Our Services
Programs and Services at Framingham Health Center
In keeping with our commitment to providing access to culturally competent health care, our multilingual staff and interpreters facilitate all appointments and programs.
Framingham Community Health Center provides care for the whole family. Services include preventive care, routine checkups, immunizations, and management of acute and chronic illnesses. Primary care is also offered to people who are homeless. Health assessments and outreach are offered at homeless shelters, the health center and social service agencies.
In collaboration with local mental health providers, services provided for children, adolescents, and adults include: outpatient counseling, crisis intervention, psychiatric evaluation and medication treatment, evaluation for childhood disorders including ADHD, depression screening and treatment.
Dental services include comprehensive exams, x-rays, oral health education, prophylaxis (cleanings), restorative treatment, oral surgery and emergency treatment. We also provide pediatric dental care and prosthodontic services including dentures, partials, crowns, bridges, and mouth guards.
Our off-site laboratory at Great Brook Valley Health Center performs a wide range of testing. Services include phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, immunochemistry, serology, and urinalysis. The lab is JCAHO and CLIA certified.
Prescriptions from our health care providers can be filled at Eaton Apothecary located at 266 Waverly St. in Framingham. This pharmacy accepts most insurance plans and assistance is available for those whose insurance does not include prescription benefits.
Our providers and nurses offer counseling on different birth control methods. Patients may choose among methods such as oral contraceptive pills, diaphragm, male and female condoms, the birth control patch, NuvaRing and Plan B. Our providers can place IUDs, administer DepoProvera and write prescriptions which can be filled at low or no cost at our off-site pharmacy.
Framingham Community Health Center facilitates specialty care by referral to local specialists, Great Brook Valley Health Center, and UMass Memorial Medical Center.
The childbirth education program is available in Portuguese and is free to patients of Framingham Community Health Center. Classes address pregnancy and prenatal exercise, prepared childbirth, and breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding support is available through the WIC program and our primary medical team.
A dedicated interdisciplinary team comprised of the medical provider, nurse, community health worker, and medical assistant, works together with patients to manage their chronic disease. The self management model allows patients to be in charge of setting their goals with the support of a professional health care team. Diabetes groups are available to our patients.
We are contracted with DPH as the only site in MetroWest offering refugee health assessments to new refugees and asylees. This comprehensive health assessment focuses on evaluation and diagnostic services, referrals, introduction to health care services in the U.S., and linkages with primary care.
In collaboration with Wayside, Advocates, South Middlesex Opportunity Council, and Future Skills Institute, Framingham Community Health Center provides health education and screening to at risk young adults age 18-24.