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
Social Services Caseworker: Kimberly Stein
Clerk: Keller Schaffer

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Events

• Bike Rodeo (ages 11 and under) Saturday, July 31, 2021
• Attention Middle School Students - One Week Babysitting Course: Aug 9 - Aug 13, 2021
• Are you going to be a 6th grader this fall? Entering Middle School Workshop: Thursdays beginning July 22nd 
• Are you going to be a 9th grader this fall? Entering High School Workshop: Tuesdays beginning July 20th

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 in need during times of crisis. Our programs and activities include:

Assistance Programs

• Emergency Assistance
• Electrical Assistance
• Holiday for Giving Food Program
• Information and Referral Services
• Operation Fuel (energy assistance)
• On The Team (sports fee assistance)
• Thanksgiving baskets

Community-Wide Activities/Programs

• Celebrate Wallingford
• Coalition for a Better Wallingford
• Mayor's Council on Substance Abuse Prevention
• Red Ribbon Week (substance abuse edication/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.