05 Oct, 2021 - Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) and the Weitzman Institute (WI) are pleased to announce a collaboration with the LEGO® Group to support its Prescription for Play (“P4P”) program. P4P promotes learning through play by supplying free DUPLO® brick kits and educational materials to pediatric health care providers to deliver to 18-36-month-old patients during routine well-child […]
What’s New at CHC
CHC’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
27 Aug, 2021 - For over a year and a half the pandemic has drastically impacted the lives of billions of people around the world.
Community Health Center, Inc. Receives $2.2M Five-Year National Telehealth Award to Train and Support Primary Care Providers in Rural, Frontier and Underserved Areas
23 Aug, 2021 - Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) has been awarded $2.2M over five years from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to provide telehealth-based training and support to primary care providers in rural, frontier, and other underserved areas of the U.S. CHC is one of nine awardees nationally, and the only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) […]
COVID-19 is increasing in Connecticut. The delta variant is likely the reason why.
17 Aug, 2021 - Originally posted at The Hartford Courant.
Opinion: For many children, the return to normal patterns is not cause for celebration – but anxiety
07 Aug, 2021 - Originally posted at The Hartford Courant Connecticut’s steadily increasing vaccination rate and our return to gathering in public, however cautiously, has made the arrival of summer especially sweet this year. There is so much more to appreciate than the warmer weather and longer days. The once-unremarkable sight of multiple generations of a family sharing a […]
Homeless Shelters Hope for Return of Critical On-Site Covid-19 Testing
04 Aug, 2021 - Originally posted at NBC Connecticut Homeless shelter directors are hoping free, on-site Covid-19 testing will return to their centers in light of the delta variant. It was a resource they had through the pandemic up until about a month ago, and they say it’s critical in preventing a potential outbreak. “Now we’re back to square […]
CHC Announces Winners of 2021 Scholarship Program
03 Aug, 2021 - Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 CHC College Scholarship Program. The awardees earned scholarships to help cover their educational studies. The program is geared towards undergraduate students attending college or university in associates or bachelor’s degree programs during the 2021-2022 academic year and are children of or […]
State Expects Increase in COVID-19 Testing Demand
29 Jul, 2021 - Originally posted at NBC Connecticut The more contagious delta variant threatens a fuller reopening of offices and schools, but regular testing could help catch these cases before they spread. However, there are no more mass testing sites in Connecticut. “We were conducting over 200,000 tests a week. It got as low as 50,000 tests a […]
The CDC is again recommending that vaccinated people in ‘areas of high transmission’ wear masks indoors. What does that mean for Connecticut?
27 Jul, 2021 - Originally posted at The Hartford Courant
April Joy Damian, PhD, Named Weitzman Institute Director
12 Jul, 2021 - April Joy Damian, PhD, MSc, CHPM, PMP, has been named Vice President and Director of the Weitzman Institute. Dr. Damian, a widely published and highly respected researcher, joined Community Health Center, Inc. in May 2019 as Weitzman’s Associate Director. Dr. Damian now leads a team of more than 50 researchers and education specialists, with programs reaching […]
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