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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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.
Health centers often work to integrate aspects of care to provide comprehensive services, but few have gone as far as a site run by Cherokee Health Systems in Tennessee.
Axis Bridge, a mental health urgent program created by Axis Community Health, marked its second anniversary in July 2023.
Staff members remember the day a patient came in for a dental appointment; he was extraordinarily agitated.
As it turned out, some patients really missed going to the Qi Gong and yoga classes.
Unity Care NW in Bellingham, Wash., offered the classes to encourage patients to integrate more movement and exercise into their daily lives.
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.
Judith Watson found it unsurprising that she heard gunfire outside the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center in New York’s Westchester County.
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.
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.
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.
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.