2017 Stand Down Event for CT Veterans

Dear Neighbors,    On Friday, September 22, the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs (CTVA) will be hosting the 2017 Stand Down event at the Rocky Hill Veterans' Home from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Connecticut's veterans deserve the services that they have earned.    Several community providers will have booths set up at the event with specialists to help veterans receive and learn about their earned service benefits, employment opportunities, medical screenings, and legal services.    Additional details are in the flyer below, provided by the CTVA:        If you have further questions about the event, or have any other additional inquiries regarding state government, I can always be reached at Nicole.Klarides-Ditria@housegop.ct.gov or 1-860-240-8700.    Sincerely,  State Rep. Nicole Klarides-Ditria

Center for Domestic Violence Services slates workshop

BHcare event to feature 3 guest speakers

    The Center for Domestic Violence Services, a program of BHcare, will host “Lethality of Domestic Violence,” an educational workshop and interactive panel discussion, Oct. 19 at Anthony’s Ocean View, 450 Lighthouse Road, New Haven.
    The workshop will run from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and is one of many activities planned to mark National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  It is sponsored by the Petit Family Foundation and Anthony’s Ocean View.
    Guest speakers will include:

• Lundy Bancroft, who has 20 years’ experience specializing in interventions with abusive men and their families. He has written four books in the field.
• Karen Jarmoc, executive director of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and
• Nancy Tyler, an attorney with O’Brien, Tansky and Young, a Hartford law firm, who works with domestic violence programs.

    The Center for Domestic Violence Services provides services for victims and their children at two sites, in Ansonia and North Haven.
    All services offered are free of charge and confidential. Services support 170 different languages 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
   The Center provides services for residents of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, West Haven, and Woodbridge.

    Register at www.bhcare.org. The cost, which includes breakfast and lunch, is $55; $35 for students.
    For information about registration and lunch choices, contact Linda Luongo, 203-736-2601, ext. 1334, or lluongo@bhcare.org.


    This information is taken from a release from Susan DeLeon, Director, Center for Domestic Violence Services at BHcare (formerly Umbrella and Domestic Violence Services of Birmingham Group Health Services, Inc.).