About
A Chance to Shine
A Chance to Shine is an annual event to benefit all BHcare programs: The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services, Hope Family Justice Center, Parent Child Resource Center, Alliance for Prevention and Wellness, BHcare’s mental health and substance use services. The event will raise funds and awareness for our life-saving programs and celebrate the amazing communities we serve the Greater New Haven area from the Shoreline to the Valley.
All proceeds will support the more than 15,000 adults, children and families struggling with mental health, substance use, domestic violence and other health-risk behaviors who receive BHcare’s comprehensive and integrated system of care with wrap-around services. In addition, we will shine a light on not only the services our friends, families and neighbors need but, on the survivors and thrivers who continue to persist and better their lives.
BHcare is licensed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and is nationally accredited by The Joint Commission. BHcare is designated by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) as the Local Mental Health Authority for the following towns:
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Valley: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton.
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Shoreline: Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Madison, North Branford and North Haven.
Our outpatient clinics in Ansonia and North Branford provide individualized mental health and/or substance use treatment and support to help clients meet their health and life goals.
The Parent Child Resource Center, a program of BHcare, is a state-licensed outpatient psychiatric clinic for children in Derby and North Branford that provides clinical and support services for children, adolescents and teens who are struggling with behavioral health issues; we guide them with innovative, creative and evidence-based programs that help engage them with school and help them become hopeful, confident, and secure.
The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services provides domestic violence services and supports 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.
Hope Family Justice Center consists of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals who work together, under one roof, to provide free wrap-around services for domestic violence victims and their families.
Alliance for Prevention & Wellness (APW) is designated by DMHAS as the Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization serving the South-Central region of Connecticut. APW delivers services utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework, which is a data-driven evidence based prevention model developed by SAMHSA, for substance use, suicide and problem gambling prevention and promotion of mental health