The CHP Board welcomes new member Erik Bruun, elects Brian Drake as board president and Celia Clancy as vice president in the annual board reorganization.
CHP Board Reorganizes; New Member Appointed
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CHP News
Children’s Attic is Back! Consignment Sale runs September 10 & 11
After a 3-year hiatus, Berkshire County’s original tent sale of children’s clothing and accessories is back! The Children’s Attic Consignment Sale returns Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11, and sellers are invited to sign up to participate. “Now...
IEP Training 101: CHP Hosts Online 8/10 Training for Parents of Special Needs Children
Special education planning may be confusing or overwhelming for parents of public school children with special needs. To help these parents, CHP Family Services offers a free online workshop, “IEP Training 101,” on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at...
CHP Rolling Out Covid Vaccines for Young Children
Community Health Programs is now offering Covid-19 pediatric vaccines for children between 6 months through age 4. These vaccines have been clinically tested and approved for use in young children to prevent serious illness and hospitalization from...
@CHPSmile: GB Family Dental Temporarily Relocating Some Appointments
Thursday and Friday appointments temporarily relocating to Pittsfield. As part of CHP’s dental expansion project, CHP Great Barrington Family Dental Center is being temporarily reconfigured, and some patients’ appointments will be impacted....
CEO Lia Spiliotes Stepping Down After 7 Years Growing CHP
Community Health Programs CEO Lia Spiliotes, who has led CHP since 2015 in its doubling of CHP patient numbers and expansion of health and family services in the Berkshires, has announced she is stepping down from CHP. In a statement to staff and colleagues, Spiliotes said she intends to refocus on family health priorities in Boston and New York. She stated she is also turning her professional attention to broader advocacy efforts around public and economic policy related to community health. […]
Community Clinician of the Year: Dr. Lara Setti Honored by Berkshire District Medical Society
Dr. Lara Setti has been selected as the Berkshire District Medical Society’s 2022 Community Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing her professionalism and contributions as a physician. Dr. Setti is a board-certified family physician with...
Lee Family Practice Welcomes New FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner Terrance "TC" Clarke has joined CHP Lee Family Practice. He will provide primary care for adults, and he has a special interest in caring for patients who may be struggling with substance use disorders. Clarke earned his...
CHP Names New Dentists in Pittsfield, North Adams
Two dentists have joined Community Health Programs dental practices in Pittsfield and North Adams. Dr. Ankineedu Babu Dasari is a dentist at CHP North Adams Family Dental, where he sees patients of all ages. A graduate of Sibar Institute of Dental...
CEO Message Spring 2022
Greetings Friends, Resilience is the capacity to recover from difficulty, the ability to stand up after being knocked down. The past two-plus years have raised hard tests of our resilience. We witnessed and participated in a pandemic crisis that...
Donor Spotlight: Ward’s Nursery Family
There’s a special family behind Ward’s Nursery – the Ward family, of course – and they are among CHP’s treasured financial supporters in the community. Greg, Eva and Sam Ward are regulars on the CHP donor rolls because they believe in CHP’s promise...
Safe Haven: Local motel partners with CHP
Kashmira Madhuwala’s immigrant experience brought her from her home in Gujarat, India to a series of stops in Chicago and Northern Berkshire. Finally, in2012 she took a job in Great Barrington, at a motel owned by her uncle. Soon, she met and...