CHI’s 50th birthday year is all about full circle moments. Fifty years ago, an immigrant farmworker and activist Doris Ison had a vision to provide affordable, quality care to all. With the support of donors and the community, Community Health of South Florida, Inc. has......
25 August, 2021No comment
National Health Center week is one of my favorite times of the year because it highlights the great contributions that community health centers, like Community Health of South Florida, Inc., have made to their communities....
25 August, 2021No comment
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) appointed a Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI) team member to its national board. Eunice Hines, Director of Migrant Health and Outreach Services, said she is excited to serve in this capacity....
10 August, 2021No comment
If health centers are the chemistry for strong communities, then patients are the elements that keep them bonded together....
10 August, 2021No commentNational Health Center week is one of my favorite times of the year because it highlights the great contributions that community health centers, like Community Health of South Florida, Inc., have made to their communities....
10 August, 2021No comment
There was something very unique about the 2021 graduating class of the Brodes H. Hartley, Jr. Teaching Health Center. It wasn’t the fact that all five graduates were brilliant young doctors, even though they were. It was the fact that all of them were women....
10 August, 2021No commentFlorida remains among the top five states with the highest rates of HIV diagnoses, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. In South Florida, individuals are faced with stigmas that stem in part from cultural diversity. Many Hispanics, Haitians, and African-Americans have certain biases toward HIV, which pose a......
11 June, 2021No comment
On May 4th, therapeutic foster mom Maureen Lewis was welcomed by honks, cheers, and applause as she drove into the Doris Ison Health Center with her two foster children....
11 June, 2021No commentA year of celebrations continues! CHI officially turned 50 years old on May 12th, and I want to give a special thanks to those who joined us for our birthday festivities....
11 June, 2021No comment
On May 12th, excitement buzzed at the Doris Ison Health Center. As the Happy Birthday song played, CHI staff prepared for a day they would never forget: CHI’s 50th anniversary....
11 June, 2021No comment
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) appointed a Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI) team member to its national board. Eunice Hines, Director of Migrant Health and Outreach Services, said she is excited to serve in this capacity. Hines has been......
02 April, 2021No commentNurse Syndia Jean-Baptist sobbed when she received her ACTion Hero Award alongside fellow school-based nurses, Norma Carrasco and Bethany Simmons-Little, at Community Health of South Florida, Inc by the CEO, Brodes H. Hartley, Jr. The emotional wounds were still raw. Just two weeks prior, Jean-Baptist......
02 April, 2021No commentHope has arrived, and we are finally headed in the right direction. As we are able to vaccinate more and more people, I truly believe that we will get through this difficult time in the near future. The pandemic has pushed our team at CHI......
02 April, 2021No comment
Tasha Robinson sat in the observation area of the COVID-19 vaccination site, set up by Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI) at Naranja Park. Although her mouth was covered by her mask, she smiled excitedly with her eyes. Just minutes prior, Tasha had received......
02 April, 2021No comment
March is Women’s History Month, dedicated to celebrating women’s important contributions in history. At Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI), women are recognized every day, as CHI would not exist without the sheer will and passion of one very special woman, Doris Ison. ......
01 February, 2021No comment
Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI) began administering the first COVID-19 vaccine for its frontline healthcare workers on January 5, 2021. The Moderna vaccines arrived at Doris Ison Health Center. Maria Caba, a patient care technician at Doris Ison, was the first to receive......
01 February, 2021No comment
I feel a sense of hope and excitement as we head into a new year, our 50th anniversary as an organization, and now a federal structure to combat COVID-19. Change is coming, and we are seeing the glimmers of healing and recovery all around us. ...
01 February, 2021No comment
Kantrell Young, Executive Secretary at Community Health of South Florida, Inc., couldn’t contain her excitement as she arrived at the main entrance of Doris Ison Health Center. Burnie, the Miami HEAT Mascot, was dancing, and the HEAT dancers were shaking their hips along with him.......
01 February, 2021No commentIn a year that was filled with uncertainty, isolation and grief, @SimoneBoyce reports on what mental health professionals have struggled with in 2020 and what makes them stay hopeful. Watch NOW: https://t.co/U4UZMHn7bF pic.twitter.com/zSgaNG4psE — NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) December 15, 2020...
16 December, 2020No comment
