What are Community Health Centers?
Community Health Centers are the family doctor’s office and medical home to one in eight Americans. They provide primary and preventive medical care, as well as oral health and behavioral health care that is tailored to the needs of the communities they serve. They are open to everyone in the community regardless of a person’s ability to pay. They offer a sliding fee discount to people who qualify based on income. Community Health Centers are non-profit or public, consumer-governed organizations that receive part of their support from federal grants. Idaho has 11 Community Health Centers and one Federally Qualified Health Center “Look-Alike” that provide high quality health care to about 100,000 people each year. They are located in 33 communities throughout the state and in three communities across the border in eastern Oregon. The difference between these two types of health center is not obvious because they both operate under similar federal program requirements. The main differenc
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