Norwalk Community Health Center

Norwalk, Connecticut

Opening and operating 2 new School-Based Health Centers

Funding the Opening of
Two New Norwalk School-Based Health Centers

In 2023, Shoreline wrote a highly competitive Federal HRSA School-Based Service Expansion grant and two Connecticut Department of Public Health grants on behalf of the Norwalk Community Health Center. Combined, these three successful applications funded the opening and operation of two new Norwalk Community Health Center school-based health and wellness centers within the Norwalk Public School District. This included one site in a local middle school (Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy), as well as one of the district’s high schools (Brien McMahon High School). They celebrated the grand opening of these sites with a ribbon cutting in January 2024. The health center and school district were thrilled to welcome US Senator Richard Blumenthal; Jonathan Smalls, a proud alumnus of both schools (representing US Senator Chris Murphy); US Congressman Jim Himes; State Senator Bob Duff; and Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling to the grand opening.

What Our Clients Say

Testimonials

Having worked with community health centers nationwide, we bring a high level of understanding and expertise in the priorities and operational systems inherent in the CHC model of care.

They are exceptionally well organized and thorough, at all phases of a project. We have worked with them to develop major funding applications and reports, as well as to deliver board trainings on FQHC compliance issues.

When we work with Shoreline, we know we will always get a high quality grant application that paints a unique picture of our health center and reflects our strengths and capabilities.

The grants they write are succinct, clear and present our health center’s needs and strengths in a straightforward way. They are very detail oriented and always make sure things are done right.

The quality of Shoreline’s work is exceptional. We ended-up scoring a 95 on our New Access Point!

They set a schedule with us, and met all deadlines on time or early. The deliverables were 100% comprehensive and easy to understand.

The success of our work with Shoreline is evident in the tools they created for us that are still in use years after they were developed.

Shoreline’s consultants are skilled at handling health data and statistics related to health disparities and needs assessments, skillfully demonstrating the relationship between the data and community needs.

Shoreline wrote an excellent New Access Point application for us that was funded successfully. We were the only applicant in all of New York State that had a NAP funded in that round.

The Expanded Medical Capacity grant they wrote for us scored a 94 out of 100 possible points, and the Dental Expansion grant they wrote scored a 99.

We worked with Shoreline Health Solutions to complete our policy and procedure manual, which is approximately 1,000 pages. They provided excellent quality work that demonstrated their strong command of the subject matter.