CHS in the News

Media contact: Danica Keeton, Director of Development and Community Relations, (608) 957-7954

2022

• • Beloit Area Community Health Center to host 8th Trunk or Treat (October 24, 2022)

• • SLU lectures to being Sept. 9 in Beloit (August 16, 2022)

• • Beloit health facility expands behavioral health (June 30, 2022)

• • Rock County health improvement plan includes health literacy, diversity and coordination goals (June 29, 2022)

• • Rock County Health Department offers vaccine boosters children ages 5-11 (May 31, 2022)

• • Beloit Area Mental Health Officials Answer Questions in Post-Pandemic World (May 5, 2022)

• • Beloit Area Community Health Center Received Grant to Aid Women’s Health Programs (April 18, 2022)

• • Beloit Area Community Health Center Executive Named (April 11, 2022)

• • Drug Take Back Day Set for Beloit Area Community Health Center (April 7, 2022)

• • Mini-grants Awarded by SSM St. Mary’s Hospital (February 2, 2022)

2021

• • BACHC Expanding Women’s Services Department (December 29, 2021)

• • Wisconsin’s 48 Most Influential Black Leaders, Part 3 Feat. Board Member Chief Andre Sayles (December 22, 2021)

• • BACHC Receives Patient-Centered Care Recognition (December 20, 2021)

• • New Life Ministries Offers Coats, Vaccination (October 20, 2021)

• • BACHC to Offer Trunk or Treat Event (October 13, 2021)

• • Community Health Centers in the Limelight This Week (August 11, 2021)

• • Multiple Vaccine Clinics in Beloit set for Monday as Case Rate Declines Locally (April 25, 2021)

• • Beloit police exploring partnership for mental health professionals to aid crisis response (April 19, 2021)

• • Health providers partner with United Way to create accessible COVID-19 vaccine website (March 31, 2021)

• • Literacy for Life Initiative to offer brain bags to a bookmobile (March 24, 2021)

• • Hormel offering on-site COVID-19 vaccines to employees at its Beloit plant (March 2, 2021)

• • Sibling Nurses Tackle COVID-19 Together, Help Vaccinate Each Other (January 14, 2021)

2020

• • Rock County health officials make renewed plea for social distancing before Christmas (Dec. 24, 2020)

• • BACHC to Offer COVID-19 Support Groups (Nov. 28, 2020)

• • Health Officials: Only Celebrate with Those in Your Household (Nov. 22, 2020)

• • Open Enrollment for Individual Health Insurance begins (Nov. 8, 2020)

• • Women urged to get mammograms, cervical cancer screenings (Oct. 15, 2020)

• • COVID-19 makes suicide prevention trickier (Sept. 16, 2020)

• • Community Health Systems receives honors for quality care (Sept. 1, 2020)

• • Doctor sees COVID-19 patients suffer after effects of the virus (Aug. 4, 2020)

• • Options available for those seeking virus test (July 29, 2020)

• • Behavioral health services expanding at BACHC (July 13, 2020)

• • Montoya’s leadership and outreach skills help community (June 7, 2020)

• • Doctor encourages people to get tested for COVID-19 (June 2, 2020)

• • COVID-19 Briefing Video featuring Laura Anderson, NP (May 14, 2020)

• • Beloit to open two COVID-19 testing sites (May 12, 2020)

• • Getting Answers: How To Help Those Suffering From Substance Abuse During Pandemic (April 22, 2020)

• • BACHC Offers Drive-Through Testing (April 19, 2020)

• • Beloit Dentist Open For Emergencies, Takes Precautions for COVID-19 (March 31, 2020)

• • Ana Montoya and Stephen Smith of Community Health Systems on WCLO’s Your Talk Show (March 25, 2020)

• • Area Providers Field COVID-19 Questions Via Phone Lines (March 18, 2020)

• • Childhood Literacy Programs Benefit The Community (Feb. 21, 2020)

• • COO Named At Health Center (Feb. 19, 2020)

• • State, Area Being Hit Hard By Flu (Jan. 9, 2020)

2019

• • ‘Cookies With Santa’ Set For Dec. 5 (Nov. 29, 2019)

• • Menopause Specialist Gets Women Talking (Nov. 22, 2019)

• • Beloit Area Community Health Center Announces New Medical Director (Nov. 22, 2019)

• • Beloit Area Community Health Center earns diversity award (Nov. 8, 2019)

• • Chances For Screams, Sweets Galore This Halloween Along Stateline (Oct. 24, 2019)

• • Johnson Picked As Health Center CEO (Oct. 18, 2019)

• • BACHC To Receive 20th Year Award From ‘Reach Out And Read’ (Oct. 10, 2019)

• • Leadership Changes at BACHC (Sept. 26, 2019)

• • BACHC To Host Free Dental Care Program (Sept. 12, 2019)

• • Library Hosts Summer Concert Series (July 18, 2019)

• • Beloit Public Library Hosts New Music and Lunch Series (July 15, 2019)

• • BACHC Gets Students Ready for Impending School Year (July 9, 2019)

• • Community Health Clinic Emerges From Bankruptcy (June 25, 2019)

• • Those Shaping Beloit’s Young Minds Honored at Literacy For Life Luncheon (June 21, 2019)

• • Raising Awareness for PTSD (June 14, 2019)

• • Local Health Center receives high rankings (May 29, 2019)

• • Community Health Systems experiencing growth with its Behavioral Health Clinic (March 7, 2019)

• • Special Dental Story Time Set At Beloit Public Library (Feb. 19, 2019)

• • Prioritizing Kid’s Teeth (Feb. 8, 2019)

• • BACHC Appoints Dental Director (Feb. 1, 2019)

2018

• • Cookies with Santa Picture (Dec. 11, 2018)

• • Health Center Plans Annual Trunk-Or-Treat (Oct. 10, 2018)

• • Health Plan Open Enrollment Set To Begin On November 1 (Oct. 5, 2018)

• • Seal-A-Smile Kicks-Off in Beloit (Sept. 25, 2018)

• • Cooking Demonstration Planned At Merrill Center (Sept. 7, 2018)

• • BACHC Expands Dental Clinic (Aug. 16, 2018)

• • BACHC Offers A New Way To Fight Tooth Decay (July 18, 2018)

• • BACHC Plans Back To School Night (July 10, 2018)

• • BACHC Offers School Supplies, Sports Physicals (July 9, 2018)

• • BACHC Launches Group For Spanish-Speaking Women (June 15, 2018)

• • CHS Is No Longer Bankrupt (March 30, 2018)

• • County Partners with BACHC for Dental Clinic (Jan. 23, 2018)

• • Funding anxiety high at community health center (Jan. 9, 2018)

2017

• • State bill allows greater access to oral health care (Dec. 22, 2017)

• • Cookies with Santa (pic) (Dec. 7, 2017)

• • Area families invited to eat some cookies, take photos with Santa (Nov. 30, 2017)

• • Short Window for Sign-ups to Obamacare (Nov. 9, 2017)

• • Trunk Or Treat Offers Early Taste of Halloween (Oct. 23, 2017)

• • Area Survivor Finds More Meaning in Life (Oct. 6, 2017)

• • Health centers’ funding at risk (Sept. 26, 2017)

• • Local community health centers face loss of funding (Sept. 21, 2017)

• • Your Views: Health care for local, low income residents threatened (Sept. 13, 2017)

• • Beloit Cares to deliver low cost school supplies for families (July 24, 2017)

• • Beloit Area Community Health Center hosts free back to school nights (July 24, 2017)

• • Church to host school supply store (July 24, 2017)

• • Community Health Center offers free school supplies and affordable physicals (July 19, 2017)

• • Nurse saves overdose victim in car crash (July 10, 2017)

• • Open house planned for clinic in Beloit (June 8, 2017)

• • Beloit Area Community Health Center Open House (June 16)

• • Allergy season is in bloom (May 19, 2017)

• • A local legislator is honored by healthcare industry (April 26, 2017)

• • Zonta’s 40th Tribute to Women set for April 25 (April 11, 2017)

• • Health Center welcomes Goel as Medical Director (Jan. 20, 2017)

• • More testing, more HIV cases (January 15, 2017 – PDF)

• • CHS to finish oral care expansion (January 12, 2017)

2016

• • Flu cases are up in Wisconsin (Dec. 30, 2016)

• • Two local organizations team up to better handle food insecurity (Dec. 13, 2016)