UCHC Needle Take Back Day

Needle Take Back Day

UCHC was one of the host locations for the first “Needle Take Back Day”.  This was a collaborative effort between, City Councilor, Annissa Essaibi-George, BU School of Public Health, Boston Health Commission, and the MA League of Community Health Centers. The strategy for this event was to help reduce the number of improperly discarded needles…

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Susan Cavanaugh and Jay Trivedi

Susan Cavanaugh Retires

Congratulations to Susan Cavanaugh, Clinical Director of the Upham’s Elder Service Plan On Her Retirement Susan Cavanaugh, Clinical Director of the Upham’s Elder Service Plan/PACE, was recently recognized for her dedication and commitment to the PACE Program.  Susan worked at PACE for the past 16 years and was a great support to the staff and…

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UCHC Receives Grant

UCHC was awarded the Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s 2018 Community Reinvestment Grant to support our Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Initiative.  With these funds, our goal is to expand upon our annual events aimed at connecting youth to positive out-of-school-time activities throughout the year: the annual job readiness workshops held in partnership…

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UCHC and Estern Bank

Thank you to Eastern Bank!

UCHC was awarded a Targeted Grant from Eastern Bank. In 2018, Eastern Bank celebrated the Bank’s 200th anniversary. As part of the celebration and to honor its first depositor, Rebecca Sutton, “Targeted Grants” have been designated to support organizations addressing a range of issues that disproportionately impact women, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, human…

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UCHC Receives National Quality Leaders Award

We received notification that UCHC is only one of four community health centers in Massachusetts to receive the National Quality Leaders award from HRSA!  The designation is reserved for community health centers that exceed national clinical quality benchmarks, including Healthy People 2020 goals, in chronic disease management, preventative care, or perinatal/prenatal care. View the Letter…

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