Community Health Centers

Community Health Centers (CHCs) are local, non-profit, community-owned providers of health care that serve low-income and medically undeserved communities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services designates communities as medically underserved based on income, morbidity and mortality rates, and access to primary care professionals. Health care is needed but scarce in these areas.

For over 40 years, CHCs have provided comprehensive, accessible, affordable, quality primary, oral, and mental health/substance abuse services to vulnerable populations - people who even if insured would likely remain isolated from traditional forms of health care because of where they live, the language they speak, and their complex health care needs. CHCs also provide enabling services that many other providers do not, such as translation, transportation, and culturally sensitive health care. These services promote access to health care for everyone in the community in all stages of the life cycle.

The doors of CHCs are open to all community members. Uninsured patients are charged for services on a sliding-fee scale that is based on family size and income.

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