Announcements

The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers recognized the state’s Enrollment and Outreach staff for their tireless efforts to help the people in Massachusetts enroll in health insurance.  They were an important piece of the success of Massachusetts Health Care Reform, and have been working hard this year to ensure that residents of Massachusetts get what they need as the nation implements the Affordable Care Act.  

Lynn Community Health Center has ten Enrollment Staff, who help over 18,000 people each year obtain insurance.  Two of them...

The Attorney General’s Office announced on May 20th that Lynn Community Health Center is one of 22 organizations to be awarded a grant through the “Access to and Measuring the Benefits of Providing Behavioral Health Services in Massachusetts” grant program targeting underserved populations in the state.

The health center will use the funding to expand behavioral health services through its School Based Health Center (SBHC) program in the Lynn Public Schools.

All three high schools, two middle schools, and three elementary schools already offer on-site primary...

The National Association of Community Health Centers has launched an advocacy campaign entitled “Access is the Answer” to stop federal funding cuts to America’s Community Health Centers.  The goal of this campaign is to raise 500 signatures from every health center by May 31.  You can help by signing our petition to the US Congress here.  Please help us preserve access to healthcare for millions of Americans!  

Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation, behavioral health services will be more accessible to those most in need in the Greater Lynn Community.  Lynn Community Health Center has been awarded the grant through the Foundation’s “$100K for 100” initiative, supporting eastern Middlesex, southern Essex, and Suffolk counties in Massachusetts. 

Lynn Community Health Center has a well-established behavioral...

Thank you to everyone who attended or contributed to our third annual “Women for Lynn Community Health Center Recognition Breakfast!”  Your commitment ensures that more women and girls will receive the care and support they need to take control of their health and their lives.  

This year we instituted a new award, named for Andrea Gauzetti, RN, the health center’s Chief of Clinical Operations.  As the health center has grown to meet the challenges of an ever-changing healthcare environment, the role of...

Visit the Atrium of our main site (269 Union Street) for our annual Women’s Health Fair from 10:00 - 1:00.  Door prizes, Journey Dance (12:15 - 1:00), health information and more! 

The North Shore District Dental Society, a component of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS), today awarded $60,000 to the Lynn Community Health Center to improve the oral health of area residents.  The funds were raised through individual donations by members of the North Shore District and will be used to help expand the dental assistant externship program at Lynn Community Health Center.  This program supports dental clinic staff in becoming Certified Dental Assistants

“This is an opportunity for dentists of the North Shore to support the education of the...

Governor Deval Patrick and Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rachel Kapreilian held a press conference at LCHC to announce the first grants from the new Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund.  This is a state fund created as part of Chapter 224 mandating increased quality and reduced costs in healthcare.  A collaboration between LCHC, Union Hospital, and SEIU1199 is one of 51 grantees that will develop projects to help train staff to meet the requirements of this act.  Our project will be to develop a training to help front line...

LCHC Pediatrics Department is starting a Parenting Seminar Series on the last Wednesday of each month. The first one will be next Wednesday March 26 on “Understanding the Special Education Process.” Call Erin O’Donnell for more information at 781-691-7096 or visit the Parenting Seminar Webpage.

LCHC staff became volunteer artists to complete a new jungle-themed mural in the Pediatrics Department.  Check out photos here!