HRSA-funded health centers share what they’ve done to promote public health and provide primary care services in underserved areas across the nation.
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Advance Community Health in Raleigh, North Carolina, celebrated its 4th annual End of Summer Block Party in August. Hosted during National Health Center Week, the event raised awareness about the contributions of health centers to the health care landscape. It included food trucks, inflatables, face painting, a live DJ, a laptop raffle, and a giveaway of 500 free backpacks and school supply packs.
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.
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 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.
The Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc. (CHCB, Inc.) worked with WNED PBS to host a televised program, “Friday Night Fight! Knock Out COVID!" on February 18.
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.
In January 2022, Keystone Rural Health Center (Chambersburg, PA) received 16,200 COVID-19 at-home self-tests through the HRSA COVID-19 Testing Supply Program. One of the health center’s focuses is providing health care to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) in Franklin County.