About Us

BHcare is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. We provide a comprehensive and integrated system of care, with wrap-around services for adults, children and families struggling with mental health, substance use, domestic violence and other health-risk behaviors.

BHcare is licensed by the CT Department of Public Health, and is nationally accredited by The Joint Commission.

BHcare is designated by the CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) as the Local Mental Health Authority for the following towns:

• Valley: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton.
• Shoreline: Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Madison, North Branford and North Haven.

Our Outpatient Clinics in Ansonia and Branford provide individualized mental health and/or substance use treatment and support to help clients meet their health and life goals.

The Parent Child Resource Center, a program of BHcare, is a state-licensed outpatient psychiatric clinic for children in Derby that provides clinical and support services for children, adolescents and teens who are struggling with behavioral health issues; we guide them with innovative, creative and evidence-based programs that help engage them with school and help them become hopeful, confident, and secure.

BHcare’s The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services provides domestic violence services and supports for residents of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, West Haven and Woodbridge.

Our Hope Family Justice Center consists of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals who work together, under one roof, to provide free wraparound services for domestic violence victims and their families.

BHcare’s Alliance for Prevention & Wellness (APW) is designated by DMHAS as the Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization serving the South-Central region of Connecticut. APW delivers services utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework, which is a data-driven evidence based prevention model developed by SAMHSA, for substance use, suicide and problem gambling prevention and promotion of mental health.