# Beloved Community Family Wellness Center > Official Beloved Community Family Wellness Center business agent. Beloved Community Family Wellness Center is a not-for-profit Federally Qualified Health… ## Ask it a question Beloved Community Family Wellness Center answers for itself at https://api.hailera.com/mcp/bcfwc. A client that speaks MCP can connect to that address; the tool is ask_bcfwc and the protocol is 2026-07-28. Where this file and the agent disagree, the agent is current. ## About Beloved Community Family Wellness Center Beloved Community Family Wellness Center (BCFWC) states on its About Us page that it is "a not-for-profit Federally Qualified Health Center committed to providing comprehensive, accessible, timely, and affordable primary health care, preventive education, and social service programs available to the Greater Englewood and surrounding communities." The site adds that "All services should be available without regard to ability to pay, race, ethnicity, age, gender, health status, education, and religion or sexual orientation," and that BCFWC "is truly a part of the Greater Englewood and Blue Island community." The center is located at two addresses. The Englewood office is at 6821 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621-1833, phone (773) 651-3629 local or (877) 991-6273 toll free. The Blue Island satellite office is at 2338 New Street, Blue Island, IL 60406-2402, phone (708) 577-5060 local or the same toll free number. Both addresses are described as offering Medical and Dental care. The areas served named on the site are the Englewood community and its surrounding neighborhoods, plus Blue Island, Illinois. The published mission is to provide "holistic, comprehensive, accessible, affordable and quality primary health care and social services programs to individuals and the community with particular focus on the health care needs of the medically underserved population." The footer of every page states that BCFWC is a FSHCAA Deemed Health Center and a participant in the National Health Services Corps (NHSC) Program for Scholarship, Loan, and Loan Repayment Programs. It also carries the instruction: "For Life-Threatening Emergencies Call 911." The website does not publish an EIN, a 501(c)(3) determination statement, grant figures, or an email address. To contact the center or book an appointment, the site directs people to call the phone numbers above. Source: https://www.bcfwc.org/about ## Where Beloved Community Family Wellness Center works Lists Liberty, Blue Island, Chicago, Crystal, Paterson, Englewood, Caldwell, and Meridian as a location. Names Illinois, Moore, Franklin, Blue Island, Harrison, and Patterson as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published. ## Prices BCFWC does not publish a price list, and no prices, rates or fees for any individual service appear anywhere on its website. What it does publish is how payment and cost are handled. "We accept Medicaid and Medicare," "We accept many major health plans," "We offer a sliding fee discount scale payment plan based on total family income and size to all individuals in need," "Services are available to everyone without regard to their ability to pay," and "We have a payment plan for you and your family. For more information about a payment plan, speak with our Financial Counselor." "Beloved Community Family Wellness Center provides health care for all persons, regardless of their financial status. The sliding fee discount scale payment plan will be developed based on your family size and income." It also states: "We offer a Good Faith Estimate of Charges to ensure our patients are not subject to surprise medical bills, if you have any questions, please call the Revenue Cycle Manager at 773-651-3629 ex. 2208." That extension is the published route for an estimate or a billing question. Plans listed on the Services page include Medicaid Managed Care Plans (County Care FFS, Molina Healthcare FFS, Meridian, BCBS Community, Medicaid-HFS, Aetna Better Health, youthCare, Zing Health); Medicare Plans (Medicare/CMS, Humana Medicare Advantage Plan, Blue Community-MMAI Plan, County Care-MMAI Plan, WellCare, Meridian, Humana Gold Plus, Aetna Better Health of Illinois); Commercial Plans ("All PPO plans are welcomed"); and Dental Plans (DentalQuest, Liberty Dental, Envolve Dental, Avesis Dental, Delta Dental, Geha Dental). The site keeps a separate Accepted Plans page and asks people to check it. The discount amounts, income brackets, and any quote for a visit are not published. Callers should confirm cost and coverage with the center by phone. Source: https://www.bcfwc.org/services ## Accreditation and credentials The MGMT/MED TEAM page lists the board, senior management, and the medical and dental staff, with the credentials shown after each name. Paul Williams, Chairperson; Louanner Peters, Vice President; Carolyn Stewart, Secretary; Valorie Tatum, Treasurer; and Directors Katherine Caldwell, Gay Chisum, Julie Collier, Crystal McDonald-Fields, and Kacy Rush. Margie Johnson, MS, Chief Executive Officer; Laura Lucero, MD, Chief Medical Officer; Iqbal Hussain, MBA, Chief Financial Officer; and Coretta A. Greenlaw, Chief Operations Officer. Medical and dental staff as listed: Family Practice, Laura Lucero, MD and Benjamin Calayag, MD; Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Heather Harrison, MD (Blue Island); Pediatrics, Lee Patterson, MD; Obstetrics/Gynecology, Rayna Joseph, MD; Dentists, Ruth Hawkins, DDS (Halsted) and Piya Singh, DDS (Halsted/Blue Island); Rukayat Omolabi, PMHNP-BC (Halsted/Blue Island); Tyra Franklin, APN, FNP-BC; Robert Arnott, RDN, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (Halsted/Blue Island); LCPCs Tiffany Stevens, LCPC and Nashonna Turner, LCPC; Nita Marchant, CADC, CODP 1; and Registered Nurses Demerial Moore, RN and Zelmarion Dunn, RN. The page also lists the center's key values: Respect, Trust, Friendliness, Stewardship, Development, and Teamwork. It states that the medical and dental teams are "committed to promoting an environment of respect, trust, friendliness, stewardship, development, and team work." The site does not publish licence numbers, board certifications beyond the letters shown above, schools attended, years in practice, or individual provider schedules. To ask which provider is available, or to book an appointment with a particular clinician, call the Halsted location at (773) 651-3629 or the Blue Island location at (708) 577-5060. Source: https://www.bcfwc.org/our-services ## Dental Clinic in Englewood and Blue Island BCFWC runs dental clinics at both of its locations. The Dental Clinic page states: "Our dental clinics are conveniently located at both our Blue Island and Halsted (Chicago) locations. We provided the full spectrum of dental services. Call us to make your appointment." The Halsted (Chicago) dental clinic address is 6821 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621-1833, phone (773) 651-3629 or (877) 991-6273. The Blue Island dental clinic address is 2338 New St., Blue Island, IL 60406-2402, phone (708) 577-5060 or 877-991-6273. The page notes that the grand opening of the new Halsted dental clinic took place on February 11, 2019, and that the center now offers "accessible, affordable, and quality dental care in Englewood." Dental hours published on the homepage are Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm, at the Chicago location, and Thursday and Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm, at Blue Island. Both dental clinics are listed as closed Saturday and Sunday. Booking is by phone; there is no online booking form on the site. Preventive dentistry is listed among the center's additional support services and community service programs. The Services page lists dental plans among those accepted: DentalQuest, Liberty Dental, Envolve Dental, Avesis Dental, Delta Dental, and Geha Dental. The website does not publish a dental price list, per-procedure cost, rates, or fees, and it does not list which specific dental procedures are or are not performed beyond the phrase "full spectrum of dental services." Callers are asked to contact the clinic directly to ask about a service or to schedule an appointment. Source: https://www.bcfwc.org/dental-clinic ## Medical Services and Programs Offered The Services page lists the medical services BCFWC offers by group. Pediatric and adolescent health care includes well-child exams, immunizations, asthma screening, sick infant/child exams, urgent care/walk-in visits, school and sports physicals, confidential teen care, and lead screening. Women's health care and OB/GYN includes colon cancer screening, tuberculosis screening, family planning (birth control), midwifery services, maternity care/delivery, prenatal and postnatal care, delivery, PAP smear/test, breast screening/mammogram referrals, and confidential teen care. Men's health care includes employment physicals, colon cancer screening, STD/HIV screening, prostate screening, tuberculosis screening, and testicular cancer screening. Senior health care includes colon cancer screening, bone density, Alzheimer's/dementia, and menopause management. Weight management covers adult and childhood obesity, body mass index (BMI), grip strengthening, and nutritional counseling. Management of chronic illness covers asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, COPD, arthritis, diagnosis and treatment of illness, disease screening and prevention, and HIV counseling and primary care. Additional support services listed are translation services at all locations, finance assessment/counseling, counseling services, asthma prevention, preventive dentistry, referrals, linkage and referral to community programs, and substance use disorder services. In-patient care is listed at St. Bernard Hospital, University of Chicago Hospital/Southside Health Collaborative, University of Illinois Hospital (UIH), and Ingalls Hospital. Community service programs listed include financial counseling, certified application counselors for health insurance enrollment, family support services, transportation assistance for those in need, medication assistance for those who qualify, health education, community outreach, a Family and Veterans Care Program, and nutritional assessment/WIC form completion. The homepage also states COVID-19 screening and testing are available and asks people to call for more information. To schedule a visit, call (773) 651-3629 for Halsted or (708) 577-5060 for Blue Island. The site does not publish per-service prices or fees. Source: https://www.bcfwc.org/services ## What Beloved Community Family Wellness Center has not published yet These are things people ask Beloved Community Family Wellness Center that its published information does not yet cover. - prices - availability - clinical diagnoses, advice or outcomes - eligibility for care or for any program - sliding fee discount scale amounts or brackets - insurance or Medicaid coverage for a given visit - clinician licence numbers or certifications - appointment wait times or referral timelines Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess. ## Where this comes from https://www.bcfwc.org