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Build a workforce pipeline for diverse candidates through paid internship and apprenticeship programs. These programs provide opportunities to talented and caring individuals who are passionate about healthcare and committed to serving marginalized communities.

Maria’s journey highlights CHA’s commitment to develop a diverse workforce representative of our patients and the communities we serve. CHA, like many healthcare systems across the country, continues to face extraordinary, long lasting workforce challenges due to the pandemic. Our innovative community approach requires added staffing in a highly competitive market. We stand with big players in the Boston healthcare arena, putting additional pressures on our small but mighty healthcare system.

As most health plans do not cover dental care, underserved populations increasingly struggle to get the care they need. CHA connects oral health and wellness by offering dental care in our clinic and beyond the dental office.

Brian

Chief Emeritus, Department of Dental Medicine

School-Based Dental Care

“I moved here by myself,” said Somerville High School graduate Oumaima El-Baroudi. Starting in 2017, CHA identified a critical need to address urgent untreated oral health needs for newly arrived immigrant youth. Students like Oumaima were trying to learn and work while in severe pain; some had up to 15 cavities, others had even more severe dental needs. Again, CHA stepped in, partnering with ForsythKids and Somerville Public Schools to bring quality and accessible oral health care to Somerville High School students and families. Oumaima was evaluated at CHA’s Teen Connection (Teen Health Center) and connected to dental care at CHA and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. These services changed Oumaima’s life, allowing her to focus on learning and living.