Roxbury, MA - The Dimock Center, a recognized leader in the integrated delivery of comprehensive health care and human services for Boston’s urban community, announced that the Center has received a $75,000 grant from the Center for Community Recovery Innovations, Inc., a non-profit subsidiary of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency.

The grant will provide funding to refurbish a historic, 19th century building on The Dimock Center’s main campus that is the new home of the Askia Academy at Dimock, which provides addiction recovery support to men based upon the model pioneered by Nathaniel Hakim Askia.

“This support from MassHousing will allow us to continue the improvements The Dimock Center began last summer in preparation of the Askia Academy’s move to our campus,” said Ruth Kelley, The Dimock Center’s Chief Behavioral Health Officer.  “Our ability to offer the Academy’s residents a secure and comfortable environment plays a key role in supporting their journey to sobriety and recovery.”

The Askia Academy at Dimock represents a critical community resource, providing much needed support services to the neighborhoods served by The Dimock Center.  The Academy is an Afro-centric program with a focus on addressing health care disparities for men, re-building family relationships, relapse prevention and employment preparation.  The Askia Academy at Dimock will provide support services for as many as 25 residents.

With its location on The Dimock Center’s main campus, the Academy offers program participants a continuum of integrated care and ready access to top-flight health, dental and eye care, in addition to addiction recovery services.  

The Academy’s convenient location at The Dimock Center also allows Boston neighborhood residents to access quality care and remain connected with family and other local support that can be so critical to a resident’s successful recovery from addiction. 

About the Dimock Center

The Dimock Center was founded in 1862 as the New England Hospital for Women and Children and is now nationally recognized as a model for the integrated delivery of comprehensive health and human services in an urban community. The health center alone handles over 46,000 patient visits annually, providing city residents and families access to high-quality healthcare and human services they would not be able to receive elsewhere. 

The center’s programs cover a range of services that include adult & pediatric medicine, eye & dental care, HIV/AIDS services, child & family development, behavioral health, and adult basic education. 

For more information about The Dimock Center please visit www.dimock.org.

The Red Sox Foundation Partners with The Dimock Center to Refurbish Historic Building That Houses Vital Inpatient Detox Program

 

Roxbury, MA - The Dimock Center, a recognized leader in the integrated delivery of comprehensive healthcare and human services for Boston’s urban community, announced that the Center has received a $20,000 grant from the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA). 

 

The NECA presented the grant in recognition of The Dimock Center’s commitment to the communities it serves and its plan to utilize the funds to upgrade windows on the Center’s Sewall Building, a 19th century building that houses The Dimock Center’s Acute Treatment Services detox program.

 

“The NECA’s contribution is significant and timely,” said The Dimock Center’s President and CEO, Ruth Ellen Fitch.  “We appreciate the recognition of our work in the communities we serve, and the ability to upgrade windows will help us save on energy costs.” 

 

“More importantly, new windows on our Sewall Building will provide a more comfortable and secure environment for our clients,” continued Fitch.

 

With direct assistance from The Red Sox Foundation, The Dimock Center has been able to restore furniture, replace flooring and upgrade the interior of the Sewall Building.  As part of this restoration project, The Red Sox Foundation provided support to The Dimock Center in applying for the NECA grant.

 

About the Dimock Center

The Dimock Center was founded in 1862 as the New England Hospital for Women and Children and is now nationally recognized as a model for the integrated delivery of comprehensive health and human services in an urban community. The health center alone handles over 46,000 patient visits annually, providing city residents and families access to high-quality healthcare and human services they would not be able to receive elsewhere.

 

The center’s programs cover a range of services that include adult & pediatric medicine, eye & dental care, HIV/AIDS services, child & family development, behavioral health, and adult basic education.

 

For more information about The Dimock Center please visit www.dimock.org.

 

About NECA

For more than two decades, NECA has created an open forum among electric power stakeholders to foster the development and maturation of competitive power markets.  NECA promotes environmentally sound, reliable and cost-effective wholesale and retail markets for the production and delivery of electric power supply, as well as competing energy services and resource alternatives, including conservation, innovative, demand-side and power delivery technologies, renewable energy and distributed generation.