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MILFORD, Conn. (August 15, 2019)  Boys & Girls Village received a $550,000 grant from the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) to support delivery of a Parenting Support Services (PSS) Program. The service supports and enhances positive functioning for families with children 0-18 years-of-age.

Families enrolled in the program receive one of two PSS interventions, the Positive Parenting Program, which helps parents become resourceful problem solvers and create a positive and safe home learning environment, or the Circle of Security Parenting program, designed to build, support, and strengthen parents’ relationship capabilities.

The program’s interventions are combined with case management services provided by Boys & Girls Village using the Wraparound philosophy and approach. The service will be offered at the organization’s Bridgeport and Norwalk locations.

“The Parenting Support Services Program seeks to help parents build and strengthen positive, nurturing  relationships with their children, and to learn parenting skills for managing developmental and behavioral challenges,” said Dr. Kimberly Shaunesey, Boys & Girls Village President. “Helping parents create a safe and secure environment for children to develop emotional, behavioral, and cognitive strengths is the end goal.”

The grant funds the majority of costs associated with the program, but Boys & Girls Village will need to raise funds to cover the full costs associated with all of the program’s elements.

For more information about the Parenting Support Services program, please contact Carra Conlan at ConlanC@bgvillage.org or call 203-877-0300.  To make a donation to Boys and Girls Village please contact Development Associate Marie Pelaccia at Pelacciam@bgvillage.org or call 203-713-7775.

 

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2019-08-06 @ 12:02pm–#Milford CT–#cttraffic– Today’s vehicle fire is being hosted by Milford on the off ramp of exit 40.

 

2019-07-27 @ 3:34pm–#Milford CT– #cttraffic– A crash on I-95 southbound near exit 32.  Firefighters just arriving on the scene.  It does not sound like anyone is in the burning car.

 

 

 

2019-07-26 @ 11:02am–#Easton CT– Firefighter’s quick response kept a fire on the outside wall from spreading to the rest of the home on Mohawk Drive.  There were no reported injuries.  Faifield Fire was called for mutual aid but was not needed.

 

#Milford CT–A Chevy Suburban bearing Tenessee plates passed a state trooper in the right at a high rate of speed on Rte 15 Northbound in the area of Exit 53. During the course of the traffic stop investigation it was determined that there was marijuana present in the vehicle. A subsequent vehicle search revealed that there was more than 1/2 ounce of marijuana in the vehicle in
various places. All three (3) occupants of the vehicle were placed under arrest as follows:
Evan Bogard (DOB 01/15/1980): Possession of > 1/2 Ounce of Marijuana, C.G.S. 21a-279(a)(1)  Speeding, C.G.S. 14-219(c)(1)    Passing on the Right, C.G.S. 14-233

Joshua Salzberg (DOB 01/29/1982): Possession of > 1/2 Ounce of Marijuana, C.G.S. 21a-279(a)(1)

Brandt Steiner (DOB 04/11/1990): Possession of > 1/2 Ounce of Marijuana, C.G.S. 21a-279(a)(1)

All three (3) arrestees were released on three (3) separate $1,000 cash bonds each, and are scheduled to appear at The Milford Superior Courthouse (GA22) on 08/20/2019 at 9:00am.

 

The Bigelow Center has partnered with the Trumbull Human Services Department and Greater Bridgeport Transit to provide monthly rides to Veterans to the West Haven VA Hospital. The new service, for all area Veterans, began in July and continues this and every month, on the last Friday of each month. The bus will stop at the Bigelow Center at 8:30 AM then proceed to the Trumbull Senior Center before departing for the VA Hospital in West Haven. The bus is to leave the VA by 3:00 PM, once all appointments of those on the trip have ended. The rides are free to Veterans and those accompanying them for appointments. Registration is required a week in advance at either senior center. Please call 203 256-3166 for more information or to register.Our July newsletter is available online and at the Bigelow Center. Click here to see it.

 

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2019-07-16 @ 10:10pm–#West Haven CT–#cttraffic– Expecting someone from the New Haven area?  They will probably be late due to traffic.  Someone crashed into a crash truck at exit 44.  The crash truck is that truck you see with the big yellow barriers on the back to protect road workers.