How Are Community Health Centers Funded Anyway? A Quick Primer

Community Health Centers (CHCs), also called Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), may be our nation’s best health policy experiment, delivering a bold return on investment in the sixty years since their inception. Every $1 invested in primary care returns $13 in saved downstream costs. From urban areas to rural communities, CHCs play a crucial role […]

Inside Health Policy: CHCs Tie Funding Push To MAHA Agenda Ahead Of Sept. 30 Deadline

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 […]

Community Health Centers: Separating Myths from Facts

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, […]

Fierce Healthcare: HHS rescinds undocumented immigrant access to federal health benefits

Advocates for Community Health was mentioned in this article by Noah Tong in Fierce Healthcare: Groups representing community health centers (CHCs) reacted to the regulatory shift, some uncertain how to best comply with federal law now. “Federal law requires CHCs to accept ‘all residents of the area served by the center,’ the National Association of […]

Statement on HHS Policy Change for Undocumented Immigrants

In response to today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinding a 1998 policy that granted undocumented immigrants access to certain federal health benefits—including the Health Center Program—Advocates for Community Health (ACH) has issued the following statement: “Today’s announcement from HHS imposes new administrative hurdles on the Health Center Program […]

Advocates for Community Health Urges Senate to Reject ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

As a national organization representing Federally Qualified Health Centers, Advocates for Community Health urges the Senate to reject the One Big Beautiful Bill. Health centers serve as the national primary care infrastructure for more than 31 million Americans, but with the proposed cuts to Medicaid and projected coverage losses, this infrastructure will suffer significant harm. […]

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