Real Hope is Here
CHR is the most comprehensive, non-profit behavioral healthcare provider in Connecticut, offering a wide range of personalized services for children, families and adults whose lives have been touched by mental illness, addiction or trauma. Our largest outpatient offices are in Manchester and Enfield, with smaller offices throughout central and eastern Connecticut and several community-based programs.
CHR’s Mission: Inspiring hope for individual and community wellbeing.
CHR’s Vision: Every life will get better.
CHR’s Statement of Values:
- Compassion: We show up with kindness and empathy in everything we do.
- Collaboration: We work together by listening, sharing ideas, and supporting one another.
- Respect: We honor different views and each person’s unique experiences.
- Integrity: We are honest and ethical in our decision making.
- Innovation: We grow, improve, and adapt to provide high quality care.
CHR was founded as a small counseling center in 1966 and has grown through the years to meet the needs of the communities we serve. Throughout our history, we have added new programs, grown into new locations, collaborated with other healthcare providers, and recruited exceptional staff to meet the needs of the adults and families we serve.
Today, we employ more than 900 experienced professionals, including licensed therapists, psychiatrists, child psychiatrists, case managers, and people with lived experience who provide expert care to more than 23,000 people every year. We are accredited by The Joint Commission and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, licensed by the state, and were the first nonprofit in Connecticut to meet all of the rigorous federal criteria as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), reflecting our broad range of services for people of all ages. In addition, CHR has repeatedly been voted among the Top Workplaces in Connecticut by the Hartford Courant and has earned Top Workplace recognition from USA Today and Newsweek.
Casting Our Vision
Guided by compassion and respect, CHR transforms lives by offering hope. CHR’s Executive Management Team is directly responsible for ensuring this happens. As experts in their respective fields, each brings years of training and experience to providing the highest standard of quality services.
Our Culture
At CHR, we recognize that providing excellent and person-centered care begins with treating every person who seeks our services with dignity and respect. As such, we provide care in multiple languages, in accordance with national CLAS and strive to ensure that all care reflects the voice and values of the individuals and families we serve. To bolster this commitment, we’ve worked hard to recruit and retain a workforce that mirrors the communities we serve in all regards.
Similarly, CHR strives to foster an environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We honor the many perspectives, experiences, and talents that our staff bring to CHR and actively work to instill a sense of belonging, so all employees continue to learn, grow, and reach their full potential.