Awards

2000 "Award of Excellence" in Cultural Competence
Health Resources and Services Administration in Department of Health and Human Services
Nation-wide search honors "outstanding programs and practices that address culturally competent care for ethnically diverse poplations."

1999

"Certificate of Excellence" in Cultural Competence
Health Resources and Services Administration in Department of Health and Human Services

1996

Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Project Recognition
Achieved fully immunized rate of 83% among two year old children enrolled in the program. Highest rate in the state; second highest was only 64% while the national average was only 53%.

1996

Honored in "Models that Work" compendium
Federal Bureau of Primary Care
Innovative primary care health program for the underserved.

1996

New England HealthCare Assembly Blue Ribbon Exhibit Competition
Awarded to Family Life Center.

1995

Community Program Staff Award
Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants
Commitment to providing mental health and social services to Southeast Asian youth.

1993

"Health Kids Program" Award
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Medical Security

Program provides access to primary care services for children under 12 years whose families are uninsured and do not qualify for Medicaid. South Cove enrolled more children into this program than any of the other participating practices in all of Boston.

Awards to Individual Staff

1999 Outstanding Outreach Educator
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Boston Public Health Commission

Christine Wong, Perinatal Health Educator.

1999

"Health Care for All" Award
Esther Lee, Director of the Family Life Center. For "leadership and promotion of preventive health services and health education in culturally and linguistically competent ways for the Asian communities of Boston."

1998

Joseph M. Smith Consumer Award
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Elmer Leong, Nick Chau, Michael Wong, Stephen Tang. Individual(s) who "exemplify a high level of interest in, dedication to, and support of the delivery of primary health services in the communities in which these services are provided."

1998

American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) Scholar
Ming Hui Chen, M.D., Deputy Director and Medical Director. Physicians in management roles at nonprofit health care organizations that provide care for underserved populations who demonstrate "selfless dedication to medicine and management."

1995

Unsung Hero Award
Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants
Ahn T. An, Vietnamese social worker. Support and dedication to serving Vietnamese refugees.

1994

Boston Visiting Nurse's Association Award
Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants
Dr. Gail Lee. Providing in-home health services for Asian homebound elderly in housing complexes in Boston's chinatown.

1994

National Perinatal Association Award
Martha Jane Hackett, Certified Nurse Midwife (C.N.M.) and Director of Ob/Gyn Department. Individual contribution to enhancing maternal and child health. Marty has been with South Cove for more than a decade, and is one of the first C.N.M.'s in the Commonwealth to receive prescription writing privileges.

1994

Invaluable Contribution to Refugee Communities' Health
Refugee Committee of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health
Refugee Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Sonith Peou, Cambodian Community Advocate.