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Woodbury board backs Litchfield Health grant bid, approves senior-center caregiver grant and summer meal pilot
Summary
The Board of Selectmen unanimously adopted a resolution supporting Litchfield Health's Local Health Network grant applications and accepted a $3,200 Connecticut Community Foundation grant for a caregiver support program; the board also heard of an eight-week CSCW summer meal pilot serving 30 families to date.
WOODBURY, Conn. — The Woodbury Board of Selectmen on June 23 voted unanimously to support Litchfield Health’s Local Health Network grant applications and approved a small grant to support a new caregiver support program at the Senior Center.
The board adopted a resolution — moved by First Selectman Paul Zulpa and seconded by Selectman Karen Reddington-Hughes — that “formally expresses its strong support for Litchfield Health's grant applications” to expand a model that uses zero-configuration 4G remote patient monitoring for residents without high-speed internet. The motion to add the resolution to the agenda and the subsequent motion to adopt it both carried, 3–0.
Litchfield Health President Andrew Kohler described the initiative as a lifestyle-medicine approach to chronic-disease management that pairs nurse practitioners and community health workers with local partners such as farms and pharmacies. Kohler asked the board for a letter of support for state and federal grant applications, including rural health transformation funds expected to be allocated by Oct. 30, 2026.
Also at the meeting, the board accepted a $3,200 grant from the Connecticut Community Foundation to underwrite a twice-monthly caregiver support group run by the Senior Center. Selectman Richard Coates moved the acceptance and Selectman Karen Reddington-Hughes seconded; the motion carried 3–0. The selectmen were told the support group will run for at least one year and will cover a professional moderator, print materials and refreshments, with a planned start in October 2026.
During public comment, Megan E. Houlihan-Aceto, executive director of the Community Service Council of Woodbury, announced an eight-week summer meal pilot beginning July 7. Enrollment reported at the meeting was 30 families (60 children), and CSCW noted that 18 of those families are new to the organization and that food donations are down.
What happens next: Litchfield Health will pursue grant applications and the town offered formal support; the Senior Center will move forward with the caregiver group using the awarded funds and CSCW plans to operate the summer meal pilot.
