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BOSTON - Friday,
September 10, 2021 - Mayor Kim Janey and the Health & Human Services
Cabinet yesterday issued a Request for Information (RFI) for partnerships to expand health services
in Hyde Park. The City of Boston is seeking ideas about how to best improve
the health of Hyde Park residents, ranging from satellite community health
centers to additional health programming. Program ideas must work to
enhance access to services that improve the health and wellbeing of Hyde
Park residents. Hyde Park has a life expectancy below the rest of Boston,
with a higher number of hospitalizations due to diabetes and injury than
other neighborhoods. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hyde Park
residents were disproportionately impacted by the virus and at some points
led the city in the percentage of positive cases. Today, almost 70% of Hyde
Park residents have received their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine,
highlighting the importance of community-based health services in the
neighborhood.
“The pandemic has
made clear that public health starts with access to health care that is
close to home. Yesterday, we marked an important milestone in bringing
community health care to Hyde Park, right here in the Hyde Park Community Center,
in a shared space with Boston Centers for Youth and Families,” said Mayor
Janey. “In the City of Boston, residents are our highest priority. This
work is about meeting people where they are ensuring that services offered
in the community align with the local resident needs.”
The City has
identified space in the Hyde Park Community Center as a location to be used
to support and strengthen health services in the neighborhood. The building
is largely occupied by the Hyde Park Community Center, which is operated by
the Boston Centers for Youth & Families. Additional area within
the building is currently vacant and being considered for the community
health center or space for other services that strengthen the health of
Hyde Park. To help support the build out of this space, the City of Boston
has allocated up to $2 million in the FY22-26 Capital Plan to renovate the space to provide
neighborhood-based healthcare services.
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“I am thrilled that,
with the partnership of the City and the Janey administration, we have been
able to put out an RFI and move forward with the first health center in
Hyde Park,” said Councilor Arroyo. “Our neighborhood was disproportionately
impacted by COVID-19 as a result of inequities that predate the pandemic.
Thank you to Mayor Janey, Chief Martinez, and the residents of Hyde Park
who brought attention to the needs of our community.”
The Request for
Information is an opportunity for interested entities to share their vision
for and experience with health services, as well as provide necessary needs
from the City of Boston to operate in this location. This should include
programming ideas, previous efforts to provide these services, and supports
needed. RFI submissions are due Monday, October 18 at 5:00 p.m. Following
receipt and review of submissions, the City will release a Request for
Proposals (RFP), to gather applications and subsequently select a partner
that will expand health services in Hyde Park. (From the City of Boston)
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