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Family Centers Starts Construction at New Health Clinic

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Left to right: Thomas Diaz, Manager of Family Centers Healthcare at Wilbur Peck Court; Dennis Torres, Family Centers’ Director of Healthcare Programs; Charles Edward McDonald, Architect; Joseph A. Parlanti of Pecora Brothers, Inc.; Robert Short, Family Centers’ Vice President
Left to right: Thomas Diaz, Manager of Family Centers Healthcare at Wilbur Peck Court; Dennis Torres, Family Centers’ Director of Healthcare Programs; Charles Edward McDonald, Architect; Joseph A. Parlanti of Pecora Brothers, Inc.; Robert Short, Family Centers’ Vice President

Work has begun to convert a vacant multi-purpose space at the Wilbur Peck Public Housing Community into Family Centers’ new health clinic. The clinic will offer residents of Greenwich Public Housing onsite access to quality healthcare services.

Called Family Centers Healthcare at Wilbur Peck Court, the clinic will provide primary healthcare services to children and adults living in Greenwich Public Housing units, Section 8 housing and the surrounding neighborhoods.  Family Centers officials say the United Way of Greenwich and the Town of Greenwich’s Department of Social Services were instrumental in helping the organization assess the town’s low-income families’ healthcare needs.  The Greenwich Housing Authority was also a major partner in the project, according to Family Centers. 

Construction will take place over the winter months, and an opening date is targeted for early spring. The clinic was designed by architect Charles E. McDonald, Jr., and the named Contractor is Pecora Brothers, Inc.

In late 2015, Family Centers received a Federal “New Access Points” grant to cover the initial construction and operational funds needed to open the full-service primary health clinic. Additional funding was provided by the TurningPoint Foundation and the Mark Family Foundation.

Last year, Family Centers was named one of just six organizations in Connecticut and the only one in Fairfield County to receive “New Access Points” funding. Nationwide, $169 million was distributed to create 266 new health center sites in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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