Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is pleased to announce it has received $200,000 from the Aetna Foundation for a policy-oriented research project focused on youth homelessness. Across the U.S., homelessness impacts 4.2 million youth ages 13-25, and is a major public health challenge, made all the more dire during the COVID-19 crisis. The Aetna award […]
University of Connecticut (UCONN) Football Head Coach Randy Edsall collaborated with Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) to develop a public service announcement encouraging Connecticut residents to take advantage of free COVID-19 testing at Rentschler Field and other CHC locations across the state. While Connecticut COVID positivity rates remain low, recent spikes in cities like Danbury […]
Originally published at Middletown Press. MIDDLETOWN — State and federal legislators took aim at the world’s massive pharmaceutical industry Friday, which, they say, is violating a law in blocking poor people from securing the drugs they need to address chronic and often life-threatening conditions. So said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., as he joined fellow […]
With Connecticut schools going back in to session, many families and students are grappling with anxiety related to the many unknowns arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Community Health Center, Inc. is the state’s largest provider of school-based health care, with behavioral health clinicians serving more than 180 schools. When schools closed last March, sessions with […]
Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 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 2020-2021 academic year and are children of or […]
Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, Chief Nursing Officer, Community Health Center, Inc., has been selected by the American Academy of Nursing as a 2020 Fellow. In receiving this prestigious designation, Dr. Blankson joins an Academy of more than 2,700 national nursing leaders who demonstrate expertise in policy, research, administration, practice and academia championing health and […]
Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) and the Weitzman Institute are pleased to announce the names of the five fellows who are transforming primary care delivery to the medically underserved populations during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The Transforming Primary Care Summer Fellowship is an on-line, short-term, highly focused front-line training in primary care transformation. This year’s […]
Funding supports telehealth infrastructure upgrades to serve Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) has received $986,261 in funding from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to upgrade telehealth infrastructure needed to serve patients most vulnerable to COVID-19. Upgrades will include videoconferencing and telecommunications equipment, desktop and laptop computers, and network upgrades allowing for […]
Originally published at New Britain Herald NEW BRITAIN – Gov. Ned Lamont was outside the Community Health Center of New Britain Thursday to provide updates on the state’s coronavirus response efforts. The news briefing included Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, Chief Operating Officer for the State of Connecticut Josh Geballe and Dr. William Petit, who represents […]
Originally published at WFSB NEW BRITAIN, CT (WFSB) – Connecticut continues to move in the right direction in terms of recovering during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the governor’s office. Gov. Ned Lamont said hospitalizations are under 200 and 95 percent of businesses have reopened. However, Lamont stressed the need for people to get tested. […]
