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NEW HAVEN, CT. – Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center, one of the nation’s leading community health centers and Connecticut’s longest serving, has been selected by the NewAlliance Foundation to receive a $10,000 grant to support the organization’s demonstrated innovative thinking, dedication to advancing health equity, and creativity in pursuit of its mission.
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center has been awarded $572,927 in funding to provide coordinated, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate health care services at school-based health center (SBHC) sites at five elementary schools in the region – three in Hamden and two in West Haven - beginning with the current school year: Helen Street School in Hamden , a Pre-School to Grade 6 elementary school, the only neighborhood walking school in the public school district; Ridge Hill School in Hamden , a K-6 public elementary school with a culturally and socio-economically diverse student body; Dunbar Hill School in Hamden , home to approximately 300 students in Grades K through 6, a Pre-K program, and the district’s High Road program; Savin Rock Community School in West Haven , a Pre-K to Grade 4 elementary school that is home to approximately 480 high need students; and Washington Elementary School in West Haven , a K to Grade 4 elementary school with a culturally diverse student body of about 330 students. SBHCs are partnerships between schools and community health organizations to provide health care where students spend most of their time – in schools. Parents or guardians provide consent for their children to receive care. The funding was made possible by the Connecticut Department of Public Health, which chose the School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA), the national voice for school-based health, to administer the funds. Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center’s proposal was selected from 133 applications submitted by 24 sponsoring organizations (such as school districts, community health organizations, behavioral health organizations, or nonprofits) after a competitive review process. It is one of 20 organizations statewide chosen for funding at more than 90 sites to improve students’ access to health care. Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center will work to address students needs through this funding. The Helen Street School award is for integrated primary medical and behavioral health services; the awards pertaining to Ridge Hill, Dunbar Hill, Savin Rock and Washington Elementary schools are for behavioral health services. Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center staff will collaborate with the school nurse, school counselor, and school administrators in providing services at each of the schools. “These awards reflect recognition of our commitment to the children attending these schools and their healthcare needs,” said Michael R. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center. “Good health is essential to learning, and we look forward to working in close collaboration with school staff in the best interests of all the children.” The SBHA funding will increase the number of schools in the region where CS-HHC is providing school-based healthcare services from 12 to 17, as of the 2023-24 school year. To learn more about the organizations and sites throughout Connecticut that received SBHC funding, visit SBHA’s website. More information about Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center, visit the CS-HHC website . About Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center The first Community Health Center in Connecticut, founded in 1978, the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center is celebrating 55 Years of Health Equity in Action in 2023, a proud history of providing high-quality care serving residents in Greater New Haven and Lower Naugatuck Valley communities. CS-HHC is widely seen as a consistent national leader in the field, and was recently ranked in the top 3% of community health centers in the United States. To learn more, please visit cornellscott.org. About the School-Based Health Alliance Since 1995, the School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, has supported and advocated for high-quality healthcare in schools for the nation's most vulnerable children. Working at the intersection of healthcare and education, SBHA is recognized as a leader in the field and a source of information on best practices by philanthropic, federal, state, and local partners and policymakers. To learn more, please visit www.sbh4all.org . Media Contacts: Carlah Esdaile-Bragg, Director, Marketing & Community Relations, CS-HHC cesdaile-bragg@cornellscott.org Jeffrey Williams, Director of Communications, SBHA jwilliams@sbh4all.org or 771-203-1316
Celebratory Event Recognizes Leadership of William W. Ginsberg, Cynthia Sparer, State Rep. Toni E. Walker, Ece Tek M.D., Hill Parents Association Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center, the first Community Health Center in Connecticut, marked its 55th anniversary by celebrating, along with the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center Foundation, the impact of local community leaders and organizations in the New Haven region. At a sold-out celebratory event held on Thursday, September 21 at the New Haven Lawn Club, CS-HHC and the CS-HHC Foundation honored: The Hill Parents Association , receiving the Community Enhancement Award Ece Tek, M.D. , Chief Medical Officer for Behavioral Health and Addiction Services, CS-HHC, receiving the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center Innovation Award Cynthia Sparer , Executive Vice President and President of Ambulatory Care for Yale New Haven Health, and Executive Director, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, receiving the Partnership in Excellence Award State Rep. Toni E. Walker (D-New Haven) receiving the Equity Impact Award William W. Ginsberg , President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, receiving the inaugural Cornell Scott Legacy of Leadership Award
BETHESDA, MD — At a news briefing today, health center advocates described how fiscal uncertainty affects operations among the nation’s Community Health Centers, creating disruptions in hiring clinicians and planning services for the 31.5 million patients they serve. Unless Congress acts by September 30, 2023, all federal funding for health centers expires. NACHC has been leading the push among health center advocates across the country for bipartisan legislation to address the looming expiration of the Community Health Center Fund (CHCF) and critical primary care workforce programs, such as the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program. The CHCF represents 70 percent of health center funding.
(New Haven, CT) – Mr. Taylor, who has been CEO of Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center since 2012, was named to the post during the National Health Center Organization’s Annual Conference Aug. 26 in San Diego, California.  On October 1, 2025 he will succeed Paloma Hernandez, CEO of Urban Health Plan in New York, who ascended to the role of Board Chair at the conference. “I congratulate Michael Taylor and look forward to working with him and the NACHC board of directors to realize the goals we've set forward at such a critical point in our history,” said Paloma Hernandez, President and CEO of Urban Health Plan and Chair of the Board of Directors, NACHC. “The opportunities to address health inequities across our nation have never been greater and together we will continue the important work of strengthening our 1400 health centers in more than 15,000 medically underserved and rural communities.” Said Mr. Taylor, “I am deeply honored to be in line to lead an organization that represents so many professionals and providers dedicated to ensuring that more than 31 million individuals living in communities throughout this country receive high-quality health care.” Mr. Taylor, who has served as a member of NACHC’s board of directors for four years, will be only the second individual from Connecticut to lead the organization. The other was Cornell Scott, who help found the-then Hill Health Center in New Haven 55 years ago and served as the center’s first president for 40 years. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued a statement, congratulating Mr. Taylor. “It is a great honor for the State of Connecticut to have one of its leading health care executives in line to head this national organization. Michael Taylor has been an outstanding champion for improving the health and welfare of underserved residents in our state, and we are delighted he is gaining recognition for his dedication to quality care.” He also was applauded by LindyLee Gold, Board Chair of the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center Foundation and a longtime New Haven community supporter. “For 55 years, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center has demonstrated the enormous difference community health centers can make for patients and, under Michael Taylor’s leadership, its impact has widened and deepened. It is gratifying that he is being honored for his leadership.” NACHC, based in Bethesda, Md., was founded in 1971 and represents the more than 1,400 community health centers that provide patient care for nearly one tenth of the country. With a staff of more than 700 individuals and 27 care sites and school-based health centers throughout the New Haven area, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center serves more than 55,000 patients a year, putting it among the top 3 percent of the nation’s community health centers. ### Media Contact: Carlah Esdaile-Bragg, Director, Marketing & Community Relations cesdaile@cornellscott.org, 203-503-3276
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center , among the nation’s leading community health centers, formally opened it’s newest clinical location at the Dixwell Community House – known as the Q House - in New Haven at a well-attended ribbon cutting ceremony Monday that included community leaders and elected officials from the New Haven region and the state. The new state-of-the-art building at 197 Dixwell Avenue takes the place of a longstanding location across the street which currently serves nearly 5,000 community residents through providing adult medicine, pediatrics, adult behavioral health, and dental services. The newly constructed clinical site will bring an expanded capacity and services to better meet community needs, as part of the Q House partnership - a thriving hub of various community activities for area residents from children through seniors. “The Q House has a well-established tradition of providing programs and services that bring the community together,” said Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center (CS-HHC) Board Chair Orlando Cordero. “We are energized by the opportunity to be part of continuing and expanding that proud tradition to include quality health care, which will bring countless benefits to the community. It is a wonderful collaboration, in every sense.” Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center is ranked in the top 3% of community health centers in the United States, held in high regard for the caliber of health care services available to the community. CS-HHC provides health care services to residents of New Haven, West Haven and towns in the Lower Naugatuck Valley - Ansonia, Seymour, Shelton, Naugatuck, and Oxford – with 27 clinical sites and school-based health centers in the region. CS-HHC has more than doubled in size over the past several years and now serves more than 55,000 people annually. The number of patient visits in 2022 exceeded 300,000. “We are thrilled to be part of the Q House family of organizations, and look forward to continuing to provide quality integrated health care – including expanded services – to the Dixwell, Dwight, and Newhallville community, now more accessible and convenient than ever,” said Michael R. Taylor, CEO of Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center (CS-HHC). “We are grateful to everyone who helped to make this a reality, as we reaffirm our commitment to the community where we began more than five decades ago.” Among those on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony were Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, State Comptroller Sean Scanlon, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, Senate President Martin Looney, State Rep. Toni Edmonds Walker, New Haven Alder Jeannette Morrison, former Mayor and State Senator Toni Harp, and LindyLee Gold, Chair of the CS-HHC Foundation Board of Directors. They were joined by area residents, representatives of Q House organizations, CS-HHC staff and more. The Q House clinical location opened to patients earlier this month, in a transition from the previous location. Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center was the first community health center in Connecticut when it was established in 1968. It will be celebrated with a special fundraiser to support Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center operations on September 21, 2023, marking “55 years of health equity in action.” CS-HHC is also in the midst of construction of a Recovery & Wellness Center in New Haven, which will offer a safe, short-term therapeutic living environment and outpatient services for people in treatment for substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health illnesses, impacting individual lives, families, and communities. When it opens early next year, it will be among the largest in South Central Connecticut, and part of a comprehensive CS-HHC campus. CS-HHC is a Joint Commission accredited institution, accountable to the highest standards and best practices in safe and effective care, providing state-of-the-art, integrated care with a clear mission: “To measurably improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve by providing excellent and compassionate care, accessible to all.” ___ Media Contact: Carlah Esdaile-Bragg, Director, Marketing and Community Relations cesdaile@cornellscott.org , 203-503-3276
Connecticut State Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez has been named to the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center Foundation Board of Directors. Commissioner Perez, a native of Cuba whose family immigrated to U.S. and ultimately settled in New Haven five decades ago, has served as Banking Commissioner since 2015, in the cabinet of two Connecticut Governors.
Deborah Dyett Desir, M.D., Joins Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center Foundation Board of Directors
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HARTFORD, Connecticut – Treasurer Erick Russell and the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut announced a new collaboration on Tuesday to support the state’s first- in-the-nation CT Baby Bonds program. Providers at the 16 member health centers, with hundreds of locations across the state, will begin discussing the program with families of eligible participants and distributing related printed materials. The announcement was made at Wheeler Health in Hartford along with Governor Ned Lamont, Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam and members of Hartford’s legislative delegation. “This partnership will help families of eligible participants learn more about CT Baby Bonds through trusted medical providers on the ground in the community,” said Treasurer Russell . “This is a critical piece of the long-term awareness necessary to sustain engagement as these children grow up. It’s no surprise that Community Health Centers across the state are stepping up to help serve their patients and their families. Poverty has tremendous public health ramifications that these providers encounter on a daily basis. I’m extremely grateful for their partnership and eager to build similar support systems with other service organizations. CT Baby Bonds has the potential to combat systemic poverty and increase economic participation. It will take a united and coordinated effort to maximize this opportunity.” “The Baby Bonds program was created to help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty by investing startup capital that can be used to change young people's lives as they become adults,” said Governor Lamont . “Partnerships with community organizations like our local health centers will help make sure that families receive the information they need so their children can benefit from this program and build a stronger future.” “So many of our children grow up without the luxury of a safety net or additional support when it’s time for them to take a critical next step in their lives, whether it’s pursuing higher education, buying a home, or starting a business,” said Mayor Arulampalam . “Baby Bonds are a move in the right direction, and I'm grateful for Treasurer Russell’s efforts in partnership with community health centers to ensure Hartford children are set up for success.” All Connecticut children born on or after July 1, 2023, whose birth was covered by HUSKY are automatically eligible for CT Baby Bonds. There is no need to enroll or apply. As of April 1, approximately 13,300 eligible babies have been born, according to data from the Department of Social Services. Each participant will have $3,200 invested on their behalf through a trust managed and invested by the Office of the Treasurer. That amount will grow over time along with each child. Between the ages of 18 and 30, claims can be filed to use the funds for purposes designed to combat generational poverty and build individual wealth. Those include buying a home in Connecticut, starting or investing in a Connecticut business, paying for post-secondary education or job training, or saving for retirement. “CT’s Community Health Centers are pleased to partner with Treasurer Russell to spread awareness of the Baby Bonds program, a pioneering initiative to help provide hope and opportunity to CT’s children,” said Shawn K. Frick, Chief Executive Officer Community Health Center Association of Connecticut . “Health centers provide primary medical, behavioral health, and dental care to over 420,000 people in CT - including thousands of children who already have Baby Bonds in their name! Our health center staff are excited to share information about Baby Bonds with kids and their families.” The Office of the Treasurer has begun interactive informational training sessions for Community Health Center providers and staff and will continue to offer support as needed. Providers will be disseminating information about the program in both English and Spanish with additional languages to be added. "Every day, community providers like Wheeler see how systemic poverty affects the health outcomes of so many people we serve," said Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, President and CEO of Wheeler Health . "Our work ultimately is to provide hope for a better tomorrow, and Baby Bonds are an innovative approach to do just that." A host of research has shown the negative health impacts of poverty, which is linked to higher rates of infectious disease, mental health conditions, maternal mortality, and more. Additionally, those in poverty face greater barriers to accessing care, leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment. For more information about CT Baby Bonds, and to sign up for periodic updates about the program, please visit babybonds.ct.gov . *** END *** Contact: Tyler Van Buren tyler.vanburen@ct.gov | (959) 529-2468
NEW HAVEN, CT. – Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center, one of the nation’s leading community health centers and Connecticut’s longest serving, has been selected by the NewAlliance Foundation to receive a $10,000 grant to support the organization’s demonstrated innovative thinking, dedication to advancing health equity, and creativity in pursuit of its mission.
The one-year grant Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center (CS-HHC) was awarded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in May 2022 enabled CS-HHC’s Family Planning Services program to enhance direct-to-consumer telehealth for low-income women covered by DHHS’ Title X Family Planning program.
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