Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center

Six Worcester agencies have won a share of more than $3 million in funding from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation to improve healthcare services.

When Worcester public schools were closed this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, the health-minded decision not only kept students out of the classroom – it also took away a key way for community health providers to reach students easily while they’re already in school.

The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester has been recognized as one of 16 health facilities in Massachusetts that are leaders on LGBTQ inclusion, the health center said Wednesday.

A small number of area businesses and organizations plan to commemorate Juneteenth in some form on Friday this year, another indicator of renewed momentum behind the Black Lives Matter movement. 

The Family Health Center of Worcester and the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester have received just over $1 million combined in federal aid to expand coronavirus testing capacity.

Massachusetts is expanding efforts to provide COVID-19 tests to community health centers, the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced in a press release last week. 

For more than two decades, the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester has been awarded for its ambulatory care. Now, it's adding behavioral care to the list.

Stephen Kerrigan officially took over the reins at the Kennedy Community Health Center from Antonia McGuire, who led the organization for 11 years.