Lynn Community Health Center at Lynn Vocational Tech High School

Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) operating school-based and community health sites across Lynn, Massachusetts, including the Lynn Vocational Technical High School location. As a safety-net provider, LCHC generates revenue through a mix of federal Section 330 grants, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, sliding-scale patient fees, and private insurance payments, serving over 30,000 unique patients annually. The center provides integrated primary care, dental, behavioral health, addiction treatment, and preventive services, with a strong focus on immigrant, refugee, and underserved populations. Its school-based model allows direct access to adolescents, improving health outcomes and reducing barriers to care in a high-need urban district. With 50-100 employees across clinical, administrative, and support roles, LCHC operates with a mission-driven but financially constrained model typical of FQHCs in urban Massachusetts. As an ideal EBP prospect, LCHC could save approximately $59,500 to $119,000 annually (based on 50-100 W-2 employees × $1,190), funds that could be redirected toward expanding mobile health programs or reducing patient wait times. The CEO, supported by a CFO and HR leadership team, makes benefits decisions and would be motivated by the opportunity to stabilize workforce costs amid ongoing funding pressures, improve staff retention in a competitive healthcare labor market, and offer a more competitive benefits package to attract and retain clinical talent. Given Lynn’s high cost of living and persistent healthcare workforce shortages, reducing benefits expenses through tax credit optimization would directly support LCHC’s mission of maintaining service continuity for vulnerable populations.