The TEAM UP for Children initiative launched in late 2015 with an inaugural cohort of three federally-qualified community health centers (FQHC): Codman Square Health Center, The Dimock Center, and Lowell Community Health Center. This cohort participated in a six-month planning phase followed by a three-year implementation period (Phase 1). In September of 2019, TEAM UP launched its second phase, which expanded the initiative to four additional FQHCs: Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, DotHouse Health, New Bedford Community Health, and South Boston Community Health Center. This cohort is currently in its implementation phase, with mentorship provided by cohort 1 health centers.
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Boston Medical Center
Boston Medical Center is a private, not-for-profit, 496-bed, academic medical center that is the primary teaching affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine. It is the largest and busiest provider of trauma and emergency services in New England. It offers specialized care for complex health problems and is a leading research institution, receiving more than $119 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2015. In 1997, BMC founded Boston Medical Center Health Plan, Inc., now one of the top ranked Medicaid MCOs in the country, as a non-profit managed care organization serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine are partners in the Boston HealthNet – 13 community health centers focused on providing exceptional health care to residents of Boston. For more information, visit www.bmc.org.
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine is dedicated to the educational, intellectual, professional and personal development of a diverse group of exceptional students, trainees, and faculty who are deeply committed to the study and practice of medicine, to biomedical research, and to public health. As a community, we place great value on excellence, integrity, service, social justice, collegiality, equality of opportunity, and interdisciplinary collaboration. For more information, visit www.bumc.bu.edu/busm.
Klarman Family Foundation
The Klarman Family Foundation (KFF) seeks to identify areas of unmet need and to advance solutions to addressing them. We believe passionately in the promise and importance of creative thinking, strategic leadership and strong organizations to help bring about change. Our intention as a Foundation is to help make measurable progress in improving the lives of others. The Foundation’s grant making spans several areas of interest, including ensuring access to high quality children’s mental health services. The issues we are addressing are complicated, requiring new and creative thinking and persistence over time. For more information, visit www.klarmanfoundation.org.
Richard and Susan Smith Foundation
The Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation is committed to effecting permanent positive change in the lives of the residents of Greater Boston, particularly individuals and families in economically disadvantaged communities. Today, three generations of the Smith family oversee the Foundation, stewarding approximately $15 million annually in grants aimed at promoting greater health, educational attainment, and economic mobility. For more information, visit rssff.org
Codman Square
Codman Square Health Center was founded in 1979 by a group of community visionaries seeking to restore their neighborhood on the brink of disaster. Today, with a staff of over 290 employees and an astounding depth and breadth of community programs and partnerships, the Health Center serves as a resource for improving the physical, mental and social well-being of the community. Our comprehensive, wraparound services are built upon our Patient-Centered Medical Home model and include primary care, urgent care, dental care, eye care, behavioral health, and nutrition. For more information, visit www.codman.org.
The Dimock Center
Recognized nationally as a model for the delivery of comprehensive health and human services in an urban community, The Dimock Center provides the residents of Boston with convenient access to high quality, low cost health care and human services that might not otherwise be available to its surrounding communities. Situated on a nine-acre campus in Roxbury’s Egleston Square, The Dimock Center handles more than 76,000 visits annually with 17,000 unique patients and clients representing a wide range of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. Services provided at The Dimock Center include Health and Community Care, Behavioral Health and Child and Family Services. For more information, visit www.dimock.org.
Lowell Community Health Center
Founded in 1970, Lowell Community Health Center serves as the “family doctor” for nearly half of the Lowell, MA population, providing “caring, quality, and culturally appropriate health services to the people of Greater Lowell, regardless of their financial status.” Lowell is home to many immigrants and refugees from all parts of the globe; 88% of those served by Lowell CHC live below the federal poverty level, and close to half are best served in a language other than English. Lowell CHC is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization and recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a top-level Patient Centered Medical Home. It was designated by the federal Office of Minority Health as one of the top 5 health centers for delivering culturally competent care, including through its unique, West-meets-East Metta Health Center. With a staff of over 400, Lowell CHC is the city’s 10th largest employer. For more information, visit www.lchealth.org or call 978.746.7891.
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center provides the comprehensive health care and services so vital for patients in the greater-Brockton region who are facing linguistic, cultural and financial barriers. For 25 years, we have committed ourselves to promoting health and preventing disease through an array of services, programs, outreach efforts, and community partnerships. Our programs are expanding and ever-evolving to provide the excellence in health care that all deserve. We respect and understand our unique role in serving the area’s most diverse and underserved people – and we turn no one away. Each year, BNHC sees more than 35,000 unique patients. More than half prefer a language other than English, and 86 percent live in poverty. We have a proud staff of 600 that handles 209,000 patient visits a year, making us the largest employer in downtown Brockton and one of the state’s busiest federally qualified community health centers. For more information, please visit www.bnhc.org.
DotHouse Health
In 1887, DotHouse Health was established as a settlement house in the Fields Corner neighborhood of Dorchester to serve low-income and immigrant populations. We have evolved over time in response to the changing needs and demographics of the community. In 1972, with the support of area residents, DotHouse obtained federal and state funding to create a health center, providing culturally appropriate, comprehensive, and community-based care to residents regardless of their ability to pay. Today, with a staff of over 200 employees, the health center connects patients and residents with medical care, social services, and community programs to support the overall good health of our patients and help build a stronger and healthier community. DotHouse is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home. For more information, visit www.dorchesterhouse.org.
New Bedford Community Health
For nearly four decades, the New Bedford Community Health (GNBCHC) has been steadfast in its mission of serving those most in need. Our compassionate and committed staff offers outstanding primary, preventative, and urgent care to more than 23,000 patients in over 90,000 visits each year. We offer services in pediatrics, adult and geriatric medicine, women’s health, infectious disease, urgent care, and treatment for substance use disorders. We have on-site lab and radiology services, dental care, eye health and a WIC office, as well as other health and wellness programs such as smoking cessation and diabetes prevention. For more information, please visit www.gnbchc.org.
South Boston Community Health Center
With a staff of over 150, the South Boston Community Health Center is a nationally recognized facility that provides over 70,000 visits a year to half of South Boston’s population. We currently provide these services from a two building, modern facility in the heart of the neighborhood, and a satellite site in South Boston’s emerging Seaport district.
Our services include adult medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, convenient care, nutrition, dental, eye care and a range of specialty services. The mission of the Health Center is to provide health care to the entire community while ensuring care to those most in need. Our governing principle is "all who seek care are welcome here." We seek to meet the health care needs of our community by delivering consistently high quality, low cost health care- with a special emphasis on primary and preventive care. We are a leader within the community on health issues, both listening and teaching with respect, compassion and clinical expertise. For more information, visits us at www.sbchc.org.
