What is a Community Health Center (CHC)?
Community Health Centers are community owned and operated not-for-profit health care practices that provide access to quality, cost-effective primary and preventive health care that is affordable to all families. They provide comprehensive primary health care services to all people regardless of the patient’s ability to pay for those services. CHCs use physicians and mid-level practitioners to provide a variety of services including diagnosis and treatment, laboratory, radiology, preventive health services and health education, perinatal and well-child checkups, family planning, emergency treatment, and care for acute and chronic conditions. Many CHCs also provide preventive dentistry, mental health and substance abuse treatment and pharmaceuticals. Services vary from center to center depending upon community needs and resources. CHCs have more than 40 years of experience in improving and assuring access to primary health care and prevention services in underserved areas and population
