HRSA-funded health centers across the nation have distinguished themselves in promoting public health and providing primary care services in underserved areas. The examples below are a snapshot of the exemplary work health centers have carried out across the country.
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Lāna’i Community Health Center engages in many outreach activities. Pictured is a gathering on Prince Kūhiō Day, an official state holiday celebrated annually on March 26 to honor the state’s history and culture. Read more in the Lāna’i Community Health Center story.
Judith Watson found it unsurprising that she heard gunfire outside the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center in New York’s Westchester County.
Health Center staff from two states offered help to residents when a freight train carrying dangerous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023.
Some mothers in the Bronx are so busy caring for their children and working that they neglect to care for themselves. Concerned staff members at Union Community Health Center in New York are responding with a new health care model. They will try to bring moms and kids in simultaneously.
Sometimes throwing a big party is the best way to start something new. The Community Health Foundation of Puerto Rico in Bayamòn recently unveiled expanded mental health services with a bash that included food and music.
When a senior health clinic abruptly closed earlier this year, thousands of elderly residents suddenly found themselves without access to primary health care. It did not take long before telephone call volume rose dramatically at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center.
An apple a day is not enough to relieve depression, but a small experiment at an Iowa health center revealed that healthy food has a positive impact.
Residents of Buffalo take some of the worst winter storms in the U.S. in stride, but the blizzard of December 2022 shut the city down and caused dozens of deaths.
Health centers often face enormous challenges in attracting and keeping a skilled workforce, but Cahaba Medical Care in Alabama has found that extensive training programs have helped to bring in a wide array of employees.
The Roxbury section of Boston is home to a new effort to increase mental health and substance use screenings. The Whittier Street Health Center now routinely offers screenings in four mobile vans that make the rounds of a network of churches, schools and public housing developments.
Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI) provides primary care to more than 100,000 patients a year in Connecticut. The center delivers integrated behavioral health services in domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, school-based locations and 15 primary care sites.