Purpose Community Health Programs (CHP) requests proposals from qualified contractors for the design, construction, staff training and delivery of one (1) new Mobile Health Unit (MHU). CHP intends to award a one-time contract to the Contractor...
CHP News
Salisbury Bank Contributes $10,000 to CHP for Nutrition, Emergency Assistance
Salisbury Bank has donated $10,000 to support Community Health Programs’ food distribution programs and to bolster CHP’s funds for families and individuals facing financial emergencies. CHP Senior Vice President for Family Services Michelle Derr...
Dentist Joins Great Barrington Family Dental
CHP welcomes Dr. Taphaphene Young to the dental team at Great Barrington Family Dental, where she is caring for patients of all ages. Dr. Young received her doctorate of dental medicine from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston,...
CHP Names August 2021 Employee of the Month: Heidi Fabiano, HR Administrator at CHP Administrative Offices
Community Health Programs has named Heidi Fabiano, HR Administrator at CHP Administrative Offices, as its August 2021 employee of the month! Heidi clearly has a vision to standardize operations for staff, administration and employees....
In the News: Farm to ‘Able’
Farm to 'Able': CHP Nutrition Club provides access to local people with an eye toward pregnant, new moms and people with diabetes Berkshire Eagle, Sept. 1, 2021, by Francesca Paris Read online or below "At CHP in Great Barrington, qualifying...
CHP Hosts ‘All Vaccine’ Clinic 8/28 at Great Barrington Health Center
Community Health Programs hosts an “all vaccine” clinic on Saturday, Aug. 28, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Great Barrington Health Center, 444 Stockbridge Road. This clinic will offer Covid-19 vaccines for anyone, free of charge. For existing CHP patients...
Nutritionist Joins CHP at Lee, Great Barrington Practices
Community Health Programs has named Annie Schwartz, MS, RDN, LDN, to its nutrition team. She is seeing clients at CHP Lee Family Practice and Great Barrington Health Center. She has a particular interest in working with people seeking...
Donor Spotlight: Jack Polizzi of T.P. Saddleblanket
Years ago, the T.P. Saddleblanket shop in Great Barrington hired a young woman, an immigrant from Hong Kong, as a tailor and pattern maker. She was excellent at her job, but English was not her first language. When she needed dental care, she was...
CEO Message: On Track at Family Services
Friends, This summer, we have some important reasons to celebrate, and to thank you for your ongoing financial support for CHP. CHP is on track for in-person services for some of our most important clientele: children and families. Our Family...
Patient Appreciation: Emerging from Covid-19 with a CHP Tag Team
The isolation of Covid-19 was hard on Isabelle Conlon. An engineering student at Northeastern University in Boston, she headed home in the spring as the pandemic set in, to live with her parents in Lenox. She was safe at home with family, but...
CHP On the Road: The Essence of Community Health
CHP has been a rolling health care operation since 1975. We haven’t run out of gas yet. By Kathleen Floyd, FNP If our community had been faced with a Covid-19 crisis in the 1970s, local community health leaders would have been the first to...
Employee of the Month: Amanda Gaudette, Lead Medical Assistant at CHP Pittsfield Neighborhood Health Center
Community Health Programs has named Amanda Gaudette, Lead Medical Assistant at CHP Pittsfield Neighborhood Health Center, as its July 2021 employee of the month. When it comes to dedication to her job, there is no one like Amanda. Her supervisor...
