CHDC EXPANDS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT - INCREASING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

CHDC EXPANDS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT - INCREASING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

Pottstown –Community Health & Dental Care (CHDC) was awarded a grant from Heath Resource Service Administration (HRSA) to expand behavioral health support – proudly offering comprehensive behavioral health and psychiatry services to fully support overall well-being health needs – from kids to adults! As the region’s leading Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), CHDC currently provides care to over 29,000 registered patients throughout southeastern Berks, western Montgomery, and northern Chester counties with locations in Pottstown, Barto, and Boyertown.

CHDC’s Total Care Program supports more than improving patients’ physical health but looks after their mental health as well by offering a fully integrated behavioral health and medical program. Equipped with an incredible team of behavioral health consultants and psychiatry providers, the CHDC mental health team works with its caring primary care providers to offer one-on-one appointments for patients of all ages providing patient-centered mental health support at all locations within person and virtual visits available. Individuals struggling with depression, substance abuse, family and relationship issues, grief and loss, or school and work stress, CHDC’s expanded behavioral health support is now available to all CHDC established medial patients.

Bridgette McGivern, CEO of CHDC, stated “We received a competitive national grant award to increase access for people to receive these qualified services throughout our five locations and I am very proud of our dedicated staff who work hard every day to improve people’s well-being to live a healthier and happier life.”
For psychiatry, we are pleased to announce CHDC medical provider, Collette Hain, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC

is now a Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who will see patients of all ages – kids through adults – onsite at our main Pottstown health center location or virtually. Psychiatry appointments are scheduled through an internal referral and after a CHDC Behavioral Health and CHDC medical provider consult has been met.

For behavioral health, we welcomed our newest Behavioral Health provider, Laura Galindez, LCSW, to our main health center at The Shoppes at Coventry in Pottstown. Laura is committed to forging authentic connections with patients from all backgrounds, and is an experienced psychotherapist, social worker, and health coach. Laura joins Andre Hewitt, an experienced behavioral health provider working with children and adults who are facing a wide range of mental and emotional difficulties such as anxiety, depression, anger, and impulse control.

New medical patients are welcome! For existing medical patients seeking mental health support, our team is ready to care for you! Talk to your medical provider during your next visit or give us a call at 610-326-9460 to get started as a CHDC medical patient. For a complete list of medical and dental services, information about its health care discount and/or free transportation programs, please visit the CHDC website at www.ch-dc.org.


About Community Health & Dental Care

Since 2008, Community Health & Dental Care ensures access to appropriate levels of care for all people in the service area regardless of their ability to pay. CHDC has qualified, caring staff to assist you and your family to become a patient of a true medical and dental home. Same day and integrated appointments are available to meet the scheduling needs of our patients and family members!

CHDC provides medical, dental, OBGYN, vision, podiatry, physical therapy, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), integrated behavioral health, care and case management, and free transportation to and from all CHDC health center locations in Pottstown, Barto, and its newest medical office in Boyertown offering Pediatrics, Women’s Health, and Family Practice.

We accept most major Commercial, Medicare and Medicare supplement plans, Fee for Service Medicaid and Managed Care Medicaid plans and provide a health care discount for eligible uninsured and underinsured patients. For qualified patients receiving a 100% healthcare discount, the nominal fee for a medical/behavioral health/vision visit is $25, $40 for a dental visit and $7 for a prescription! CHDC can offer the health care discount because we receive annual funding from our Federal partner, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) since 2012 as a designated Federally Qualified Health Center.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact us at 610-326-9460 or visit our website at www.ch-dc.org.