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BROOKSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Our Mission
To provide high quality, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, patient and family centered care to those who live and work in Jamaica Plain and the city of Boston, regardless of ability to pay. Our Vision
*Continue to be recognized as a leader in the delivery of high quality, integrated family-oriented health care and as a model program for community-based primary care within the Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, and Partners Healthcare Systems.
*Continue to offer successful programs training practitioners in the provision of community-based, culturally appropriate health care, while still maintaining a focus on the delivery of primary care.
*Maintain a leadership role in developing programs designed to improve the health status of Jamaica Plain and the surround communities. Our Values
*Recognize the inter-relationship of clients' medical, social, emotional, and economic needs. Develop holistic service plans and provide coordinated, multi-disciplinary services to meet these needs.
*Commit to excellence. Continuously strive to provide high quality care as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, while maintaining our overall mission to provide care for all who need it. Demonstrate a continuous ability to respond to changes in local communities and the health care environment.
*Value diversity. Strive for integrity in all our interactions.
*Provide on-going training for staff to allow them to develop their skills as fully as possible. Expect and encourage teamwork. Work to ensure growth, development, and job satisfaction for all employees.
*Build on our long history of community involvement, begun in 1970, by aggressively developing outreach, education, and school-based programs designed to improve the health of the community, with particular focus on those segments of the community that are currently under-served.
*Encourage and support the training of students from a variety of disciplines in the family model of care within the health center's primary care delivery system.
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02/26/2026
News from Reach Out & Read
Calling all Pediatric or Family Medicine Residents:
As part of our National Center's new Resident Champions Initiative, residents who are deeply committed to Reach Out and Read, early literacy, and early relational health will play a central role in helping peers learn and implement our model. If you are a pediatric or family medicine resident interested in becoming a resident champion, please join us on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:30 p.m. ET to learn more: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8697275398?pwd=U0VhUG8vVVBQdmZMeWRXcGNDcFJNUT09&omn=82877456989
02/26/2026
National Tooth Fairy Day is February 28th
This a great time to talk to your children about their oral health and to encourage good oral hygiene habits. Find a dentist, schedule a dental check-up, and work together to encourage lifelong habits.
Why celebrate National Tooth Fairy Day?
• To celebrate children losing their baby teeth
• To help children develop good oral hygiene habits
• To reduce children's fear of losing their teeth
• To remind children the benefits of regular dental cleanings
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02/26/2026
02/26/2026
Winter Farmers Markets in 2026
Jamaica Plain/Brighton WIC Brookside Community Health Center
02/26/2026
Family Preparedness Planning Information and Resources
This material-with step-by-step instructions- is available in multiple languages.
It is recommended that families fill out a caregiver authorization form (in the packet) which allows a parent/caregiver to designate someone else to make medical/educational decisions in the event of an emergency (parent/caregiver detained).
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Mass General Brigham Brookside Community Health Center
02/26/2026
Check out the Tenant's Rights Workshop - flyer is below:
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02/24/2026
📞 It's Hotline Awareness Week! Project Bread is committed to making sure everyone has access to the food they need. We’ve heard from parents worried about feeding their kids, people trying to rebuild their lives after catastrophes, seniors, and many, many more.
What Project Bread’s counselors can help you with:
✅ Learn if you are eligible for SNAP and help you apply
✅ Find free meals for kids through Summer Eats or School Meals
✅ Find hot meal programs and food pantries
✅ SNAP recipients can learn how and where to use their HIP benefits to purchase farm-fresh produce
In 2025 alone, our FoodSource Hotline received over 20,000 calls, and nearly 33% of callers requested translation services—available in 180+ languages! Our counselors helped residents complete 3,779 SNAP pre-screens and 510 SNAP applications over the phone last year.
If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 1-800-645-8333 for free, confidential assistance. Share this post to spread the word!
projectbread.org/foodsource-hotline
02/24/2026
ATTENTION :
The Mobile Market food truck is CANCELLED today.
02/23/2026
Brookside Community Health Center will reopen on Tuesday.
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To provide high quality, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, patient and family centered care to those who live and work in Jamaica Plain and the city of Boston, regardless of ability to pay.
Our Vision
Continue to be recognized as a leader in the delivery of high quality, integrated family-oriented health care and as a model program for community-based primary care within the Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, and Partners Healthcare Systems.
Continue to offer successful programs training practitioners in the provision of community-based, culturally appropriate health care, while still maintaining a focus on the delivery of primary care.
Maintain a leadership role in developing programs designed to improve the health status of Jamaica Plain and the surround communities.
Our Values
Recognize the inter-relationship of clients' medical, social, emotional, and economic needs. Develop holistic service plans and provide coordinated, multi-disciplinary services to meet these needs.
Commit to excellence. Continuously strive to provide high quality care as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, while maintaining our overall mission to provide care for all who need it. Demonstrate a continuous ability to respond to changes in local communities and the health care environment.
Value diversity. Treat all clients and staff with dignity and respect. Strive for integrity in all our interactions.
Provide on-going training for staff to allow them to develop their skills as fully as possible. Expect and encourage teamwork. Work to ensure growth, development, and job satisfaction for all employees.
Build on our long history of community involvement, begun in 1970, by aggressively developing outreach, education, and school-based programs designed to improve the health of the community, with particular focus on those segments of the community that are currently under-served.
Encourage and support the training of students from a variety of disciplines in the family model of care within the health center's primary care delivery system.
