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2011 News SHHC's Medical Director, Dr. Andrea Fox was featured in an episode of Horizons on December 20, 2011. The episode focused on health care for Latinos in the Pittsburgh community and was aired in a bilingual format. Please click here to watch the episode On Demand. Support community health centers like SHHC by staying up to date on the latest advocacy alerts! Click here for the most up to date information from NACHC. Enter your zip code below to contact your local Pennsylvania legislators to tell them why community health centers are important to you! Enter your zip code below to contact your Congressional representatives in Washington DC to tell them why they should support community health centers! SHHC community partner, the Consumer Health Coalition, will be hosting a 5 part summer speaker series, beginning June 14th at 7:00 pm at the Antonian Theatre at Carlow University. The series kicks of with speaker Trevon Jenifer, who will share his inspiring story of becoming a gold-medal winning, scholar-athlete, born without legs. Other series speakers include SHHC's medical director, Dr. Andrea Fox. To register for the series or for more information, please call Leslie Bachurski at Consumer Health Coalition at 412-456-1877 x200. "Financially foolish: Cutting funds for community health centers makes no sense" In the depths of the recession, a woman sought care at Squirrel Hill Health Center, a local nonprofit community health center. Highly educated, hard-working and independent, she was newly unemployed and uninsured for the first time ever.Working with our staff, she got a physical exam, a plan of care, needed medications and connections to support services. This patient is nameless because she is any and all of us: your neighbor with diabetes, your mother struggling to live independently into old age, your child's classmate in need of dental care and immunizations, the pregnant woman in line at the supermarket, the man with a cough seated next to you on the bus. All could, and should, be community health center patients. Read more... 2010 News "Squirrel Hill Health Center hits the road" To read full article, click here Click here to watch video "Health care reform reaches people in need through community health centers" To read the full article, please click here 2009 News The Squirrel Hill Health Center is receiving a stimulus grant of $792,700, The White House announced on December 9, 2009. The award, through HRSA's Facilities Investment Program,will be used to renovate a new site for a dental center. The center will provide general dentistry services in a four chair dental suite. SHHC expects the center to be open by the end of 2010 and to be able to provide oral health care to area residents who have difficulty finding dental services, particularly those without health insurance and with Medicaid. The notice came as part of President Obama's announcement that nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funding has been awarded to support major construction and renovation projects at 85 community health centers nationwide. Nationally, the awards are expected to stimulate jobs in the construction and healthcare sectors, as well as expand care to more than half a million additional patients in underserved communities. PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE and Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP) celebrate the eleventh annual "40 Under 40" with a special event at the August Wilson Center on November 6."40 Under 40" recognizes 40 talented individuals under the age of 40 who are making a positive impact on the region's development.Developed in 1999, "40 Under 40" helps highlight Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania as a place where young people can make a difference. "Each year it is exciting to read the nominations and realize the impact that the nominees have on our community." said Erin Molchany, executive director of PUMP. "Honoring young people for their personal and professional contributions to improving our region is something we at PUMP look forward to every year."Selected from a nomination pool of nearly 300 candidates, this year's honorees were chosen by an independent panel of twelve judges, comprised of former winners, business professionals and civic leaders. Winners were chosen based on their passion, commitment, visibility, diversity and overall impact on the region."The judges were challenged this year with scrutinizing a record-breaking number of nominations," said Betsy Benson, publisher of PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE. "The 40 people who rose to the top are community leaders noted for their intelligence, caring and drive." Please join us in congratulating Dr. Gilboa on this well-deserved recognition of all she has done for the local community! On Monday, June 29, 2009, Squirrel Hill Health Center received notice that its grant application was successfully approved for federal stimulus funding through the Capital Improvement Program. SHHC will receive $310,725, the majority of which will be used for the design and construction of the unit. The mobile unit will primarily be used to service individuals who face barriers accessing medical care, including the elderly, adults with mental illness, and immigrants and refugees. Read more about SHHC's mobile unit in the Post Gazette: Squirrel Hill Health Center receives funding for mobile medical unit and the Jewish Chronicle:SHHC gets federal funds to build mobile medical unit  On June 30, 2009, SHHC staff members celebrated SHHC's third year of operation. Since opening, SHHC has seen over 3,500 patients. The staff has grown to 18 members, with a clinical staff that includes four family practice doctors, an OB/GYN, a psychiatrist, a CRNP and an RN. 2008 Archives SHHC will host its first annual meeting on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 5:30 pm at the JAA Community Room located in the Charles Morris Nursing Home at 200 JHF Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. The nursing home is located directly above SHHC. All community members are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP by November 5 to Lindsay Walker at 412-904-5285 or info@squirrelhillhealthcenter.org.
 Dr. Andrea Fox, left, medical director of SHHC, and CEO Susan Friedberg Kalson, met U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt when he toured the health center on June 11, 2008. Leavitt was in Pittsburgh to announce that Pittsburgh has been selected to take part in a national Medicare study that will provide incentives to doctors that use electronic medical records systems. SHHC was honored by the secretary as a health center that is already using the electronic system. To read full article, please visit SHHC could be getting more than $300,000 in new grants The Squirrel Hill Health Center was featured in a segment on WQED's OnQ Magazine discussing health disparities. To watch this episode on Health Disparities at WQED's website, please click here. To read the full article, please visit Pittsburgh hospitals, clinics see more patients unable to pay |
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