Meet Haseeb Shinwary, Workforce Navigator Manager

Haseeb Shinwary has been the Primary Care Coalition’s Workforce Navigator Manager for the past seven months, preparing students in the PCC and Nexus Montgomery workforce capacity training program for job readiness. Program participants receive scholarships and support to train for healthcare positions (currently pharmacy or phlebotomy technicians or certified nursing assistants). Once they complete their studies, Shinwary helps participants with resumes, applications, and mock interviews so they can be hired for jobs in local hospitals and health agencies.

PCC's Strategic Plan Released

Year-End Building, Together

We have big goals, and we can only achieve them together. As you make your year-end charitable gifts, we hope you’ll consider investing in our work to build a healthy, welcoming community for everyone.

This work is not about helping the less fortunate or even doing the right thing. It is about recognizing a fundamental truth: we all need community support. We all need each other. The vibrant community we envision—the one that supports all people in achieving healthy lives—can only be built together.

Will you be part of it? Click here or on the photo above to give now.

December Dental Event was a Success!

Thirteen residents of the Enclave Apartments in Silver Spring accessed mobile dental services on Wednesday, December 11^th through a collaboration among Action in Montgomery (AIM), American Diversity Group (ADG), and the Primary Care Coalition (PCC). The event was part of an ongoing effort to provide mobile dental services to underserved residents with funding from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Delta Dental of California and affiliates.

Participants ranged in age from 25 to 75 and were primarily African immigrants. Many mentioned they had not visited a dentist in a long time, and they were happy to have this access opportunity within their own community. A key ingredient in that access was participants’ trust in the AIM outreach team who helped them enroll. In fact, the day’s no-show rate was zero: all individuals enrolled also participated. Those who need follow-up services have another mobile clinic visit scheduled in early January.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Smokey Bear New Year’s Eve Countdown, hosted by Montgomery Parks, with activities that include a campfire with s’mores and an early countdown to 2025 for ages 3-10 at Maydale Nature Center, 1638 Maydale Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20905. Register here. The fee is $8.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. –First Day Hike for anyone over six who wants to get out and walk 2-3 miles on natural surface trails. Meadowside Nature Center, 5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD 20853. Register hereto receive an email with details. Participation is free.

Saturday, January 11, 2025, 1-4 p.m., Free Summer Camps Fair. East County Community Recreation Center, 3310 Gateshead Manor Way, Silver Spring, MD 20904.

The Olney, Germantown, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Indoor Montgomery County Swim Centers offer scuba training that can lead to NAUI Scuba Diver certification and skills for navigating the ocean’s depths. The programs teach safe use of air tanks, buoyancy control, and underwater breathing regulators. Contact the instructors for details.

Job Opportunities

Bilingual Behavioral Health Care Manager (Full-Time)

Bilingual Community Resource Coordinator (Full-Time)

Director, Behavioral Health Strategy (Full-Time)