Youth & Social Services
Location
David Doherty Municipal Building
6 Fairfield Boulevard
Office Hours
Mon thru Fri, 9 am - 5 pm
Contact
Tel: (203) 294-2175
Fax: (203) 294-2703
Staff
Director: Amanda Miranda
Program Coordinator: Gary Redman
Counselor: Marion Gracey
Drug and Alcohol Counselor: Maria Quiles
(bi-lingual: english/spanish)
Social Services Caseworker: Kimberly Stein
Intervention Coordinator: Talisha Jones
Clerk: Keller Schaffer
What is YSS and What Do We Do? Click Here
Upcoming Events: (Click on the event title for Event Flyer)
May is "Mental Health Awareness Month" Events:
- Movement for Mental Health - Free Yoga Session
- Location: Parks & Recreation Dept., 6 Fairfield Boulevard
- Date/Time: Saturday, May 25th / 10:00am - 11:30am
- FREE for High School Age Teens and Adults
- To Register Contact Youth & Social Services @ (203) 294-2175 or email [email protected]
- Question ~ Persuade ~ Refer (QPR) - Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
- Location: Youth & Social Services, 6 Fairfield Boulevard
- Date/Time: Wednesday, May 29th / 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- Parents will learn how to recognize warning signs and 3 steps to help save a life from suicide.
- To Register Please Call Mandy @ (203) 294-2175
Project Graduation 2024: Events and Fundraisers - Informational Flyer
- Amazon Wish List - Gift Cards for Graduating Seniors
- Flamingo Flocking during the month of May!
- Queso For A Cause - Project Grad Fundraiser Flyer
- Location: Pancheros Mexican Grill, 893 North Colony Road
- Dates/Times: Tuesdays, May 28th & June 4th / 5:00pm - 8:00pm
- Simply take a picture of or print out the flyer and present in-restaurant at time of purchase and 30% of your sale will go toward Project Graduation.
- Shake A Can - Student Volunteers Needed!!!
- Location: Stop n Shop Wallingford, 930 North Colony Road
- Date/Time: June 1st / 10:00am - 2:00pm
- Please reach out to Sherri Baker [email protected] OR Denise Zukowski [email protected]
- Bingo Night @ Slider's Bar & Grill
- Location: Slider's Bar & Grill - 950 Yale Avenue
- Date/Time: Saturday, May 18th / Doors open at 6:00pm
- $20 per ticket ~ 50/50 Raffles & Prizes
- Contact: Denise Zukowski @ [email protected]
Other Events:
- Babysitting Course for Middle School Students - *COURSE IS FULL, call to be added to the waiting list*
- Location: Wallingford Public Library - Collins Room, 200 North Main Street
- Dates/Times: Tuesdays, April 30th - May 28th / 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- Register via Youth & Social Services at (203)294-2175
- Talk to Your Teens! A Substance Abuse Prevention Workshop for Parents
- Location: Coalition for a Better Wallingford - 136 Center Street
- Dates/Times: May 21st & 28th / 5:00pm - 7:00pm
- Register by emailing [email protected]
Summer Programs
Are you interested in Video Production? Take our Summer Class! Click Here for Flyer
- For High School aged Wallingford Residents
- Learn Video Production From GovTV
- Six Week Summer Program
- Opportunity to earn Community Service Hours
- Limited Spaces ~ Apply Soon!
- Contact: call (203) 294-2175 or email [email protected]
Department Responsibilities
The Wallingford Department of Youth and Social Services provides programs, activities and services that promote both a positive, healthy community and develop healthy, capable young people and families. We also provide services to families and individuals in need during times of crisis. Our programs and activities include:
Assistance Programs
- Emergency Assistance
- Energy Assistance
- Information and Referral Services
- Operation Fuel
- Thanksgiving Assistance
- Youth Program and Sports Scholarship Program
Community-Wide Activities/Programs
- Celebrate Wallingford
- Coalition for a Better Wallingford
- Holiday For Giving Program
- Mayor's Council on Substance Abuse Prevention
- Red Ribbon Week (substance abuse education and prevention)
- Wallingford Project Graduation Celebration (high school seniors)
Counseling/Education Programs/Services
- Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
- Child Car Seat Restraint Systems Inspections
Available on Fridays by appointment only @ Youth & Social Services - Click here for more details. - Counseling Support Groups
- Information/Referral Services
- Parenting Programs
- Parent/Child Playgroups (English & Spanish)
- Youth and Family Counseling
Youth Services
- Alternative to Suspension Program
- Babysitting Course
- Diversion Program (for children under the age of 18 involved in criminal/non-criminal matters)
- Information/Referral Services
- Parent/Child Playgroups
- Project Graduation Celebration (high school seniors)
- Safety and delinquency prevention program
- Summer Youth Employment Program
- Wallingford Youth Fire Prevention and Intervention Program
- Wallingford Youth Leadership Program
- WECARE partner (Wallingford Early Childhood Alliance, Resource & Education)
- Youth/Family Counseling
- Youth Job Bank
- Youth Presidential Student Service Awards
Note: The Town of Wallingford is not licensed with the Office of Early Childhood and is not required to do so.
Resources - Resource Directory for Residents of the Town of Wallingford
- Domestic Violence Resources
- Energy Assistance Resources
- New Opportunities of Greater Meriden
- Energy Assistance Appointments - Call to schedule your appointment today!
- Energy Assistance and Weatherization - Apply Today!
- Necesita Ayuda Con Su Calefaccion? - Interesado, Llame New Opportunities!
- New Opportunities of Greater Meriden
- Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen Resources
- CT Food Share Mobile Pantry ~ located at the corner of Center St. and Miller St. (165 Miller St. Meriden)
- Emergency Food Pantry - Diaper Bank ~ New Opportunities of Greater Meriden (55 West Main St. Meriden) Serving Residents of Meriden, Wallingford, Berlin, and Southington
- GLOW - Gleanings Lovingly Offered in Wallingford ~ "The Rock Church" (26 Parker Farms Rd. Wallingford)
- Free Food Every Friday - Flyer
- Comida Gratis Cada Viernes - folleto en español
- List of Wallingford/Meriden Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens, issued October 2022
- MMW CAN HUB ~ Meriden, Middlesex, and Wallingford CAN HUB (55 West Main St. Meriden)
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
- Updates to MMW CAN HUB programs, December 2022
- Urgent Crisis Center - Urgent response for children's mental health crises.
• Thoughts of suicide or self-injury
• Feelings of depression, anxiety, or hopelessness
• Out-of-control behaviors
• Substance misuse
• Any mental health crisis