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Welcome to the Bridgeport Community Health Center!
We appreciate the opportunity to provide you
with health care services. We are a non-profit
organization committed to improving the health
of the community. Every member of the Health
Center's staff is dedicated to helping you.
Whenever you have a question, concern, complaint
or compliment please let us know!
WE ARE MEMBERS OF:
Healthway, National Association of Community
Health Centers, Connecticut Primary Care Association
WE
ARE PROVIDERS FOR THE FOLLOWING MEDICAID HEALTH
PLANS AND MOST COMMERCIAL PLANS:
Community Health Network, Healthnet, Preferred
One, Bluecare Family Plan
ACCREDITED
BY:
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health
Care Organizations
HISTORY:
The
Bridgeport Community Health Center is a mature,
PHS/BPHC 330(E), JCAHO accredited community health
center. Incorporated in 1976, the BCHC, a 501(c)(3)
organization, was founded by a group of civic
minded individuals committed to the development
of a health care facility dedicated to the health
of a neighborhood. The concept included a neighborhood
location staffed by local residents, all potential
users of the agency with a community based board
of directors. A Federally Qualified Health Center,
the BCHC has a present operating budget of approximately
10 million dollars, and is one of only two community
health centers servicing the City of Bridgeport.
The Center's location is a federally designated
enterprise community area. The strengths of the
organization include a deep rooted linkage to
the community via its culturally sensitive staff,
its Board of Directors comprised of Board members
who live or work in the community, and its enthusiasm
to help those most in need.
The
Bridgeport Community Health Center, Inc. is
a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to
provide comprehensive health services to persons
regardless of their ability to pay. Governed
by a Board of Directors, who hire the Executive
Director, set annual budgets and workplans,
the BCHC employs several competent professionals
with many areas of expertise, e.g., Medical
Director, Dental Director, Director of Nursing,
Finance Director, Grants Manager, and a Human
Resource Director.
In
November, 1998 the BCHC was awarded accreditation
from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), making it
the first federally qualified Health Center
in Fairfield County to receive this distinction.
The Center was reaccredited in November 2001.
Presently,
the BCHC serves a target area which is medically
underserved and also qualifies as a health professional
shortage area. On-site outpatient "one
stop shopping is provided to all life cycles
through our Adult Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics,
Dental, Podiatry Mental Health, Nutrition, Substance
Abuse, HIV/AIDS, Social Services, and laboratory
departments. Currently operating six full time
health centers, BCHC staff (193 staff members-68%
Spanish speaking) served 27,340 users through
105,254 encounters in 2003.
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