All posts by: Catherine

Chapel Haven proudly presents “A Night of Noise,” Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Lyric Hall in Westville Village. This event is sponsored by the S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury. Join us from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. for a free art fair, featuring paintings, drawings and other original works of art by Chapel Haven artists, along […]

Chapel Haven is poised to take the next step as a pioneer in serving adults with disabilities. On Sunday, April 30, at Chapel Haven’s largest event of the year, the Family Day Brunch, Chapel Haven shared the latest in a capital campaign that holds promise as a national model in serving adults with disabilities as […]

Our Chapel Haven participants in Project PAVE have had an amazing year learning about the professional workplace and making friends and admirers in each of the offered internships at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Kristine Fornaby, PAVE Program Coordinator for Chapel Haven, said, “This wonderful group of volunteers has contributed almost 500 hours each to the hospital […]

Chapel Haven has a history of attracting caring, dedicated staff, who stay on the job long beyond the national turnover rate in this field. Chapel Haven’s staff turnover rate averages about 8 percent in a field that where the rate can approach 50% and higher, affecting the quality of care provided to clients. At an […]

Chapel Haven West was featured on News 4 KVOA, the local NBC news affiliate. The segment includes an interview with Chapel Haven West Executive Director Kenneth Hosto and follows Chapel Haven West graduate and community member Erik Rowe at our campus and at his job. To see the story, click Chapel Haven West Helps Young […]

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 marked World Down Syndrome Awareness Day and Chapel Haven celebrated the day by featuring a social media campaign of our adults talking about their lives and by wearing “lots of socks” to get people talking. Thank you to the following Chapel Haven adults who participated and are featured in video interviews […]

The 3rd Annual Chapel Haven Golf Tournament is set for Monday, Oct. 2 at 12:30 p.m. at New Haven Country Club Save the date now on your calendars and please plan to join us again! The tournament begins at 12:30 p.m. and will offer a day of golf and a celebratory dinner at the New […]

Join us Saturday, April 8 for our next Chapel Haven open house – East and West! Chapel Haven will hold open houses on Saturday, April 8, at both our New Haven, CT and Tucson, AZ campuses. Join us to learn more about how our award-winning programs empower adults with a variety of abilities to live […]

A residential student at Chapel Haven West was interviewed by the local NBC TV news affiliate, KVOA, regarding a new way to detect autism in high-risk infants. Thomas Sheliga, who hails from Houston, TX, did a great job sharing his opinion on the importance of early detection. Here’s the news clip: New study finds method […]

Chapel Haven was founded in 1972 with the promise that adults with a variety of abilities could eventually learn to live with independence. We started with six students and two staff in a multi-family house on Chapel Street in New Haven, Conn. Since that time, approximately 250 individuals have accessed our programs and services, and […]