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Tuesday, March 18, marked the kick-off event in which Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) and three Delaware health centers are joining together in Project ECHO Buprenorphine – another of CHC’s ECHO programs.  Dr. Daren Anderson, Dr. Richard Feuer, Dr. Marwan Haddad and Agi Erickson, the Project ECHO manager, represented CHC and the Weitzman Quality Institute (WQI) as they traveled to the Delaware Medical Society on Tuesday to jumpstart the bi-weekly ECHO BUP video-conferencing sessions. Additional WQI staff setup…

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This blog post was written by Kasey Harding-Wheeler, the director of Integrated Care for Special Populations here at the Community Health Center, Inc. Friday, March 14th marked the end of an era at Community Based Services as we said goodbye to our long time office manager, Louise Moschini. Louise has been a part of the CHC family for 19 years, bringing a smile and kind greeting to those visiting 33 Ferry Street for as long as some of our patients…

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CHC is celebrating Give Kids a Smile Day and National Children’s Dental Health Month at sites around Connecticut this month! Yesterday, our site in Stamford hosted an event and it was a huge success! Below is an email to the Community Health Center, Inc. from someone who attended to event. “Subject: THANK YOU!!!!! Mark, Margaret, Adele: I wanted to write a quick note thanking you and CHC for the wonderful event you organized yesterday at Franklin Common — a free dental…

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Have you ever heard of a Zine? Until a few months ago, I had only heard brief mention of the term and figured it was just another new phone app or media website. It turns out that a Zine (pronounced “zeen,” like “magazine”) is a self-created news publication in the raw form and has become a very popular news outlet for different organizations. Any topic, format, size and target audience can be utilized when creating a Zine and here at…

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The MIECHV (Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Program) is a new program at the Community Health Center, Inc. in Meriden. This In-Home Parenting Education and Support Program works with pregnant mothers and their child or children and their family system. The program is free and open to Meriden residents only. Founded through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Service’s agency for Health Resources & Service’s Administration (HRSA), the MIECHV program aims to demonstrate improvement among eligible families…

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