Community Members Celebrate New Health Center Opening at Turn of River Middle School
Local Nonprofit Launches Latest Effort to Support Younger Stamford Residents
STAMFORD — A nonprofit Fairfield County organization offering health, education, and human service programs has opened a new school-based health center (SBHC) in the city as the latest resource for young residents. Students, staff, and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) were on site to recognize the occasion with a ribbon cutting.
On Monday, September 22, local officials celebrated alongside Himes, who previously secured a $1 million federal grant to help with the project, as Family Centers unveiled the new asset for students at Turn of River Middle School.
Family Centers CEO Louis Josephson and Chief Health Officer Dennis Torres joined Stamford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Tamu Lucero and Turn of River Principal Mark Bonasera at the ceremony. Also in attendance were city representatives Janeene Freeman, Special Assistant to Mayor Caroline Simmons, and Jodi Bishop-Pullan, Stamford’s Director of Health and Human Services.
According to a press release from Family Centers, the new facility, which “was built in an unused locker room,” will provide medical services in addition to the mental health support currently offered.
Family Centers operates nine different SBHCs throughout the Stamford school district with dental professionals, nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, social workers, and other personnel.
Plans for a health facility at Turn of River Middle School were announced in October 2024. Among its locations across the region, the agency has an office on Bedford Street.
Family Centers has over 300 staff and 500 trained volunteers collaborating to serve children, adults, and families in the area with comprehensive care. For more information, visit familycenters.org.
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