Kennedy Community Health Center Vastly Expands Access to Care in Worcester to Better Serve Patients

Kennedy Community Health Center Vastly Expands Access to Care in Worcester to Better Serve Patients Post-COVID Expansion Showcases Investment in Community Health WORCESTER, MA— Worcester area residents will soon have vastly increased access to health care services under a significant expansion announced today by the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center (Kennedy Community [...]

By |2021-07-28T11:18:33-05:00July 28th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Worcester health center focusing on community vaccination efforts

Worcester health center focusing on community vaccination efforts PHOTO | GRANT WELKER Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center's Milford medical clinic By Sam Bonacci Worcester’s Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center announced Monday it has been expanding efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to the Central Massachusetts communities through ongoing partnerships. After vaccinating thousands [...]

By |2021-06-23T15:49:41-05:00June 23rd, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Changing Power Dynamics

Changing power dynamics: The Kennedy Community Health Center has purposefully remade its board PHOTOS/MATTHEW WRIGHT, BOWDITCH & DEWEY(From left) Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham, board chair of the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, with new board members Emmanuel Larbi and AiVi Nguyen By Devan Greevy To better represent its patient population, the board of directors [...]

By |2021-06-21T11:45:24-05:00June 21st, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Worcester’s Kennedy Community Health receives $6.2 million in American Rescue Plan funding

WORCESTER — The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center received $6.2 million in American Rescue Plan funding, U.S. Rep. James McGovern announced Thursday.  "We're proudly grateful to (the fund), President Biden and Jim McGovern for his leadership in the house to get the plan passed," said Stephen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health [...]

By |2021-04-05T14:53:56-05:00April 5th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

‘Stars in the darkness’

After a year of battling the pandemic, Central Mass. community health center workers play a leading role in the vaccination effort CHRIS VILLANI | NEWS SERVICE OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS Community health center workers, who have served many of those most vulnerable to COVID-19 over the past year, are now on the front [...]

By |2021-03-31T12:30:43-05:00March 31st, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Community Health Centers will play a major role in vaccine education and distribution

In so many ways, 2020 was a year without equal.  The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed our daily lives, reaching every family, every community throughout Central Massachusetts, and every country across the world. Our healthcare system was tested in ways not seen in over 100 years. Now, a much-needed source of hope has arrived as [...]

By |2021-02-22T09:55:14-05:00February 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Worcester community health centers served 57K people, have $149M in economic impact

PHOTO | MATT WRIGHT The Family Health Center of Worcester Worcester's two community health centers, which more often treat low-income or vulnerable populations, treated more than 57,000 patients in 2018, totaling nearly 315,000 visits, according to a new report. The Family Health Center of Worcester and the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center also [...]

By |2021-02-11T11:56:35-05:00February 11th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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