Years ago, the T.P. Saddleblanket shop in Great Barrington hired a young woman, an immigrant from Hong Kong, as a tailor and pattern maker. She was excellent at her job, but English was not her first language. When she needed dental care, she was unsure how to navigate local health care, so store owner Jack […]

Friends, This summer, we have some important reasons to celebrate, and to thank you for your ongoing financial support for CHP. CHP is on track for in-person services for some of our most important clientele: children and families. Our Family Services facility in Great Barrington will be reopening (with indoor masks required) for parents seeking […]

When Jackie Schultz and Jared Brunner and their kids moved to the area several years ago, they had no connections. They lived in an isolated town, cut off from neighbors and other parents. The couple worked opposite job shifts to care for the children, including an infant. Then, last year, Covid-19 came home and both […]

Since relocating from North Carolina to Dalton 10 years ago, Mecca Brophy and her family have faced some challenges with job security and health insurance. Through a food bank referral, Mecca found her way to CHP, where health insurance experts assist people in signing up for ACA insurance or Mass- Health, ushering them beyond health […]

Adrian Van Zon remembers when Community Health Programs was in its early years as Children’s Health Programs, in the 1970s and 80s. He was an early supporter of CHP’s work caring for children, and he was inspired by its visionary early founders. “It was such a useful and helpful program then, and now it’s morphed […]