Community health care centers provide primary and preventive care to millions of patients, many of them low-income, whether they are insured or not. In many parts of the country, they are the only health care centers offering primary care besides hospital emergency departments. Community health centers across the country have been affected, but unevenly. Advocates […]
ACH told PBS News in a statement last week that “Community health centers see more than 32 million people a year, including one in five rural Americans. More than 500,000 people work at these centers across the country.” “Community health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care, dental care, behavioral health and substance use disorder […]
Federally qualified health centers serve about 1 in 10 Americans, or 32.5 million individuals annually, and are a critical part of the social safety net caring for low-income people and children. Amanda Pears Kelly, CEO at Advocates for Community Health, a membership organization of community health centers, said the issue is affecting health centers in […]
Several clinics in Maine, Nebraska, Illinois and Michigan have also been unable to draw down funds from the federally run website they use to access the money, according to Advocates for Community Health, an advocacy group for community health centers. “While we don’t have an answer for the reasoning behind it, we do know that health […]
Community health centers around the country are scrambling amid funding delays and confusing federal guidance stemming from President Donald Trump’s executive orders on gender and diversity — with some warning that they may soon have to close. “They’re already extremely fragile,” Amanda Pears Kelly, CEO of Advocates for Community Health, said in January. “This could […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a nonpartisan membership organization representing community health centers, is gravely concerned about the ongoing funding challenges facing community health centers. ACH has received reports from across the country that community health centers are unable to access federal funding, which is directly impacting their ability to serve their patients, staff, and […]
Following yesterday’s release of the continuing resolution and year-end package, Advocates for Community Health (ACH) applauds Congressional leaders for including policies that will help health centers continue to provide coordinated, innovative primary care to rural and underserved communities nationwide. These policies will make a real difference to health centers, their patients, and communities. Among the […]
Community Health Centers are the backbone of our nation’s health care system. Advocates for Community Health joins with our partner at National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) in calling on Congress to prioritize 32.5 million health center patients in year-end funding decisions. You can help by contacting your members of Congress today before funding […]
“There’s so much evidence of the value and the return that health centers bring. The Teaching Health Center program is more recent, but for the National Health Service Corps and the Health Center program specifically, we have decades of evidence of the impact — clinically and economically,” Advocates for Community Health CEO Amanda Pears Kelly […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization of community health centers (CHCs), has issued the following statement regarding Paragon Health Institute’s Policy Brief, “Health Care for a Lame Duck” by Jackson Hammond, published on November 14, 2024: ACH urges Congress to reject the Paragon Health Institute’s recent lame duck recommendations as we […]