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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE and partners celebrate opening of Portland Community Health Center at Riverton June 20 for underserved populations

The Portland Community Health Center at Riverton held an opening celebration on June 20, 2013, with blood pressure checks, cancer screenings, nutrition education and healthy snacks. The center officially opens to the public on Thursday, June 27.

The center's opening makes health care more accessible for residents of Riverton Park - a neighborhood of 141 apartments - and will better prepare future health professionals who deliver care to the City of Portland's underserved populations, including immigrants and refugees.

The new Portland Community Health Center at Riverton is part of the "CHANNELS" program, led and facilitated by University of New England, and made possible through a collaborative relationship with the Portland Community Health Center, City of Portland, Portland Housing Authority, and the Maine Center for Disease Control-Cumberland Public Health District.

Portland Community Health Center is designated as a federally qualified health center.  Its mission is to provide high quality patient centered health care that is accessible, affordable, and culturally sensitive.
 

 

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.