Health Center Highlights

Capital Link regularly profiles health centers that have successfully completed their expansion plans. These health center stories are available on our website. Upcoming additions include Neighborhood Health Association, OH, and Family Healthcare of Hagerstown, MD (formerly Walnut Street Community Health Center).

MLCHC Celebrates 50th Anniversary of US Health Centers
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (MLCHC) 50th anniversary op-ed is printed in the latest edition of CommonWealth Magazine.  The piece focuses on how health centers are already living in the future of health care as a result of the seeds sown 50 years ago with the founding of the nation's first medical home at Columbia Point, Dorchester. Read the article here. Also, MLCHC’s Jim Hunt & Harbor Health Services, Inc.'s Dan Driscoll shared the Community Health Center Movement story with WCVB in Boston. Watch here.

Geiger Gibson Health Center, 50th Anniversary
December 14, 2015 marked the 50th Anniversary of Geiger Gibson Community Health Center, originally the Columbia Point Health Center, and the first community health center in the nation. We congratulate their momentous achievement made possible by patients, staff, community partners, and legislative champions. #CHC50!

NEW Health Charlestown, MA Opens New Facility
Capital Link would like to congratulate NEW (North End Waterfront) Health, MA, on the grand opening of a new facility in Charlestown, MA. NEW Health Charlestown will offer a range of services, which include adult primary care, behavioral health, vision and dental services, among others. Capital Link's lending affiliate, Community Health Center Capital Fund, provided financing for this new site.