PCC Community Wellness Center provides care to over 47,000 patients on the West, Northwest, and South Sides of Chicago and Near West suburbs and serves mainly African American and Hispanic populations. Besides giving tests and vaccines throughout the pandemic, they have now given out 3,600 COVID-19 at-home self-tests and 20,000 masks to community partners and at-risk residents thanks to HRSA's COVID-19 Response Programs.
Their patients have expressed how grateful they are for having access to masks that have a high level of protection. One patient in particular has benefited from having the high quality masks as they had limited access to personal protective equipment (PPE) at work; the patient appreciated receiving the at-home self-test kit as well.
Nilsa Campos, COO at PCC Community Wellness Center, shared, “We are very passionate and committed to serving our communities during these difficult times. We are grateful to be able to provide face masks that have helped our patients and their families feel safer during the pandemic. The HRSA COVID-19 Testing Supply and N95 Mask Program provided critical support to our centers in doing so.”