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Vicki Ritterband Tom McCormack Tel: 617-795-0180 Tel: 857-654-1046 vritterband@rcn.com tmccormack@bhchp.org
In the News Barbara McInnis House named 2009 Community Partnership - National Award Winner For providing medical care for homeless patients who are too sick for a shelter or the street but not sick enough for a hospital stay. Read More... Homeless Find Solace in Yarn Work Boston Globe, December 27, 2009 Barbara McInnis House hosts a volunteer program that intertwines therapy in a surprising way. Transgender Clinic Fills Needed Niche for Boston's Homeless Nursing Spectrum, November 2009 Every Thursday evening, staff at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program’s transgender clinic care for a patient population that usually shies away from medical treatment. West Roxbury's Linda O’Connor’s fight against homelessness West Roxbury Transcript, Sept 28, 2009 Linda O'Connor has been involved with the fight against homelessness since making sandwiches for Pine Street Inn back in high school. Revere Journal, September 12, 2009 Revere's Maria Paige has penned two psychological thriller novels, and readers say they can’t stop turning the pages. Dr. James O’Connell named first winner of $100,000 prize Boston Herald, August 11, 2009 Boston’s and BHCHP's celebrated physician for the homeless, Dr. James O’Connell, has been named the first winner of a new $100,000 prize that will help him continue his work. Home and Healthy for Good Fixes Homelessness Talk of the Nation, August 3, 2009 This program gets the chronically homeless into housing then focuses on medical treatment. Boston Globe, July 24, 2009 Homeless himself, Baiano DosSantos volunteers his great skill in making art from sticks and teaches his magic to the patients at Barbara McInnis House. A Second Chance, A Second Helping Braintree Forum, July 7, 2009 Stephen Paquin focuses on their stomachs. He is the chef at BHCHP's respite care facility for the homeless. His meals are delicious and wholesome. He makes his meat loaf with ground turkey and his pizza crusts with whole grain. City Morgue Turned Into Respite Care Facility for Homeless NECN, July 11, 2009 NECN's Latoya Edwards takes us inside Jean Yawkey Place. Local Nurse to the Homeless is Also a Housing Advocate Jamaica Plain Gazette, June 12, 2009 For nurse Mary Ann Kopydlowski, the political is personal, and it’s what fuels her work as a nurse with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) and as a board member of the Jamaica Plain-based affordable housing advocacy organization City Life/Vida Urbana Jean Yawkey Place; Boston, Massachusetts Behavioral Healthcare Magazine, June, 2009 A photographic tour of Jean Yawkey Place - a study in effective spatial conversion. The building which originally housed the city’s morgue, a pathology lab, and an ambulance garage now Jean Yawkey Place offers centralized and dignified surroundings for Boston’s sick homeless population. Nursing Excellence Award Winners Shine at Gala Nursing Spectrum/Nurse.com, May 21, 2009 Cheryl Kane, RN, BHCHP's Director of Development and a Street Nurse is honored as one of New Eengland's outstanding nurses for "community service". Attleboro Woman Reflects on Her Role in Helping Homeless The Attleboro Sun Chronicle, May 18, 2009 Sometimes, when a patient visits the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, the staff calls on the receptionist, Shirley Berard. Boston Globe Magazine, May 3, 2009 He was once homeless, depressed, suicidal, and addicted to alcohol. Lee Cowgill's remarkable turnaround. What’s worse than losing your home? Losing your home and your health insurance. Arlington Advocate, March 19, 2009 Nancy Paladino talks of the growing crisis in family homelessness and BHCHP's role in addressing the medical needs of this fractured population. Old Fashioned House Calls for the Once Homeless WBUR, February 26, 2009 Sacha Pfeiffer follows Street Team doctor Jim Bonnar, who is a psychiatrist with the team, and physician assistant Jill Roncarati while they visit homes of those formerly homeless patients who have been recently housed. Media Advisories/ Press Releases
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