BROCKTON — We’re having a vaccination celebration — sort of — and making it easier than ever for you to get the vaccinations that keep you safe. Now, everybody (patients and the public) is invited to walk in to our…
Newcomers to region get a healthy welcome at the Immigration Clinic
BROCKTON — When Brockton experienced a surge in newcomers to the region last year, J’hony Regis, NP, paid close attention. Many were migrants, he noticed, mostly Haitian, and in need of health care. It took him just minutes to come…
When stimulants, not opioids, are the issue, help can be found at BNHC
NPR: For decades, even as deaths from overdoses continued to rise, people using cocaine, crack or meth have been told there’s no treatment to help them stop. But that’s not true. There is a recommended treatment, and one place you…
High school right to health care: New BNHC program makes it possible
BROCKTON — Brockton Neighborhood Health Center is joining with the Cape Verdean Association and Haitian Community Partners to create a program that will offer healthcare education to Brockton High School students and other city youth, and then provide them the…
Licensed Practical Nurse
When Ingrid Rivera, LPN, sees families enter our Pediatric’s Department, her eagerness to help shines as brightly as it did when she started here 15 years ago. She now brings her empathy and expertise every day to BNHC as charge…
Certified Nurse-Midwife
For Michelle Hoffman, our lead CNM, “Life as a midwife is exciting, joyous, stressful, busy and many other wonderful adjectives all rolled into one.” Michelle would know, having been a midwife at BNHC since 2016. She is now Chief of…
BNHC Pharmacy a community ‘success story’ for Brockton region
THE BOSTON GLOBE: Since the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center opened its own pharmacy more than a year ago, the facility has acted as an oasis for a community that sorely lacks drug stores, and has become a “rare success story”…
Drop in overdose deaths a ‘tiny relief,’ but much of the work just beginning
THE BOSTON GLOBE: The number of people who died in Massachusetts from opioid-related overdoses fell by 10 percent in 2023, the largest decrease in the state in more than a decade, according to newly released state data. But Allyson Pinkhover,…
Facing long odds, Sue Joss came up aces in helping to build BNHC
Don’t bet against Sue Joss. That’s the message in this Mass. League of Community Health Centers video, created to celebrate her with its highest honor: the Edward M. Kennedy Founder Award June 9. Click on the headline above to watch…
Team BNHC walks the red carpet at Employee Recognition Dinner
BNHC celebrated performance, professionalism and persistence at the annual Employee Recognition Dinner held in May. The night affords BNHC the chance to thank team members for their commitment and years of service. This year, we ended with a surprise honor…