About Our Program Sites
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About Our Program Sites
About our Program Sites
Read the below summaries to learn more about the organizations currently serving as Commuity HealthCorps Program Sites. Click a Program Site's logo to be re-directed to their individual Community HealthCorps page and learn more about the size of their Community HealthCorps team, locations where Community Healthcorps Members serve, the type of service activities they perform, and more.
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AltaMed Health Services provides coordinated, culturally appropriate health and human services throughout low-income communities of color in Los Angeles and Orange counties. AltaMed’s mission is “to increase access to comprehensive health and human services to multi-ethnic and Latino medically underserved communities in southern California” with a fundamental commitment to provide medical care to the indigent, uninsured/underinsured, and those in need without regard to the ability to pay or barriers to access.
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Alliance for Rural Community Health’s (ARCH) mission is to assist and support Alliance members in providing quality healthcare to individuals and improving the health of their communities in northern California. The areas of service currently include: Mendocino, Lake, and northern parts of Sonoma counties, and is comprised of health centers and non-profit organizations that provide care to underserved individuals.
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Brownsville Community Health Center (BCHC) is located in the southernmost tip of Texas (less than one mile from the Mexican border) is the primary provider of health care to the uninsured and underinsured of Cameron county. BCHC utilizes the talents of its Community HealthCorps members to compliment the work of staff, by providing outreach to potential patients, referring patients to physicians in the community, enrolling patients in public insurance programs, providing education and information to diabetic patients, performing health education, disseminating information on radiology and lab procedures, helping patients with mental health needs, and more.
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The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers is a ten-year old strategic initiative designed to improve the quality, capacity, and accessibility of the healthcare system for vulnerable residents of Camden, New Jersey. They believe innovative thinking, rigorous data analysis, and community-based solutions can improve quality of care and bend the cost curve of healthcare. Community HealthCorps volunteers directly strengthen primary and preventative services in Camden in health coaching, community health education, and practice transformation capacities.
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The Central Valley Health Network (CVHN) focus is to build capacity at health centers to reduce cultural and linguistic barriers to care and increase access to care for vulnerable patients that are disenfranchised by health professional shortages in the Central Valley. Community HealthCorps members spearhead improvements in community health, patient advocacy, and future healthcare professional development arenas.
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The Chase Brexton Health Care is primary care provider which serves a diverse group of patients within 6 clinics across Maryland. As a Joint Commission-accredited Federally Qualified Health Center, we provide a range of clinical services from primary medical care to behavioral health services to pharmacy. Staff members work as a team to put patients from high risk urban environments and/or rural communities at the center of their care, empowering them to live their healthiest lives.
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Cherry Health is a Federally Qualified Community Health Center that serves the Kent and surrounding counties, operating twelve health centers and two traveling school centers that provide comprehensive healthcare to medically underserved populations. These populations demonstrate disparities in health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, depression and infant mortality. Cherry Health currently see’s over 50,000 patients and with the addition of the planned future health centers will add approximately 10,000 to 20,000 more patients to the practice.
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CommuniCare Health Centers (CCHC)is a full-service primary healthcare system serving in both Bexar and Hays counties. CCHC offers an array of services including pediatric medicine, family medicine, senior care, women's health, podiatry, dental, behavioral health, minor surgery clinic, WIC services, vision care and pediatric speech therapy. They proudly deliver care through multiple clinic locations utilizing integrative primary care practice, highly trained healthcare providers, state of the art diagnostic equipment, and electronic health records. CommuniCare has been accredited by the Joint Commission since 1999; Joint Commission accreditation is recognized as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting national safety and quality of care performance standards. In 2012, CommuniCare was designated as a "Primary Care Medical Home" by the Joint Commission.
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Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC)serves and represents the interests of its free and community clinic Members. Our 47 Members operate over 145 full-time primary care sites in L.A. County. They provide quality primary care (including medical, dental and mental health services) for the uninsured and medically underserved populations. Community HealthCorps Navigators at CCALAC serve at community and free clinics to increase access and utilization of primary and preventative healthcare services. Navigators assist community clinic patients and community residents throughout culturally diverse neighborhoods of L.A. County to access and utilize available health resources to maintain and improve their health. They provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health education, outreach, referrals and enrollment into programs, while gaining the skills needed to pursue a health profession.
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The Community Health Center Association of Connecticut is a statewide association of FQHCs that help provide access to the highest quality healthcare and social services to Connecticut’s underserved populations, providing services to the three largest and poorest cities in the state (Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven) in addition to Stamford and Waterbury.
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The Community Health Center, Inc. is a multi-site organization thatstretches the width of Connecticut and provides world class primary care at twelve fixed sites and mobile services in twenty cities and towns for over 70,000 of their neighbors with low incomes.
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The District of Columbia Primary Care Association (DCPCA) is a federally-funded primary care association working to improve the health and well-being of low-income, medically vulnerable residents of the District of Columbia. Community HealthCorps members are placed at member health centers of DCPCA, as well as other community sites, to conduct outreach and education that increases access to health services, improves service utilization, and enhances the capacity of the community and its volunteer networks to better meet the needs of underserved District residents.
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The Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) and the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center serve densely populated urban areas in and around Boston with more the 13,000 and 55,000 patients, respectively. BHCHP provides services to homeless men, women, and children in more than 80 locations throughout greater Boston, including shelters, hospitals, a medical respite facility, and streets and alleys. The two health centers capitalize on the skills and enthusiasm of Community HealthCorps members in the provision of services to their patients, as well as offering exceptional professional development to participants.
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The Family HealthCare Network Community HealthCorps members are critical community volunteers that are essential to helping individual’s access primary care services, navigate the healthcare system and create a strong community volunteer pool of individuals for special service learning projects.
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The Georgia Mountains Health Services has provided comprehensive primary and preventative healthcare services to communities in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia for approximately 30 years. Serving communities in four counties via seven health centers and one dental office, Georgia Mountains Health’s mission is “to respond to the primary and preventive medical and dental needs of our communities by providing professional, compassionate and affordable quality care to all.”
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Hamilton Health Center opened in 1973 to improve the health of Central Pennsylvania's residents by delivering high quality, respectful, and patent-centered health and related social services. Offering a variety of health care programs for adults and children, Hamilton health Center strives to promote access, treatment, education, and prevention to all! Community HealthCorps AmeriCorps members help them accomplish this mission by outreaching to community members, helping patients navigate the health center's services, and enrolling patients in health benefits programs.
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HealthPoint is a network of Community Health Centers in King County, Washington that serves as the medical and health care home for more than 75,000 people, and that number is growing. HealthPoint improves access for the most vulnerable – people who encounter barriers to care because of where they live, who they are, the language they speak, and their higher levels of complex health care needs. As a result, patients are disproportionately low income, uninsured or publicly insured, and minority. For the past 43 years, HealthPoint has provided high-quality, affordable primary and preventive care, as well as dental, mental health, naturopathic, and pharmacy services.
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The Heart of Texas Community Health Center (HOTCHC) is located in Waco, TX, providing primary healthcare services for the vulnerable in McLennan County. HOTCHC’s Community HealthCorps program addresses many of the challenges and needs faced by the vulnerable residents of McLennan County through extensive outreach, peer-to-peer services, removing barriers to care, inspiring a generation of volunteerism, empowering neighborhood residents through participation in various service projects in which Community HealthCorps members initiate, assisting and encouraging future development through education and continued services.
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Hudson River HealthCare, Inc. is a not-for-profit, New York State licensed, federally funded community and migrant health center delivering primary, preventative and behavioral healthcare services to patients throughout southeastern New York, and linking them, as needed, to a well-developed and highly responsive referral care network. AmeriCorps members at Hudson River HealthCare, Inc. display the commitment and energy needed for creative program development, as well as critical support in responding to the compelling needs identified in HRHCare’s communities.
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The Idaho Community HealthCorps (Institute of Rural Health) program focuses on a variety of needs, from reaching out to the Hispanic/Latino community to promote healthier lifestyles for the young and old. Through the activities of members, Hispanic/Latino populations are educated on important health issues, as well as receiving the healthcare they drastically need.
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The Institute for Family Health operates 17 full-time and 9 part-
time federally funded community health centers throughout Manhattan, the Bronx, and the Mid-Hudson Valley in New York state. Community HealthCorps members at the Institute for Family Health provide health education and outreach related to diabetes, depression, pre-natal care, reproductive health, teen health and health disparities in the three regions served.
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LifeLong Medical Care delivers high quality health and social services to low-income and uninsured residents of all ages in Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties of northern California. Community HealthCorps members representation at their service sites strengthen their ability to reach more uninsured, low-income community residents in need of health and social services, and improves access to primary and preventive health services for which they are eligible. Community outreach, education, enrollment, creating opportunities and assessing needs resulting from continued high rates of unemployment and a growing uninsured population are some of the areas that members focus on.
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The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers is a Primary Care Association which has 52 member community health centers throughout the state of Massachusetts. Their Community HealthCorps members are involved in programs such as childhood obesity prevention, women’s health issues, sexual health education, case management, cancer prevention, nutrition education, HIV/Aids awareness and prevention, violence prevention and other preventive activities.
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The Metro Community Provider Network’s (MCPN) mission is to provide excellent health related services focusing on the underserved. These services include medical, dental, mental health, and enabling services. MCPN has ten clinics located in targeted underserved areas,which servce Arapahoe, Jefferson, Adams and Park counties, as well as the cities of Lakewood and Aurora.
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Neighborhood Health has been setting the standard for excellence in healthcare in Northern Virginia for over 17 years. Their philosophy of being innovative and compassionate in the delivery of health services guides the organization. The health center provides a medical home for its patients and partners with them to address their concerns and work together to treat the whole person through medical, behavioral health and dental programs. Neighborhood Health offers multiple options its patients to engage its many services to improve their experiences and health outcomes. The health center operates 10 clinics throughout Arlington and Fairfax Counties.
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The mission of NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers is to improve the overall health of the communities served by delivering high quality, culturally competent primary care and related services within community-based settings. HealthCorps members at LFHC address unmet health needs both as case managers who link families to health and social services, and as health educators who support the practice of healthy behaviors. Members also increase the capacity of the health center through the recruitment of community volunteers. |
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The Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC) is dedicated to the promotion of high quality, family-oriented, culturally competent healthcare with a special focus on medically underserved areas. Community HealthCorps members at OACHC evaluate client eligibility for Medicaid and other types of insurance programs, as well as recruit, register, and enroll patients into health center programs designed to access free or reduced healthcare and overcome healthcare disparities.
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Open Door Family Medical Center is the largest provider of healthcare for low income patients in Westchester, NY, and provides quality healthcare and human services at affordable prices to the community. Through well-designed outreach and education activities, Community HealthCorps members increase access to healthcare, improve the utilization of healthcare services, and give patients the tools and knowledge to make healthier choices for themselves and their families.
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The Redwood Community Health Coalition is a coalition of community health centers in Sonoma, Napa, Marin and Yolo counties, with a mission of providing high-quality care for the underserved and uninsured populations. Patient populations served by member health centers of Redwood, are located in frontier rural, agricultural, suburban and urban communities with a total of 10% living below federal poverty level and 24% living below 200% of the federal poverty level. Redwood will host 12 Community HealthCorps Members in six of its 17 Community Health Centers. Community HealthCorps Members will engage in service activities aimed at increasing access to primary care services & cost saving benefit programs.
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The Ryan Chelsea Clinton Community Health Center Community HealthCorps program’s mission is “to increase access to affordable healthcare and to encourage community participation at network sites through sponsored AmeriCorps support and collaborations with community partners.” AmeriCorps members provide services such as diabetes care management, eligibility services, patient navigation, outreach, cancer prevention and HIV service throughout the Ryan Network located in underserved communities.
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Salud Family Health Centers is dedicated to providing quality, comprehensive primary health services with attention to the low-income and vulnerable populations. Salud Family Health Centers provide a strong delivery system operating nine clinics located in nine communities, along with a mobile unit. Their mission is to ensure access and reduce barriers to care.
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San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium places Community HealthCorps members in community clinics and healthcare organizations to increase access and utilization of primary and preventative healthcare services. Members assist health center patients and community residents in San Francisco’s culturally diverse neighborhoods to access and utilize available health resources to maintain and improve their health. They provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health education, outreach, referrals and enrollment into programs, while gaining the skills needed to pursue a health profession.
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Sea Mar Community Health Center is committed to providing high-quality, comprehensive health and human services to diverse communities, including low-income, underserved and the uninsured. Sea Mar specializes in services to Latinos and is an innovative leader in the delivery of bilingual and culturally appropriate healthcare and social services. Community HealthCorps members are placed in positions to provide assistance with translation services, low-cost prescription programs, successful internal and external referrals, case management services, and health education programming. Members also facilitate community outreach, volunteer recruitment, and promote early literacy programming.
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Sixteenth Street Community Health Center (SSCHC) is located in Milwaukee, WI and provides an array of medical, mental health, environmental health, and social services, all of which are provided in English and Spanish, and Hmong and Laotian as needed. Preventive services for patients and community residents are a primary focus of SSCHC’s mission and the Community HealthCorps program has enabled the health center to expand their ability to reach and educate residents of the community.
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Syracuse Community Health Center's primary mission is to provide comprehensive, quality, healthcare services to all individuals with a commitment to those who might otherwise be excluded from the healthcare system while remaining cost effective, efficient and competitive. Community HealthCorps Members conduct health outreach, enroll clients in health insurance and health center programs, and develop and administer health education programs for youth and adult populations.
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White House Clinics strives to enhance the health of patients, employees, and communities by providing accessible and comprehensive high-quality primary care services. They operate five health centers throughout Kentucky, offering pediatric, family and internal medicine, dentistry, mental health, and a full-service pharmacy. Community HealthCorps Members help health center patients enroll in health insurance and provide pre-visit planning services.
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Yakima Valley Farm Worker’s Clinic (YVFWC) provides primary and preventive health services and programs to consumers in Washington and Oregon. YVFWC places Community HealthCorps members in seven clinics in Yakima County, southeast Washington. Members provide residents with health information and health service/program materials, screen them for eligibility, refer them to services/programs, enroll them in health and health insurance programs, schedule appointments, and enter data in electronic medical records.
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Zufall Health Center (ZHC) is committed to serving the underserved patients in northwest New Jersey. Comprehensive health services including adult and pediatric medicine, dental care, women’s health, podiatry, HIV care, behavioral health and clinical pharmacy are delivered by a dedicated and caring bi-lingual staff of board-certified physicians, dentists, social workers, pharmacists and support professionals. Community HealthCorps members serve at all three sites in Dover, Morristown, and Hackettstown and on our mobile van. The members continue a spirit of service started by Dr. Robert Zufall and his wife Kay who started the clinic as a volunteer effort. Members will provide assistance with care management for primary care, seniors and veterans, health literacy and outreach including financial literacy and insurance enrollment, patient safety and clinical pharmacy, and programs addressing childhood obesity.
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