Community Health Center Incorporated

School based services: our school-based health staff are licensed health care providers, who work with school staff and nurses to provide expanded medical, behavioral health, and dental services to students during the school day. they work in conjunction with the student's primary care providers to support their health care needs. chc proudly serves over 17,000 students throughout connecticut.

Mental health services: community health center, inc. (chc) provides individual, group, and family treatment for adults and children referred primarily from its primary care department, as well as from community sources. the chc behavioral health team includes psychiatrists, psychiatric aprns, psychologists, lcsws, and social workers who work in an integrated model with the primary care team to assure coordinated, comprehensive care. chc partners with multiple school systems to imbed a chc behavioralist within schools to provide early intervention and treatment of behavioral health conditions. a member substitution with child guidance center of southern connecticut, inc. expanded these programs. (see sch. o)in order to expand access to behavioral health care, chc expanded its operations by signing a member substitution agreement with the child guidance center of southern connecticut, inc. in january 2020, chc began operating the major programs performed by cgc which included:-the provisions of cgc provides child and family therapy services.-the child first program which is an evidence-based, intensive, home-based service that identifies very young and vulnerable children from high risk families before abuse or neglect has occurred and before a child develops serious problems. -the state's designated mobile crisis intervention service ("mcis") provider for stamford, greenwich, darien and new canaan.

Dental services: the dental care team, including both dentists and dental hygienists at chc is an important part of the integrated care team. they work closely with all of the staff to ensure the patients oral health is cared for. in addition to the main care sites, chc offers dental care at many of the school based health centers, and have mobile dental clinics that bring care to patients across the state of connecticut. all other programs: community health center, inc. (chc) is concerned with the interface of personal health with population health and community health as a community health center. to this end it is extensively involved in conducting community outreach, health education, and prevention/wellness programs such as the "family resource center and its dance/physical activity space, "vinnie's." it operates a 24/7 battered women's shelter, conducts home visitation program such as the nurturing family network, and provides extensive support services to special populations such as housing services for persons living with hiv/aids.