Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) Frequently Asked Questions

CHQR badges recognize Health Center Program awardees and look-alikes (LALs) who have achieved quality improvements in the areas of access, clinical quality, health outcomes, and health information technology for the most recent Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting year.

You can view CHQR badge awardees' information on the Health Center Program UDS Data webpages on data.hrsa.gov. 

To earn CHQR badges, health centers must meet CHQR badge eligibility and the criteria outlined for each CHQR badge. Eligible health centers will automatically receive consideration for CHQR badges.

View the CHQR Overview webpage for detailed criteria pertaining to each CHQR badge.

HRSA intends to maintain the same CHQR badges and Calendar Year (CY) criteria for 2025, 2026, and 2027. UDS data from the prior reporting year will determine the CHQR badge awards for a given year(i.e. CHQR badges awarded in CY 2025 will be based on data from the 2024 UDS reporting year). View the CHQR Overview site for more detailed information on CHQR badge criteria.

Health centers that have earned CHQR badges can request high-resolution badge images via the BPHC Contact Form. Select Uniform Data Systems (UDS), Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) Badges, Requesting a badge image.

Go to the Health Center Program UDS Data page to access national, state, and health-center level clinical data for health center awardees and look-alikes.

Submit questions about CHQR eligibility criteria via the BPHC Contact Form. Select Uniform Data Systems (UDS), Community Health Quality Recognition Badges (CHQR) Badges, Verify CHQR eligibility or criteria.