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Welcome to GLFHC - Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
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The Greater Lawrence Family Health Center is one of more than 900 community health centers providing medical care in isolated and impoverished areas across the country. Prior to GLFHC's establishment in 1980, the indigent and the uninsured living in Lawrence and neighboring communities had few health care alternatives. Consequently, Lawrence lagged behind the rest of Massachusetts on virtually all health status indicators.
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Last October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center was chosen as one of only 18 national Centers of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities (CEEDs). A 5-year, annual grant of $850,000 was awarded to GLFHC to address and overcome the unique causes of health disparities among Latinos living in urban cities throughout New England. The selection of GLFHC to oversee this new endeavor – Latino CEED: REACH New England – grew out of the REACH 2010 Latino Health project that CDC funded for eight years in Lawrence. That project, under the leadership of Dean Cleghorn, GLFHC Director of Quality Management and Research, demonstrated significant improvements in 14 out of 15 clinical outcomes for diabetes.
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Profile in Caring: Sandra Silva - CSS Program Manager
The Health Center has changed dramatically in the 13 years since Sandra Silva took a summer job here. Throughout all those years, as she finished first high school and then college, Sandra grew professionally assuming significantly more responsible positions culminating with her appointment as CSS Program Manager for Case Management in 2005. Sandra seems to relish each new challenge, including tackling her latest assignment to coordinate the implementation of the newly funded Women’s Health Network and Men’s Health Partnership (WHN/MHP) programs. No easy task within a tight timeframe, Sandra still exudes enthusiasm and determination as she prepares GLFHC for this latest challenge.
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