Valley Council for Health & Human Services

(203) 926-9478

The Valley Council is a cooperative venture linking approximately 50 non-profit health & human service providers throughout the Valley. Its mission is to identify, plan, implement, and coordinate a comprehensive system of human service delivery and to advocate for community-wide and culturally diverse planning approaches in the larger Valley community. Decision makers from each of the active members meet monthly at Valley United Way in Shelton. You can learn more about the accomplishments of the Council and benefits of membership by clicking here. For an application, click here for a Word document or here for a PDF file.

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Council Chair Pam Mautte and Vice Chair Victor Pittman .

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Valley Cares Report

Did you know that over 93% of Valley residents surveyed rate their quality of life as good or very good, while 8% rate it as poor or very poor?

To find out more about what contributes to the well-being of Valley residents and what challenges we face as a community, we invite you to read the Valley CARES Quality of Life Report.

Valley CARES Quality of Life Report

The Valley CARES (Community Assessment Research & Education for Solutions) Initiative of the Valley Council is designed to track key indicators of quality of life in the Valley over time. Our goal is to see what aspects of community life have gotten better over time and what areas may need improvement.

For more information, see the summary report (23 pgs.) or the full report. Additional detail about the results of the Valley resident survey used in the report is available in the Community Survey Results document.

We Invite Your Feedback

After you read the report, please complete a very short survey to help us understand how you plan to use the report and to give us your feedback regarding how we can improve the report and use it to help create action plans for community improvement. Click here to take the survey now.

If you are interested in obtaining a printed copy of the report, sharing your ideas for community improvement, or getting involved in efforts to build an even better Valley, please contact the Valley Council Coordinator.

Acknowledgements

Production of the Valley CARES report was made possible by generous grants from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, The Valley Community Foundation, The Valley United Way, and the Katharine Matthies Foundation (Bank of America, NA, Trustee). Additional support provided by: Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, Naugatuck Valley Health District, Griffin Hospital, Birmingham Group Health Services, Inc., The WorkPlace, Inc. and the member agencies of the Valley Council.

Click here for the Executive Summary. Click here for the full report. Click here for the Community Survey Results.

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The Valley Council meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Valley United Way, 3 Corporate Drive, Suite 501, Shelton. The Council maintains an office and staff at United Way.

Click here for directions.

For more information about the Valley Council, please contact the Valley Council Coordinator, Heidi Zavatone-Veth. Heidi has over 20 years of experience in community-based health and human service research and work. A medical anthropologist by training, she has a particular interest in addressing issues of cultural diversity in health & human service policy and program delivery. She has been working with the Council since 2008.

Email: VCHHSCoordinator@gmail.com
Phone: 203-926-9478

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The Valley Council can be reached via e-mail by clicking here. Valley United Way facilitates the Valley Council by providing administrative support and office and meeting space.