Family Health Center of Worcester

Family Health Center of Worcester has received $2.9 million from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, part of the agency’s Community Health Center capital grant investment program.

After closing key facilities and operating on mere hours of cash, the Family Health Center of Worcester is in a more stable financial position, in part due to higher insurance reimbursements.

The financially embattled Family Health Center of Worcester has a new permanent chief financial officer, Yinka Fadahunsi, after four months with the interim replacement for Jose Diaz de Leon.

The Family Health Center of Worcester’s board opted to stand by President and CEO Louis Brady after medical personnel from healthcare provide requested a change in leadership amid layoffs, furloughs, resignations, and low morale.

Worcester’s Family Health Center named Michael Holton as its interim chief financial officer. He replaces Jose Diaz de Leon, who departed in September.

After a rocky year, Worcester science museum The EcoTarium has announced Noreen Johnson Smith, an experienced community health leader, as its new president and CEO, according to a Thursday press release from the organization.

The Family Health Center of Worcester was named 2021 Bank of America Neighborhood Champion for its community efforts while navigating the COVID-19 health crisis, according to a Monday announcement from the bank.

The Family Health Center of Worcester has been given a $23,000 state grant to help pay for facility improvements that can include coronavirus pandemic-related needs.

Worcester's two community health centers, which have carried a heavy burden during the coronavirus pandemic, will receive a total of more than $11 million in federal funding as part of March's American Rescue Plan.

Worcester's two community health centers, which more often treat low-income or vulnerable populations, treated more than 57,000 patients in 2018, totaling nearly 315,000 visits, according to a new report.