Looking for health insurance? Our health insurance enrollment staff can help, and there is still time! The Mass Health Connector’s open enrollment has been extended through May 23, 2021. This means that you can apply for health insurance coverage if you are eligible for a Health Connector plan without needing to meet a qualifying event first. Call us at 978-937-9700 for an appointment. No walk-ins, please.
The International Institute of New England in Lowell is relocating to Lowell Community Health Center at 101 Jackson Street, strengthening the long-standing collaboration between the two organizations as they serve Lowell’s refugee and immigrant communities.
We join with those in our community who reject racism and bigotry in all its forms. It must not be tolerated. Hate speech is more than just hurtful. It is damaging. It is marginalizing. And it is threatening. It has no place in our community. Hate speech and hate-induced actions can have long-lasting negative effects on the health and wellbeing of our BIPOC community. We remain committed to lifting up the voices of those who are continually confronted with racist language and behavior. This is the moment to link arms, face the truth, and stand together against the damaging speech and intolerance that we have heard this week. #racismisapublichealthcrisis
COVID-19 has exacerbated food insecurity across our region. You can help the Greater Lowell Community Foundation address this crisis by completing or sharing this survey with anyone who knows of youth food insecurity in Greater Lowell.
Lowell Community Health Center, which serves about half the population of Lowell in some capacity, has employed multiple strategies in the Greater Lowell area to make it easy for people to get their COVID-19 vaccines, particularly those in marginalized groups.
State Rep. Vanna Howard, backed by 34 other legislators, sent a letter to Gov. Baker urging him to “immediately implement a targeted strategy to leverage our community health care organizations’ expertise and experience,” instead of his current strategy of prioritizing the state’s six mass vaccination sites.
Important COVID-19 Vaccine Information To our patients 75 and over: Starting Feb 1st, you are eligible to get the free COVID-19 vaccine. We will be in touch soon with details on how to set up your appointment. Please continue to stay safe with face masks, social distancing, and hand-washing.
Información importante sobre la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Para nuestros pacientes de 75 años o más: A partir del 1 de febrero, son elegibles para recibir la vacuna contra el COVID-19. Estaremos en contacto con usted próximamente con más detalles sobre cómo hacer una cita. Por favor continúe protegiéndose con las mascarillas, el distanciamiento social y lavándose las manos a menudo.
ដំណឹងសំខាន់ទាក់ទងថ្នាំបង្ការរោគកូវិដ-19 ចាប់ផ្តើមពីថ្ងៃទី១ ខែកុម្ភៈ, អ្នកជំងឺណាដែលមានអាយុ 75ឆ្នាំឡើងលើ អាចទទួលបានការចាក់ថ្នាំបង្ការរោគកូវិដ-19។ យើងខ្ញុំនឹងទាក់ទងលោកអ្នកបន្តិចទៀតពីរបៀបដាក់ការណាត់ជួប។ សូមបន្តរការថែរក្សាខ្លួនឲ្យបានល្អដូចជាពាក់ម៉ាស នៅឆ្ងាយពីគ្នា និងលាងសម្អាតដៃ។
“Although we live in an age and place in the Merrimack Valley where cellphones, tablets, computers and smart devices are commonplace and virtual medicine has seemed like a tangible idea to many, the leap from in-center to telephonic and virtual medicine had never materialized. Then an unfathomable crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, came along.”
“It took months of repeated contact for Maria Carmen Bedard and a coworker to help a homeless man suffering from alcoholism and other illness to get the treatment he needed. Like many of the patients that Bedard, clinical manager at Lowell Community Health Center, approaches through the organization’s Behavioral Health Community Partners program, he was skeptical at first.”
“When Karen Peugh first visited Life Connection Center, she was amazed by the nonprofit’s approach to its care for the city’s homeless population. She was touched that the organization provided a plated, wait- service meal for its visitors. ‘To have people wait on them and serve them is very unique, and their approach … it’s about the individual and helping them to realize and remember that they still matter to their communities,’ said Peugh, senior director of integrated care management at Lowell Community Health Center.”
