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Meet The Team

Meet Our Team

Tricia Pinto, Victim Care Navigator
Tricia serves as a support and facilitator to the 26 families whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook School on December 14, 2012. Tricia’s 6 year old son Jack was one of the children who died that day. Tricia has a Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science from Pace University. While her position at the Center for Wellness and Support is not in a legal capacity, her legal training and first hand experience as a bereaved mother living with traumatic loss offers the combination of skill and sensitivity when providing support to the families of loss.She currently serves as a member on the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission and is also a co-creator of the family based website mysandyhookfamily.org.

Tricia lives in Sandy Hook, Connecticut with her husband and teenage son. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and reading.

Corinne Ofgang, MS, LPC, Clinical Manager
A native of the Danbury area, Corinne Ofgang received a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Western Connecticut State University. Her undergraduate degree is in the Social Sciences, with a concentration in conflict resolution from the same university. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Sciences. Prior to joining the Center for Support and Wellness she worked as a clinician at a local substance abuse and behavioral health agency in Connecticut. In this capacity, she was responsible for facilitating psychoeducational and therapeutic support groups, as well as comprehensive assessments and individual counseling for clients with co-occurring conditions.

She is known for a warm, relaxed, and comfortable approach to counseling and is a professional member of the American Counseling Association and the Connecticut Counseling Association. Corinne believes in treating all clients with unconditional positive regard, and works to understand their struggles through a trauma-informed lens. Corinne’s favorite activities outside of work are hiking and spending time with her husband, family and Labradoodle, Iris.

Staff Descriptions

Care Navigator – Persons in distress, seeking support and referral, are best served by a professional who can assess, inform, guide, monitor, perform quality assurance checks, and more. It is not enough to point a needy person in the right direction; walking with that person on the journey through help is a much more productive and effective strategy leading to better outcomes. No one should have to feel as if they are alone. This is how the role of Care Navigator serves our clients.

Core responsibilities of a Care Navigator include:

  • • Respond to inquiries from residents, employees, concerned family members, police and fire personnel, clergy, hospitals, and area behavioral health agencies.
  • • Provide case management services to link individuals and families to all of the services available to them, including assistance in navigating systems such as insurance,
  • • Work in conjunction with existing treatment providers to assure comprehensive service delivery,
  • • Coordinate care with Newtown schools support staff for students outside of the purview of school staff resources,
  • • Conduct in-home assessments for anyone not able to come the CSW building,
  • • Provide further case management services when needed.

Victims Family Care Navigator – Funded by the Office of Victims Services, this position serves as an advocate for the 26 families whose loved one is a victim of the 12/14 shooting. This position helps families with their individual needs. In addition, this position communicates to the families on a monthly bases and shares relevant town, state, and national information as needed. Clients in this population can utilize this position for other concerns not related to 12/14/12.