros de salud, como atención quiropráctica, salud conductual y asesoramiento nutricional)
Additional Services in Hartford: Testing and Care for Individuals Living with HIV
Individuals in Hartford living with HIV can connect with care through Wheeler’s Wheeler’s ReConnect Mobile HIV Care program. The program is a community-based initiative designed to identify, engage, and re-engage people living with HIV (PLWH) who have fallen out of care in Hartford, Connecticut. The program features:
Our mobile health center brings HIV testing, STI testing, behavioral health screenings, and infectious disease education directly to high-need Hartford neighborhoods.
Includes links to Wheeler’s Hartford Family Health & Wellness Center (FHWC) for antiretroviral therapy (ART), primary care, behavioral health, substance use treatment, dental services, and social supports.
Assists patients with issues such as transportation, stigma, mental health and substance use, unstable housing) through culturally competent support and strong referral systems.
Our mobile team
"Winnie"
Mobile Family Health & Wellness Center (2022-)
The larger Mobile Family Health & Wellness Center, equipped with a private exam room, reception area, and lift system, is licensed for care through the Connecticut Department of Public Health and in scope of Wheeler’s federally qualified health centers in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville, and Waterbury. It has been in use for community education events since June 2022.
"Mini Winnie" (aka "Minnie")
Smaller Mobile Family Health & Wellness Center (2024-)
Our second, smaller, Mobile Family Health & Wellness Center has been in operation since October 2024, and it will mostly serve the Hartford region with community outreach activities until summer 2025.
Go, Team Orange
Our care team
The Mobile Family Health & Wellness Center outreach team serves individuals across central Connecticut.
Caring for the whole you
A full exam space
From physicals to EKGs and more, the larger Mobile Family Health & Wellness Center can handle many types of health care visits.
Events, parades, and more
See you in the community
From the Mum Festival or Rockwell Park Summer Festival in Bristol, to the African-American Day parade in Hartford, and more, our Mobile Family Health & Wellness Centers are visible across the state!
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.