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Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center — Dorchester, MA

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center is a community health center clinic at 632 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA 02121, open 63.5 hours a week. That is 14.8 more hours than the typical Massachusetts clinic (48.8 a week). It is run by Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc., which serves 10,632 patients across 2 clinic locations.

Address: 632 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA 02121 · Directions
Phone: (617) 825-3400
Website: www.harvardstreet.org
Weekly hours: 63.5 (Massachusetts clinic median: 48.8)
Operated by: Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. patients, 6% are uninsured, 71% have Medicaid or CHIP, 7% have Medicare and 16% have private insurance. Call (617) 825-3400 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc.

Patients came to Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	2,864	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	1,646	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Eye exams	1,274	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	794	children had checkups
Flu shots	676	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	771	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	523	patients screened
Family planning	401	patients served
Diabetes care	920	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	1,537	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	507	patients with asthma
HIV testing	1,108	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	1,013	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	195	children tested

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. serves

10,632 patients used Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. in 2025. 92% live at or below the poverty line and 99% are at or below twice the poverty line. 33 patients were experiencing homelessness and 17 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Patients at or below the poverty line	92%	79%	65%	+13 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	99%	95%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Uninsured patients	6%	10%	14%	−4 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	71%	43%	42%	+28 pts
Medicare patients	7%	11%	11%	−4 pts
Privately insured patients	16%	25%	24%	−9 pts

Quality of care at Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc.

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. is at or above the Massachusetts median on 1 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	57%	69%	68%	−12 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	48%	66%	54%	−18 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	53%	67%	54%	−15 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	45%	52%	44%	−6 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	58%	65%	77%	−7 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	83%	84%	86%	−1 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	84%	79%	79%	+5 pts

Patients from ZIP 02121

2,252 Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc. patients live in ZIP 02121, and 5% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Codman Square Health Center — 2,176 patients from 02121
Whittier Street Health Committee, Inc. — 2,047 patients from 02121
New England Hospital DBA Dimock CHC — 1,959 patients from 02121
Dothouse Health, Inc. — 1,587 patients from 02121

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