About Us

We partner with health centers and other stakeholders to provide health services and address social determinants of health for the farmworkers who feed the world.

Our Mission

We are passionate about access to quality, community-based care for farmworkers and their families in the Connecticut River Valley. We partner with health centers, and service agencies to provide outreach, primary care, and social services to eligible farmworkers.

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Our Approach

There are an estimated 17,600 migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families in the Connecticut River Valley. These essential workers experience tremendous challenges to accessing quality healthcare, such as linguistic and cultural factors, long hours of daily work, difficulty navigating the healthcare system, and a transitory lifestyle that makes it difficult to establish a medical home with a primary care provider.

Agriculture is among the most hazardous occupations in the nation. Occupational exposures to pesticides are a risk factor for many illnesses. Other common conditions include musculoskeletal problems, dermatitis and rashes, headaches, and eye problems. In addition, farmworkers often suffer from high rates of diabetes, chronic hypertension, and dental disease.

We are a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), funded by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services Administration (HRSA) as a 330-g Migrant Voucher Program.  Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts the program is unique in that rather than providing services out of a brick and mortar location, we work with our contracted Partner Agencies to provide outreach and health care services in the Connecticut River Valley to meet the needs of geographical areas with localized densities of farmworkers.  

We pay for medical services including primary care visits, diagnostic and x-ray services, screenings, immunizations, outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, vision care, dental care, and pharmacy services.

Our outreach teams provide health education and disease prevention services to improve the quality of life for agricultural workers and their families. All outreach work is adapted to the language and culture of patients. They also provide transportation to medical appointments and make referrals for other needed services.

Where We Work

Our work is focused in the Connecticut River Valley, the largest agricultural region in New England. The “Valley” extends south from the Massachusetts border with New Hampshire and Vermont through Connecticut to the Long Island Sound. Significant numbers of migratory workers and seasonal agricultural workers enter the Valley each year to plant and harvest crops and reside in these communities. Crops include apples, strawberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, leafy greens, pumpkins, peppers and a variety of other fruits and vegetables, as well as nurseries and broadleaf and shade tobacco. The Valley includes sparsely populated rural areas and cities with suburban communities.

Partner Agency Clinic Locations