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.
Neighborhood Healthcare combined team-based care and virtual technology to pilot a new model for caring for patients with chronic disease.
Providing care to prevent and address COVID-19 has been especially challenging in rural areas, yet health centers have persevered and proactively tried new approaches to serve their communities throughout the pandemic.
Metro Community Health Center, located east of downtown Pittsburgh in the borough of Swissvale, gave out 5,110 COVID-19 at-home self-tests and 6,100 N95 masks in April thanks to HRSA’s COVID-19 Response Programs. They give out self-tests and masks at their clinic as well as through community events held by partner organizations.
If you want kids to learn about good nutrition, hitting the books does not do the trick. They learn more when they get a chance to shop for fresh, good food and eat it.
The front desk and other frontline staff at East Georgia Healthcare Center, Inc. (EGHC) are renowned for giving careful attention to patients and providing exceptional service.
When COVID-19 made in-person health center visits more challenging, the Broward Community & Family Health Centers faced a problem.
In observance of National Nutrition Month — a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored each year by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — Central North Alabama Health Services, Inc. (CNAHS) worked with the Food Bank of North Alabama to host two produce distribution events that included giving out COVID-19 at-home self-tests.
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, CommUnityCare Health Centers in Central Texas held a vital role in community-wide, high-throughput testing.
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
In January 2022, Union Community Care (Lancaster, PA) received 16,200 COVID-19 at-home self-tests through the HRSA COVID-19 Testing Supply Program. They have shared these tests with community partners, including Water Street Mission, which reaches thousands of residents in Lancaster County and provides shelter to those experiencing homelessness.