Chase Brexton Receives $750,000 Weinberg Grant to Upgrade Facilities, Purchase Equipment

Chase Brexton Health Care will make much-needed upgrades to its centers in central Maryland and purchase important new equipment thanks to a $750,000 grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

Funding from the capital grant will serve to provide safer and more secure access for Chase Brexton’s 36,000 patients across its five centers across Maryland.

A significant portion of the grant will be used to make exterior repairs to Chase Brexton’s historic Mt. Vernon Center, an architecturally significant building first opened in 1928.

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Chase Brexton Names New Officers, Members to Board of Directors

Chase Brexton Health Care’s Board of Directors recently named new officers and four new members, who will help oversee its five centers across central Maryland and their care of more than 40,000 patients.

Elected by the board as officers were Juan Negrin, President; Kathy Ward, Vice President; and Russ Montgomery, Treasurer; the Rev. Paula Teague will continue as Secretary. Each will serve a two-year term, ending Dec. 31, 2022.

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Chase Brexton Receives $231K Federal Grant for Outstanding Quality

Chase Brexton was recently recognized as one of the nation's highest-performing health care centers, and for the progress made in the quality of care we deliver, with a federal grant funding of $231,073 to support our ongoing operations.

The grant award was made by the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration, and was part of $117 million in quality improvement awards to 1,318 health centers across all U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia.

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Chase Brexton's 2020 Virtual Gala Raises $215,000 to Support Patients, Providers

Chase Brexton Health Care’s all-virtual 2020 gala, “An Evening at the Moulin Rouge,” succeeded in raising $215,000 to support a trio of programs benefitting Chase Brexton patients, COVID relief efforts, and educational trainings.

The gala, held digitally on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 24, included the presentation of several awards: the 2020 Community Partner Award, to Johns Hopkins Medicine; the 2020 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, to CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; and The Dr. Ronald Taylor Award, given to an exemplary Chase Brexton employee, Andy Zipay.

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Covery Foundation Grant Supports Chase Brexton Patient Navigation for Expecting Mothers

Thanks to a $62,000 grant from the Covery’s Community Healthcare Foundation, Chase Brexton recently implemented Patient Navigation services for 300 low-income women of childbearing age across Baltimore.

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Columbia Center's Lisa Pearson Joins Health Care Town Hall

ELLICOTT CITY, MD – On Tuesday, August 25, County Executive Calvin Ball hosted a Health & Wellness Townhall with nine Howard County health professionals. The distinguished health leaders answered questions and discussed pressing health topics including COVID-19, behavioral and mental health, and innovations in healthcare.

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How Far is Six Feet Away, Anyway?

You've heard it for months - to help keep yourself and others healthy, stay six feet apart from other people.

But...how far away is six feet, exactly?

Well...

The length of a bathtub (or 12 rubber duckies).

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Gender JOY Providers Honored as Baltimore Sun "Healthcare Heroes"

We've known that they're heroes for a long time, but our own Dr. Elyse Pine and Deborah Dunn PA-C were recently honored as "Healthcare Heroes" by The Baltimore Sun.

Debb and Dr. Pine are the guiding lights of our Gender JOY program, Maryland's first comprehensive care program for transgender and gender non-conforming youth and their families. Their work became even more critical when the COVID-19 pandemic caused many of their patients to experience isolation and fear.

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Get Your Vote in 2020!

Stay COVID-safe, and make sure your vote is counted in November with these helpful tips and links:

Check Your Registration
Register to Vote
Get a Mail-In Ballot
Vote by Mail
Vote In-Person

Get more information from Vote411.org or the Maryland State Board of Elections.

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Chase Brexton Receives $7,500 from Baltimore County for Rental Assistance to Patients

Chase Brexton Health Care patients experiencing financial hardship during the COVID-10 crisis will benefit from a $7,500 grant awarded to the community health center from The Baltimore County COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund at the Baltimore Community Foundation.

The grant will enable Chase Brexton's Randallstown Center to provide rental assistance to patients in need.

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