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The Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), is proud to announce a recent grant that has been awarded to their Domestic Violence shelter & service program, New Horizons. The Community Foundation of Middlesex County approved this $5,000 grant for the Reach Out Campaign to Victims and Families of Domestic Violence in Middlesex County. This specific grant has been awarded in the Human Services focus area and was made possible by the generosity of the Sari A. Rosenbaum Fund for Women &…

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This press release was written by Eliza Cole, Communications Manger at the Community Health Center, Inc. Cooper, a 6 year old black Labrador Retriever, is the newest staff member at the school-based health center at Roosevelt School in New Britain. Cooper is a Pet Partners® registered therapy dog working with Lauren Crowley, a therapist and social worker with Community Health Center’s school-based health services program. The pair work together two days per week in the school, meeting with behavioral health…

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This blog post was written by Bridget Teevan, the HealthCorps member who is working directly with the Rewards to Quit research study. I first learned about the Rewards to Quit program when I was interviewing to join AmeriCorps here at CHC.  My first thoughts about a study that paid some people for going to counseling or taking breathalyzer tests to help them quit smoking was that it was innovative and had great potential.  Sure, there was potential for abuse—people could sign…

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In honor of the Great American Smokeout, a national day of smoking cessation awareness, I wanted to compile a list of tips for our staff to have access to. Whether or not you are considered a smoker, I believe that passing on this link to a family member, friend, or perhaps your email contact list, can potentially make a positive impact. Know why you want to quit: To get motivated, you need a powerful, personal reason to quit. Maybe you want to protect your family from secondhand…

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Tomorrow marks the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, a national day of smoking cessation awareness. Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 65% of smokers want to quit, they are just unsuccessful. On October 7th, The Community Health Center’s Weitzman Quality Institute (WQI) launched the Rewards to quit…

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“How could anyone ever tell you, YOU were anything less than beautiful? How could anyone ever tell you, YOU were less than whole? How could anyone fail to notice that your loving is a miracle? How deeply you’re connected to my soul?” “Long term Domestic Violence is like being kidnapped and tortured for ransom but you never have enough to pay off the kidnapper.” These powerful words are just a snapshot of the messages written on over 50,000 tee shirts…

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