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School-based health centers have been opening across the country as a new method to provide healthcare to vulnerable populations. In 2014, there were 2,315 school-based health centers across the country, marking a 20% increase since 2011 according to the School-Based...Hours:
Monday - Friday
9:00am - 5:00pm
Room 221 (Lisa) & Room 222 (Rachel)
For questions, call: 860-913-2395
Lisa Mooney: lmooney@ihssbhc.org
Rachel Runkle: rrunkle@ihssbhc.org
Integrated Health Services, Inc. was founded in 2007 by Dr. Poerio, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, but the organization’s purpose – to provide comprehensive, accessible, and integrated health care services at local schools – had been cultivated over the previous fifteen years while she ran the School Based Health Center (SBHC) program at Manchester Memorial Hospital.
Administrative Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturdays and Sundays: closed
School Based Health Center Locations
Connecticut River Academy
9 Riverside Drive
East Hartford, CT 06118
(860) 310-2864
Connecticut River Academy Middle School
195 Riverside Drive
East Hartford, CT 06108
Riverside Magnet School
29 Willowbrook Road
East Hartford, CT 06118
(860) 709-6812
Goodwin Counseling Services
1 Riverside Drive
East Hartford, CT 06118
(860) 913-2395
Practice Manager
Ms. Sadloski brings over a decade of experience managing client services and healthcare billing to her role as Practice Manager for Integrated Health Services.
As a valuable member of the team, Ms. Sadloski oversees billing and coding for a variety of medical services, maintains critical systems, and coordinates the function of various medical, dental, and behavioral health functions. Ms. Sadloski’s dedication to fostering a positive healthcare setting immersed in an educational environment is evident in each interaction with her colleagues and students.
President | CEO
Sherry Linton-Massiah has extensive education and experience in non-profit program management, policy, and systems building in the areas of early childhood education and behavioral health. Mrs. Linton-Massiah has been an ardent and passionate advocate in her quest to improve access to high quality education and health services for children and families. Most recently Mrs. Linton-Massiah served as the Director of Communication and Partnerships at the Child First National Program Office, where she strategically cultivated key partners with the shared mission of expanding the continuum of behavioral health services to young children and oversaw all communication initiatives. Additional expertise arose from her positions as the Manager of Training, Quality Assurance, and Appeals in the Xerox Healthcare Division; Project Director of the Governor’s Early Childhood Cabinet; Policy Analyst for the Connecticut Association for Human Services; and the Director of Early Head Start, a program of Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN).
Mrs. Linton-Massiah’s experience at the national, state, and community levels positions her well to lead Integrated Health Service in the mission of improving community health and wellness by reducing and addressing barriers to care.
Manager of School Based Health Centers
Mallory Breitmaier is an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) and an AANC Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), who oversees and provides medical services to students in the Goodwin University Magnet Schools. Mallory has experience in pediatric and adult emergency medicine and school-based health for the pediatric and adolescent populations. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Rhode Island in 2006; for the next six years, she worked as an RN at the Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI, where she was also Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department. Mallory was awarded her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Boston College in 2012. After obtaining her Family Nurse Practitioner license, she worked at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in the Emergency Department as a Nurse Practitioner. While there, she was a member of the department’s Behavioral Health and Quality Improvement professional workgroups.
Since 2015, when Mallory started with Integrated Health Services as an FNP, she has worked in elementary, middle, and high school settings. She loves teaching her adolescent patients about preventative care and has become a strong advocate for nursing in the school-based setting.
Chief Operating Officer
Jill Holmes Brown is a licensed Clinical Social Worker has been working in Health Care and with Children & Adolescents for over 25 years. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Social work from Western New England University and her Masters degree from the University of Connecticut. Her experience with crisis and families in both inpatient and outpatient led her to pursue a career in School Based Health where she opened the first Elementary School Based Health Center in East Hartford CT in 1998. In 2006, she was hired to serve as the Director of the SBHC Program that managed a three-quarter-million-dollar Department of Public Health Grant. Ms. Holmes Brown was part of the team that developed Integrated Health Services a nonprofit to take over the operation of the grant.
Ms. Holmes Brown oversees SBHC and Nursing Services at Goodwin University Magnet School System as well as the Goodwin Counseling Center. Under her direction, a full self-sustaining dental restorative program has been implemented.
Ms. Holmes-Brown sits on many boards to name just a few are the CASBHC (Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers), and The Goodwin University Early Childhood Education Advisory Board, School Readiness council and was appointed by Senate President Martin Looney to sit on the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council, and most recently was named the Government Liaison and Advocacy Chair for the Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers.
Ms. Holmes Brown has a passion for wellness and addressing barriers to care. She strives to ensure that ALL students and scholars have their complete medical, mental health and dental needs addressed and met. Healthy students make better Learners!