Community Health & Wellness

Community Health & Wellness Serving over 7,000 patients, CHWC operates health centers in Torrington, Winsted, and a newly built center in North Canaan. No one is ever turned away.

Community Health & Wellness Center offers integrated, patient-focused healthcare where our team of health professionals collaborates to provide comprehensive treatment and support for your overall health and wellbeing. Community Health & Wellness Center is an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the sole Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in the Northwest corner of Connecticut, providing comprehensive services. CHWC delivers a range of integrated healthcare services, including medical, dental, chiropractic, nutrition, podiatry, and behavioral health, we well as an in-house lab and pharmacy. CHWC participates with most state and commercial insurance plans, utilizing a sliding fee scale to ensure accessibility for individuals of all financial backgrounds. The organization extends its impact by offering physical and mental health services through school-based health centers in all Torrington schools, and three schools in the Region One school district. Mission:
Community Health & Wellness Center (CHWC) is committed to keeping communities healthy. In a compassionate, high-quality, and patient-centered environment, services are accessible and provided without discrimination, with cultural competence, and where all people matter regardless of ability to pay. Through coalitions, advocacy and sound fiscal management, these services will be sustained over time. We accept HSUKY, Medicare and most commercial insurances. Financial assistance is available.

Today we had our partners from the CT Community for Addiction Recovery in the lobby at the Torrington Health Center to o...
02/26/2026

Today we had our partners from the CT Community for Addiction Recovery in the lobby at the Torrington Health Center to offer resources for those who are recovering from addiction, or those who have a loved one in recovery.

๐ŸŽ‰CHWC is pleased to announce the addition of ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ญ, ๐‹๐Œ๐’๐– to our School Based Health Centers!๐ŸŽ‰Katherine is a...
02/24/2026

๐ŸŽ‰CHWC is pleased to announce the addition of ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ญ, ๐‹๐Œ๐’๐– to our School Based Health Centers!๐ŸŽ‰

Katherine is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) who graduated from Rutgers University School of Social Work with a master degree in social work. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg University. Katherineโ€™s experience throughout her career includes time as a teacher, coach, and school counselor, working with students ranging from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Through her work she helps students navigate challenges using a variety of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness. Katherine works collaboratively to help students achieve success.

During her spare time, Katherine loves spending time with her family, playing racquet sports, and enjoying time outdoors.

Katherine will be seeing patients in our School-Based Health Centers. To find our more information about SBHCโ€™s and how you can enroll your child, please visit https://www.chwctorr.org/school-based-health-centers.html

02/24/2026

CHWC will be closed for in-person visits on Wednesday, February 25th due to winter weather. Currently scheduled appointments will be converted to Telehealth appointments or rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก, ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž & ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐š๐ง! Join ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง-๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š...
02/23/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก, ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž & ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐š๐ง!

Join ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง-๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, as she leads a 6-week healthy cooking class at Geer Village beginning on March 19th at 2pm. Learn how food enhances wellbeing, can prevent and manage chronic health conditions, and access over 70 recipes.

Call 860-489-0931 Ext.1110 to sign-up today!

To learn more about the current Cooking Classes, please visit: https://www.chwctorr.org/nutrition-recipes.html

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ? Join our SBHC providers this Friday for a ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก & ๐‹...
02/22/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ?

Join our SBHC providers this Friday for a ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก & ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง to find out more about the centers, how they help students and parents, who is eligible, and how you can enroll your child. Our providers will end the presentation with a Q&A session where you can ask questions.

๐‘น๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ต๐’๐’˜: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/53d1bd1c-851c-49df-9108-ed12f00b9859

CHWC will be closed for in-person visits on Monday 2/23 due to winter weather. Currently scheduled appointments will be ...
02/21/2026

CHWC will be closed for in-person visits on Monday 2/23 due to winter weather. Currently scheduled appointments will be converted to a Telehealth appointment or rescheduled.
We apologize for an inconvenience.

During ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก we can't forget our amazing Behavioral Health Team! The Behavioral Health team p...
02/20/2026

During ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก we can't forget our amazing Behavioral Health Team!

The Behavioral Health team provides mental health evaluations, individual and group therapy.

Raneem El-Ayoub, LCSW
Natalie Luciano, LCSW
Nicole Dickens, LPC
Mariah Doyle, LMSW
KatherinePlunkett, LMSW
Suzette Maschi, LPC

Have questions? Join the Virtual Lunch & Learn on February 27th at 12pm to learn more about school-based health and get your questions answered!

Learn more about the SBHC's at https://www.chwctorr.org/school-based-health-centers.html

Register for the event at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/53d1bd1c-851c-49df-9108-ed12f00b9859

This morning, Megan Leonard, our Director of Patient Access and RCM, interviewed with Darcy Abbott on the Miscellaneous ...
02/19/2026

This morning, Megan Leonard, our Director of Patient Access and RCM, interviewed with Darcy Abbott on the Miscellaneous Morning show at WAPJ FM 89.9 & 105.1 Torrington Community Radio. Megan discussed the Casa Program, School-Based Health Centers, and our new Geriatric Clinic. Listen at the link below and visit our website to learn more!

https://soundcloud.com/user-471882762/wapj-interview-with-megan?si=d7a45409e52b47ceb5d0605a2217e5ff&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

CHWC will have a delayed opening tomorrow, 2/20 due to snowy conditions. We will open at 10am and any appointments prior...
02/19/2026

CHWC will have a delayed opening tomorrow, 2/20 due to snowy conditions. We will open at 10am and any appointments prior to 10am will be rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

February is ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก and we want to take a moment to shout-out to our amazing medical team!๐ŸŽ‰Regi...
02/18/2026

February is ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก and we want to take a moment to shout-out to our amazing medical team!๐ŸŽ‰

Region 1: ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐œ๐œ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž, APRN, FNP-BC & ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐
Torrington Schools: ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, APRN

Our Medical providers work with you and your child's provider to offer the best care possible, while keeping your child in school. From routine tests to sick visits and chronic disease management, our providers handle it all, while working with your current provider.

Join Rebecca Malone on Friday 2/27 from 12-1pm for a Virtual Q&A about School-Based Health Centers!

To learn more or register for the event, please visit https://www.chwctorr.org/events.html

02/17/2026

The Winsted Office will be closed today. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please call 860-489-0931 if you need assistance.

Address

469 Migeon Avenue
Torrington, CT
06790

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+18604890931

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Community Health & Wellness posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Community Health & Wellness:

Shortcuts

Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn
Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share via Email
Share on WhatsApp Share on Instagram Share on Telegram

Category