Good news!

HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced over $260 million in funding to 290 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for facility renovation, expansion, or construction. Health centers will use this funding to increase their patient capacity and to provide additional comprehensive primary and preventive health services to medically underserved populations.

“Health centers are cornerstones of the communities they serve,” said Secretary Burwell.  “Today’s awards will empower health centers to build more capacity and provide needed health care to hundreds of thousands of additional individuals and their families.”

Whittier Street Health Center is one of three Boston health centers to be funded under this program. We were awarded $750,000 to support a new clinic site in North Dorchester.

The new clinic will include urgent care, primary care, dental, lab and WIC services. The funding is to build out the space in a senior housing building owned by a community developer.

We hope to open the new site in the fall of 2016.

Regards,

Frederica M. Williams

President & CEO

Whittier Street Health Center

1290 Tremont Street

Roxbury, MA 02120

Phone: 617 989 3221

Fax: 617 858 2674

Website:www.wshc.org

Comprehensive. Compassionate. Community

Championing Equitable Access to High Quality Health Care

Whittier Street Health Center is an urban health and wellness center accredited by the Joint Commission and recognized by the NCQA as a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home. Our mission is to provide reliable and accessible primary health care and social services for diverse populations, to promote wellness and to eliminate health and social disparities. Our vision is to serve as the premier urban health center for diverse populations.