Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Healthcare Workers March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

As state-run mental health and addictions facilities are operating below 50% capacity, state healthcare workers and members of District 1199 New England held a rally on Tuesday at the DMHAS headquarters to call attention to the urgent need for increased staffing and expanded services. Mental health workers who provide lifesaving care to Connecticut residents in

CT in Crisis: Mental Health Symposium to Examine Growing Crisis Among Children & Adults – 2022

January 11, 2022January 24, 2023

On Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 10:00 a.m., legislators and mental health experts held a symposium to highlight the growing and unprecedented mental health and addiction crisis in Connecticut and offered a bold, unified vision for policymakers to enact in order to help children and adults during the upcoming legislative session. Speaker of the House Matt

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Workers Denounce DMHAS’ Shut Down of Young Adult Services Residence in Hartford

October 26, 2021November 8, 2021

Mental health workers expressed serious concerns Tuesday for Governor NedLamont’s intent to close a 10-bed residence providing transitional living services in Hartford foryoung adults who are 18 to 25 years old. According to a letter from Governor Lamont’s administration, the Young Adult ServicesProgram at 556 Blue Hills Avenue (the Hilltop Residential Program) will be shut

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State Healthcare Workers Block Traffic in Middletown to Demand End to Staffing Crisis

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Frontline doctors, nurses, mental health workers, social workers and other healthcare workers from Connecticut Valley Hospital, Whiting Forensic Hospital and Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center North and South will block traffic to demand that Governor Ned Lamont immediately fill 345 vacancies. Staffing shortages at these facilities of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

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Healthcare Workers March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services

CT in Crisis: Mental Health Symposium to Examine Growing Crisis Among Children & Adults – 2022

Workers Denounce DMHAS’ Shut Down of Young Adult Services Residence in Hartford

State Healthcare Workers Block Traffic in Middletown to Demand End to Staffing Crisis

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