The Community
Health Center
of Burlington
617 Riverside Avenue,
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 864-6309
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The Community
Health Center 617 Riverside Avenue,
Burlington, VT 05401 |
Our Mission Is to improve the health of all within the communities we serve. We are dedicated to providing exceptional care with respect and compassion and with a commitment to serving people who have a limited ability to pay.
Who We Are: The Community Health Center of Burlington is a Federally Qualified Health Center Chittenden County. Founded in 1971, the Health Center is dedicated to provide a respectful health care home for all residents, regardless of their circumstances. Our services include the following:
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Primary Care : As a family practice, our physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners provide primary and preventive care to all ages. Services include: |
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Dental Care We offer a full range of preventive and restorative dental services to people who live or work in Chittenden County. |
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Mother and Child Prenatal Program Moms need care and support to have a healthy baby. Our prenatal program provides special services such as case management from a specially trained nurse and one-on-one social work services that can include tobacco cessation, stress reduction, mental health counseling and help finding other community resources. After your baby is born, a certified lactation consultant and our family practice physicians will help your new family thrive. |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services are offered on site by LICSW social workers with convenient hours in the comfort and anonymity of your family doctor’s office. | |
| Free Specialty Clinics Volunteer providers staff free, monthly specialty clinics in neurology and surgery. Health Center patients can access this specialty care in the welcoming environment of their family doctor. These volunteers provide care at the Health Center as well as answer patients’ questions should they need to be referred for follow-up care. | |
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Homeless Healthcare Program Since 1988, CHCB has been the sole Vermont grantee for federal Health Care for the Homeless funding. Our special services and medical clinics for men, women, children and teens experiencing homelessness offer the comprehensive care necessary to heal and move on to lives of safety, security and good health. |
The Safe Harbor Clinic is located at 184 South Winooski Avenue in Burlington. Safe Harbor is open daily for no cost walk-in and appointments visits for men, women and children experiencing homelessness. Services include: |
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The Pearl Street Clinic located at 179 Pearl Street in Burlington is open to homeless, runaway and at-risk youth ages 14-22. No cost, walk-in services include:
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Want to be a patient? Just call us! We accept most insurances and welcome Medicaid and VHAP, too. If you think you are eligible for our sliding fee scale program, bring in two forms of proofs of income, such as your tax return, last two pay/unemployment stubs or your unemployment benefit page. We’ll help you figure it out. Our phone number is (802) 864-6309 if you want to make an appointment to get started as a patient!
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We welcome people without health insurance As a Federally Qualified Health Center all services are available on a sliding fee scale for low income, uninsured community residents. If your income is too high to be eligible for our sliding fee scale programs, we offer a 25% time of service discount to help make the burden a little easier.
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Your generous donations help support access to care for all community residents As a Federally Qualified Health Center, CHCB is able to offer such comprehensive services in part by grants from the US Health & Human Services Administration's Health Resources & Services Administration, private foundations, and generous community support. If you would like to learn more about how you can help CHCB and tour our clinic sites, please contact our Community Relations Office at 864-6309 ext. 191.