The mission of Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center (Kennedy Community Health) is to “help people live healthier lives.” We believe that everyone has a right to accessible, high quality, comprehensive, integrated and compassionate health care. As a community health center, Kennedy Community Health has always provided comprehensive care to its patients, who are at disparate risk for chronic disease and poor health outcomes. Our vision is to be a constantly growing, financially sound, Federally Qualified Community Health Center that: efficiently delivers high quality, accessible primary care services. becomes the health care home and provider choice of all our patients. achieves excellence in outcomes with our patients as partners. remains at the forefront of innovative health care practices. Founded in a Worcester housing project in 1972, today Kennedy Community Health has three medical facilities, two dental sites, two optometry practices and six school-based centers serving residents of Worcester, Framingham, Milford, and the surrounding communities of MetroWest and Central Massachusetts. Currently over 26,000 patients of all ages receive care and service through Kennedy Community Health’s family practice model of care, a comprehensive approach to the delivery of quality primary and urgent care, dental care, optometry, pharmacy, behavioral health, substance use treatment and social services, women’s health, HIV/AIDs treatment and services, medical specialties, nutrition counseling, laboratory, and health education programs. Kennedy Community Health is certified as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a model that supports the flow of information among medical teams, coordinating health care visits, utilizing electronic technologies for tracking and errors prevention, and providing follow-up while, most importantly, engaging patients in their care.

MAB Community Services specializes in individualized rehabilitation, and family-focused strategies that help individuals with a range of disabilities live full and independent lives in the community. MAB’s mission is to work with individuals with disabilities to eliminate barriers and create opportunities. Our experience allows us to forge strong community partnerships so that we can meet the pressing need for high quality services and programs and transform lives. Our Divisions Are: The Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides vision rehabilitation and support services throughout Massachusetts to more than 1,200 adults who are blind or visually impaired. Programs include access to low vision clinics, peer empowerment support groups, one-to-one volunteer assistance, in-home vision rehabilitation, adjustment counseling/mental health support, and access technology training. Our unique blend of programs and services enables individuals to learn to live confidently with vision loss. MAB Adult Disability Services provides residential support services, individual support, transitional assistance, and social, vocational, and recreational day programming for individuals with developmental disabilities or brain injuries in Greater Boston and Central Massachusetts. The division operates more than 25 group homes and serves over 300 people each year. The Ivy Street School is a special education residential and day high school for neurodivergent youth. We work with students to prepare them for adulthood with the tools they need to achieve their greatest independence. Using a lens of disability justice, we support the whole child through a student-first model driven by a commitment to knowing our students well. Additionally, through our Skills for Life program, we support in-home skill development for young adults. We're Hiring! See our current openings at www.mabcommunity.org/mab-community-careers/