Connecticut State Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez has been named to the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center Foundation Board of Directors. Commissioner Perez, a native of Cuba whose family immigrated to U.S. and ultimately settled in New Haven five decades ago, has served as Banking Commissioner since 2015, in the cabinet of two Connecticut Governors.

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center , among the nation’s leading community health centers, formally opened it’s newest clinical location at the Dixwell Community House – known as the Q House - in New Haven at a well-attended ribbon cutting ceremony Monday that included community leaders and elected officials from the New Haven region and the state. The new state-of-the-art building at 197 Dixwell Avenue takes the place of a longstanding location across the street which currently serves nearly 5,000 community residents through providing adult medicine, pediatrics, adult behavioral health, and dental services. The newly constructed clinical site will bring an expanded capacity and services to better meet community needs, as part of the Q House partnership - a thriving hub of various community activities for area residents from children through seniors. “The Q House has a well-established tradition of providing programs and services that bring the community together,” said Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center (CS-HHC) Board Chair Orlando Cordero. “We are energized by the opportunity to be part of continuing and expanding that proud tradition to include quality health care, which will bring countless benefits to the community. It is a wonderful collaboration, in every sense.” Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center is ranked in the top 3% of community health centers in the United States, held in high regard for the caliber of health care services available to the community. CS-HHC provides health care services to residents of New Haven, West Haven and towns in the Lower Naugatuck Valley - Ansonia, Seymour, Shelton, Naugatuck, and Oxford – with 27 clinical sites and school-based health centers in the region. CS-HHC has more than doubled in size over the past several years and now serves more than 55,000 people annually. The number of patient visits in 2022 exceeded 300,000. “We are thrilled to be part of the Q House family of organizations, and look forward to continuing to provide quality integrated health care – including expanded services – to the Dixwell, Dwight, and Newhallville community, now more accessible and convenient than ever,” said Michael R. Taylor, CEO of Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center (CS-HHC). “We are grateful to everyone who helped to make this a reality, as we reaffirm our commitment to the community where we began more than five decades ago.” Among those on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony were Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, State Comptroller Sean Scanlon, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, Senate President Martin Looney, State Rep. Toni Edmonds Walker, New Haven Alder Jeannette Morrison, former Mayor and State Senator Toni Harp, and LindyLee Gold, Chair of the CS-HHC Foundation Board of Directors. They were joined by area residents, representatives of Q House organizations, CS-HHC staff and more. The Q House clinical location opened to patients earlier this month, in a transition from the previous location. Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center was the first community health center in Connecticut when it was established in 1968. It will be celebrated with a special fundraiser to support Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center operations on September 21, 2023, marking “55 years of health equity in action.” CS-HHC is also in the midst of construction of a Recovery & Wellness Center in New Haven, which will offer a safe, short-term therapeutic living environment and outpatient services for people in treatment for substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health illnesses, impacting individual lives, families, and communities. When it opens early next year, it will be among the largest in South Central Connecticut, and part of a comprehensive CS-HHC campus. CS-HHC is a Joint Commission accredited institution, accountable to the highest standards and best practices in safe and effective care, providing state-of-the-art, integrated care with a clear mission: “To measurably improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve by providing excellent and compassionate care, accessible to all.” ___ Media Contact: Carlah Esdaile-Bragg, Director, Marketing and Community Relations cesdaile@cornellscott.org , 203-503-3276