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
Director: Amanda Miranda
Program Coordinator: Gary Redman
Counselor: Marion Gracey
Counselor: Siena Vicencio
Social Services Caseworker: Kimberly Stein
Intervention Coordinator: Talisha Jones
Clerk: Keller Schaffer
What is YSS and What Do We Do? Click Here
Soul Friends of CT & Wallingford YSS presents: Healing Hearts
- Wednesdays from 11:00am - 12:00pm beginning June 21, 2023
- Healing Hearts is a summer support group for middle school adolescents to build social and emotional skills. Therapy dogs will be incorporated in some of the sessions.
- Contact Sandra at (203) 951-9544 for more information.
Volunteer Opportunities - Attention Wallingford Youth and Families
- December 2022: List of Opportunities - HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!! So many wonderful volunteer opportunities this holiday season. Please reach out to the contact person of the organization listed for more information, or contact Y&SS for further assistance. Thank you! 203-294-2175 yss@wallingfordct.gov youthprograms@wallingfordct.gov
Beginning April 1, 2022 - Child Car Seat Restraint Systems Inspections
Available on Fridays - By Appointment Only @ Youth & Social Services.
Click here for more details.
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
- 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)
- Family Science Nights
- Information/Referral Services
- Parent/Child Playgroups
- Project Graduation Celebration (high school seniors)
- Safety and delinquency prevention program
- STEM Academy Programs (After-school/Science camps/Robotics)
- Summer Youth Employment Program
- Wallingford Peer Advocates
- 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
- CT Food Share Mobile Pantry ~ located at the corner of Center St. and Miller St. (165 Miller St. Meriden, CT)
- Emergency Food Pantry - Diaper Bank ~ New Opportunities of Greater Meriden (55 West Main St. Meriden, CT)
Serving Residents of Meriden, Wallingford, Berlin, and Southington - 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, CT)
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
- Updates to MMW CAN HUB programs, December 2022
- Energy Assistance Resources
- New Opportunities of Greater Meriden
- Energy Assistance Appointments - Call to schedule your appointment today!
- Energy Assistance and Weatherization - Apply Today!
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- New Opportunities of Greater Meriden