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Vinfen’s Brain Injury Community Center Becomes Clubhouse 2422
On Friday, June 7, Vinfen’s Brain Injury Community Center (BICC)—a Somerville program dedicated to assisting individuals with acquired and traumatic brain injuries in learning new skills and fostering independence—hosted an Open House, Open Doors event that welcomed members, community supporters, and neighbors to learn more about the program and its services. Visitors had the chance…
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Vinfen Heads to Beacon Hill for The 12th Annual Caring Force Rally!
Each spring, members of Massachusetts’ human services community—professionals, individuals receiving services and their families, and supporters—come together from all corners of the Commonwealth to assemble at the State House and let their voices be heard by those in power. On May 22, close to 400 members of The Caring Force—a statewide advocacy organization for human…
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Vinfen Proudly Participates in NAMIWalks Massachusetts 2024
On Saturday, May 18, 125 members of the Vinfen community took to the Boston Common to join others from across the state in fighting stigma and supporting programs for individuals with mental health conditions at NAMIWalks Massachusetts 2024. Nearly 1,600 walkers gathered at the Parkman Bandstand for this popular annual event hosted by the Massachusetts…
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It’s A Wrap on The 17th Annual Vinfen Film Festival!
With its torrential rains and howling winds, Saturday, March 23 was perhaps the ideal day to be sitting in a darkened theater, watching the magic of the movies come to life. And that’s exactly what an assembled crowd of nearly 300 people did at GBH Studios in Boston, as Vinfen proudly hosted our organization’s 17th…
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Vinfen, Gateway Artist Featured on GBH Digital Mural
Looming large over the Massachusetts Turnpike, high above GBH Studios, stretches the building’s iconic digital mural. Measuring 30 feet by 45 feet, this giant solar powered mural is designed to delight commuters with a daily theme that is meant to provoke thought, inspire curiosity, and reflect the content and values of public media. On Saturday,…
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Andrea Bennett Receives Vinfen’s 2023 Peer Leadership Award
At Vinfen, we value those with lived experience as vital members of our community-based, residential, and clubhouse teams. While we encourage those with lived experience to apply for all positions, the role of peer specialist has been specifically designed to help people use their lived experience in the most constructive way possible to inspire independence…
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Middlesex County Restoration Center Pilot Advances with Selection of Clinical Provider
Vinfen to provide behavioral health, substance use disorder services for pilot program BOSTON (Jan. 23, 2024) – Today, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, on behalf of the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission, announced it has taken another significant step forward in its pilot for the state’s first law enforcement focused crisis diversion…
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State investment this year helped, but didn’t solve, long waiting lists at programs for people with complex disabilities [The Boston Globe]
By Jason Laughlin Globe Staff, Updated January 1, 2024, 4:23 p.m. Betsy Bourne wears a back brace after helping her son Tyler walk from his electric chair to his recliner where he will spend the majority of the day in Centerville, Mass.ERIN CLARK/GLOBE STAFF MASHPEE — Hundreds of people with developmental disabilities have finally…
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VINFEN PARTICIPATES IN ANNUAL HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL SERVICE
On Dec. 21, the longest night of the year, Cape Cod residents gathered to remember people that died in 2023 who were experiencing homelessness, or had at some point in their lives. Each year, the Cape Cod Council of Churches organizes the Homeless Persons Memorial Service at the First Baptist Church of Hyannis. For the…
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VINFEN EXPANDS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES IN LOWELL WITH OPENING OF VARNUM AVENUE LOCATION
Lowell, MA – On December 4, Vinfen welcomed local healthcare and elected officials to celebrate the opening of an expanded Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) in Lowell. A leading provider of community-based services for people with mental health conditions, behavioral health challenges, intellectual and developmental disabilities and brain injuries, Vinfen is a long-standing advocate for…
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VINFEN ONCE AGAIN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP PLACES TO WORK
Vinfen is pleased to announce that our organization has been named to The Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work in Massachusetts list for the third year in a row! Thanks to our dedicated staff, Vinfen continues to be a growing and leading health and human services organization, serving over 10,000 individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual…
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GATEWAY ARTS AT 50: A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR GREGORY LIAKOS
Gateway Arts is a singularly unique Vinfen program—for that matter, it’s safe to say it’s unlike anyplace most people have visited. Each day, in a sprawling collection of art studios overlooking the Brookline Village neighborhood, artists with a range of disabilities and backgrounds gather to unleash their creativity and master new processes with the encouragement…
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CELEBRATING TOM COPPINGER AND A LEGACY OF BUILDING COMMUNITY AT POINT AFTER CLUB
It’s not uncommon for families to pass down things of great significance from generation to generation—whether it be an ancestral home, a family business created out of hard work and sacrifice, or even just some sort of beloved memento whose value is mostly sentimental. Tom Coppinger, arguably, got even greater gifts from his mother: a…
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COMMUNITY WELCOMES VINFEN PRESIDENT & CEO AT MEET-AND-GREET
Vinfen extends its sincere thanks to Michael Gallagher, the founding partner of Lowell-based law firm Gallagher & Cavanaugh, for hosting a Meet-and-Greet event on Thursday evening to welcome President and CEO Jean Yang to the Mill City as we expand our services through our Community Behavioral Health Center in Lowell. Vinfen leadership gathered on the…
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ĐỐI TƯỢNG NHẬN HỌC BỔNG HỘI ĐỒNG QUẢN TRỊ NĂM 2023
Each year, Vinfen’s Board of Directors is proud to present scholarships to a pair of exceptional staff members, to honor their outstanding professional achievement and help them further their skills, education, and career development. Vinfen is pleased to announce that the two recipients of these $5,000 Board of Directors’ Scholarships for 2023 are Tonya Arango…
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VINFEN ĐANG THU HÚT KHOẢNG CÁCH SỐ
Leaders from the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Economic Development and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute announced yesterday the award of a two-year, $4.4M Digital Equity Partnership grant to Vinfen to support a statewide network of mental health and disability organizations, called the Human Services Alliance for Digital Equity (Alliance). The goal of the Alliance is to…
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PEGGY JOHNSON, MD, GIA NHẬP VINFEN LÀ GIÁM ĐỐC Y TẾ
Johnson gia nhập Vinfen, một tổ chức dịch vụ cộng đồng hàng đầu, để lãnh đạo việc phát triển và thực hiện chiến lược lâm sàng của tổ chức.
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JEAN YANG LÀ MỘT TRONG NHỮNG NGƯỜI ĐẢO ĐẢO THÁI BÌNH DƯƠNG MỸ CHÂU Á CÓ ẢNH HƯỞNG HÀNG ĐẦU CỦA BOSTON
We are thrilled to announce that President and CEO Jean Yang has made Boston’s Most Influential Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) list for 2023! The list is put out by Get Konnected!, a hub for cross-cultural business connections in Boston and beyond. Ms. Yang was recognized as an influencer in the “Healthcare and Life Sciences”…