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Fitchburg Urgent Care @ACTION Community Health Center, 130 Water Street is now open 7 days a week! Monday-Friday, 7:30am-7:30pm, Saturday & Sunday, 9:00am-5:00pm
Holiday Hours: Tuesday, Christmas Eve, 12/24, offices will be closing early at 12:00pm, Urgent Care will be closing at 3:30pm. All Health Centers & Urgent Care will be closed on Wednesday, December 25th. CHC will reopen with regular hours on Thursday, December 26th.
Leominster Urgent Care is open to the public! Monday-Friday, 7:30am-7:30pm, Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm. Closed on Sundays. Call 978-410-6111
Gardner Urgent Care is open to the public! Monday-Friday, 7:30am-7:30pm, Saturday & Sunday, 9:00am-5:00pm. Call 978-410-6111
Leominster Optometry & Optical Shop will be closed on Thursday & Friday, December 26th & 27th. Fitchburg Optometry & Optical Shop will be open.
Since 2003, Caring for Kids has been offering free preventative dental services to students by bringing those services directly to schools and daycares throughout North Central Massachusetts.
Caring For Kids Enrollment Forms are distributed by particpating school district Nursing Departments to all children K-12. (The CFK packet is blue)
2024 Program Information & forms can be downloaded in English, Spanish and Portuguese and can also be filled out online.
Online Fillable Forms:
English Online fillable Caring For Kids Enrollment Form
Spanish Online fillable Caring for Kids Enrollment Form
Portuguese Online fillable Caring for Kids Enrollment Form
Download and Print Flyers & Forms:
English Caring For Kids Information Flyer
English Caring for Kids Enrollment Form
Spanish Caring For Kids Information Flyer
Spanish Caring for Kids Enrollment Form
Portuguese Caring for Kids Information Flyer
Portuguese Caring for Kids Enrollment Flyer
Questions? Contact the CFK Team at 978-878-8370 or email cfk@chcfhc.org
Caring for Kids provides over 50 schools and daycares free dental care by establishing temporary dental work sites at each school and daycare location. Our Caring fo Kids Dental Team currently works with the following school districts:
Athol Royalston Regional School District Fitchburg Public Schools Gardner Public Schools Guild of St. Agnes - Gardner Leominster Public Schools Making Opportunity Count (MOC) - Head Start Program Montachusett Regional Technical School Narragansett Regional School District Nashoba Regional School District North Middlesex Regional School District Francis W. Parker Charter School Orange Regional School District RFK Community Alliance - Dr. Franklin Perkins School Winchendon Public Schools If your school district is interested in learning more about our Caring For Kids Dental Program, please contact Maria LaFord, Director of Dental Operations at: mlaford@chcfhc.orgIf your child needs a dentist, please flll out a new patient packet online or stop at any of our health centers and fill-out a new patient form. Our Dental Front desk can assist and set-up your first appointment. CLICK HERE
For more information about our Dental Services. CLICK HERE
All dental services are provided in-person to any child from preschool to high school within a partnering school or daycare. Simply return our signed a parent/guardian consent and enrollment form for your student(s) to receive care, regardless of ability to pay or insurance statusor fill-out an online Enrollment Form.
Caring for Kids will partner with any school or daycare program within CHC’s service area who is in need of dental services for their students.
Caring for Kids provides preventative services which include dental cleanings, dental sealants, fluoride varnish, and periodic dental exams.
Caring for Kids does not charge for dental services. We want your students to get the dental care they need and deserve!
Contact our Dental Department at 978-878-8370 or email cfk@chcfhc.org
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Dr. Peter Jengo has been in the dental field for over 50 years and has been with CHC as a Clinical Dentist since 2007. Dr. Jengo began his dental career in the U.S. Army and then ran his own practice for 35 years. After closing his practice, Dr. Jengo served as a Dentist within private practices before beginning at Community Health Connections. Dr. Jengo has also a Clinical Instructor at Quinsigamond Community College since 2010. Dr. Jengo graduated from Boston College in 1963 and received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree from Georgetown University in 1967.
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Louise is a graduate of Quinsigamond Community College Dental Hygiene Program. After raising her six children, she decided to use her love of children to practice in a pediatric dental practice for over 25 years. She has extensive experience in public health, working for the Nashoba Board of Health where she not only worked as a clinician, but spent many hours teaching elementary school children about oral health in the classroom setting. She has been with the Caring for Kids program for the last 10 years and enjoys being in the schools with kids of all ages. After spending time with her 15 grandchildren, she can be found walking the back roads and kayaking the ponds of Central Massachusetts or Cape Cod.
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