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Chapel Haven West was featured on News 4 KVOA, the local NBC news affiliate, and Executive Director Kenneth Hosto was profiled as a KOLD News 13 Hero in a special segment. The KVOA segment includes an interview with Chapel Haven West Executive Director Kenneth Hosto and follows Chapel Haven West graduate and community member Erik […]

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 […]

Chapel Haven West’s vocation department has many exciting developments coming in February. Recently, Chapel Haven West partnered with Not Your Typical Deli, a full service delicatessen and bakery located in Gilbert, Arizona. In addition to serving local, high quality, and unique food options, they are also dedicated to providing training and employment opportunities to adults […]

Never underestimate the power of determined parents. That is the lesson behind the founding of Chapel Haven, which started as the dream of a group of parents celebrating their kids’ graduation from Maplebrook School in Amenia, NY in the early 1970s. Share This:

Successful internships, jobs, college,  life skills and lasting friendships celebrated at Chapel Haven West graduation Eight students graduated from Chapel Haven West’s two-year residential program on June 8. The graduation ceremony, held at the Tucson Marriott, was attended by parents, family members, friends and staff. Each student gave a speech and received a graduation certificate […]

With the diagnosis of autism on the rise, the commencement ceremony for Chapel Haven West, set for Saturday, June 15, 2013, takes on new meaning. In the face of new studies predicting that 1 in 88 children will be born with autism by age 8, Chapel Haven West is a postsecondary school that teaches adults […]