Welcome to Charter Oak Health Center

Charter Oak Health Center, Inc. (COHC) is a federally qualified, freestanding, JCAHO-accredited, nonprofit community health center that has continuously provided community-based ambulatory primary health care in Hartford since 1978. It was formed in response to the unmet health care needs of the residents of two public housing projects. COHC is the only community health center located in southern Hartford. To this end, COHC provides an integrated model of primary care based on a private practice model through three major patient care departments: Medical, Dental, and Behavioral Health. COHC’s target population is primarily medically underserved and comprised of individuals and families who are members of racial/ethnic minorities and who live in poverty.

COHC’s philosophy is to provide comprehensive primary care to all in need on a sliding fee basis and without regard to ability to pay. In addition to its community health center sites, COHC operates several off-site programs in Hartford. Each of these sites has licensed space dedicated to primary health care and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

The mission of Charter Oak Health Center, Inc.
is to provide high quality, safe, culturally appropriate, financially and physically accessible health services to the medically underserved and persons of all ages who come to us for care.