From October 6–7, community health center (CHC) leaders from across the country converged in Denver for the first-ever Advocates for Community Health (ACH) Best Practices Showcase. Under the theme, “Innovations in Health Care Access,” the event highlighted one central truth: CHCs are not waiting for change—they are building it from the ground up. What began […]
ACH CEO Amanda Pears Kelly was interviewed by reporter Megan Wilson for The Washington Post’s Health Brief on the impacts of the federal government shutdown. The Health Center Program funding lapsed on September 30, 2025. Wilson writes: Community health centers operate on such thin profit margins, said Amanda Pears Kelly, the chief executive of Advocates for […]
ACH CEO Amanda Pears Kelly was interviewed by Modern Healthcare to discuss how the federal government shutdown is affecting segments of the healthcare system—particularly community health centers. She told reporter Michael McAuliff that a gap in federal funding will worsen their financial strain because “They don’t have backup dollars,” and most health centers don’t have enough […]
Two ACH Board members, Anne Kauffman Nolon, CEO of Sun River Health and Christy Trotter, CEO of Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, were interviewed for this article in Axios: “Local health facilities will be ground zero for the sweeping Medicaid changes that the GOP budget law unleashed,” reports Maya Goldman at Axios. The $1 trillion […]
Washington, D.C. — August 27, 2025 — Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a nonpartisan membership organization representing innovative federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) nationwide, is calling for a bold new investment in the Community Health Center Program as the Health Center Fund is set to expire on September 30, 2025, and warns that flat funding […]
Advocates for Community Health’s Senior Vice President of Policy & Government Affairs Stephanie Krenrich was interviewed exclusively for this article, published today in Inside Health Policy: “As we talk to Republicans, either the administration or others, we are consistently tying any increase in our funding to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ (and) highlighting our positive vision […]
How are health centers meeting the unique needs of rural communities? What challenges do they face—from workforce shortages to limited infrastructure—and what policy solutions are on the table? Host Amanda Pears Kelly talks to Health Care Strategist and Founder of the Rural Impact, Michelle Rathman, to connect the dots between place, access, and impact.
Host Amanda Pears Kelly talks with Elizabeth Lee, Managing Director of Continuum Health Group, about how the 340B program helps community health centers deliver affordable care—and why it’s at risk. A must-listen for anyone invested in health care access for all and America’s health care safety net.
What happens to community health centers when Medicaid funding is cut? In our very first episode of Community Health Centers. Unfiltered., Amanda Pears Kelly dives deep with policy experts, Stephanie Krenrich at ACH and Margaret French of Venn Strategies, to unpack the real impact of Medicaid cuts—and what’s at stake for patients and communities across the country.
Since the first Community Health Center (CHC) opened in 1965, our nation’s largest primary care network has expanded to over 1,500 sites, now serving more than 32.5 million people across the United States and its territories—in both rural and urban communities. Despite their growth and critical role in healthcare delivery, several misconceptions about CHCs persist, […]
