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Grandma Bel's Volunteering

Watch this short video of one of Hunter Health Clinic's volunteers, in recognition of National Volunteer Appreciation Week.

We are the Family Health Centers

View a video created by Family Health Centers, located in Louisville, Kentucky

My journey to become a Community Health Center Employee

I went from not even knowing what a CHC was three years ago, to being amazed as a first time patient, and eventually to a dedicated employee and advocate leader.

Open Door Health Services: A Board Member's Perspective

Nora, a volunteer Board member for Open Door Health Services in Muncie, Indiana, talks about the hope and service she, and her community, has found through her Community Health Center.

We are not treated like a number, but like a real human being

John and Helen Britt: Both are in their fifties. Both are out of work. Both are diabetics with multiple other health issues. Despite these setbacks, they have hope through the care they receive at Open Door Health Services in Muncie, Indiana.

JoAnna's Story

JoAnna, a patient at Open Door Health Services in Indiana, shares her story of strength through financial and health hardships.

From Patient to Administrator

The story of how I went from being a patient to and administrator at Atascosa Health Center.

The Quality of Health Centers is for Everyone

An RN volunteers to help her local CHC, and appreciates the high quality providers. She then learns that she too can establish a Medical Home at a local CHC.

Petitions to US Senator Kay Hagan

1000 petitions were dropped off at Senator Hagan's office and this is a news clip that was broadcast in Asheville, NC

Southwest CHC Petition Drive Video

Southwest Community Health Center in Bridgeport, CT collected over 2500 signatures as part of a petition drive to support community health centers!

Without Us Where Would People Receive Health Care

Our Health Center provides Primary Care and even delivers about 250 babies a year. With the shortage of Primary Care Providers and Insurance Issues, where are these 30,000 + visits/patients going to go for Health Care?

I have health insurance, but choose to use my health center

I have health insurance, but choose to use my regional FQHC (Hidalgo Medical Services, southwestern New Mexico) because of its high quality of care.

Grassroots Efforts

Health Delivery, Inc. and it's employees have been working hard to get the word out on the importance of the Campaign For Americas Health Center

Medicaid Matters to Western North Carolina Community Health

In this video, WNCCHS employees tell us why Medicaid matters to them, and why Medicaid Matters to Community Health Centers and the patients we serve.

How the Community Health Center has Helped Me

I would be without health care if there was no community health center

Thanks

Thanks to all at Dirne Community Health Center

Importance of Open Door Family Health Centers in Westchester County, NY

Open Door Family Health Centers provide cost-effective, high-quality health care for growing number of low-income and minority individuals in four medical facilities and in five school locations in our community in Westchester County, NY.

Lydia Mason - Piedmont Health Advocacy Leader

Lydia Mason, Chief Financial Officer of Piedmont Health in Carrboro, NC, shares what being a health center advocate means to her.

Teche Action Clinic Advocacy

Patients testify about Teche Action Clinic in Franklin, Louisiana

Makayla's Story

Rebecca Mankin, CEO of Katy Trail Community Health, talks about the important role Medicaid plays in providing access to care, and what it has meant for her family.

16 Minutes: Open Doors to Health in NH

Informative, entertaining, and impactful, Community Health Center directors, patients, providers, and board members give their perspective on the importance of Community Health Centers in this 16 minute video presented to the New Hampshire State Legislature and Business Community in 2010.

Please Help the Community Health Centers

Please keep the community health centers going. Community health centers are not just for the poor and unisured. It stands for the communities.

Our Health Center is Needed for Access

We are a rural area 40 miles from the nearest city of Klamath Falls, OR. Many of us do not have the resources of driving into the city unless a neighbor or friend will take the time to do this for them. We take care of people from surrounding areas as well that travel up to 40 miles one way to get treatment and are in need of care.

Meeting the needs of our community

Whittier Street Health Center is in the midst of building a new medical home for the Roxbury community. In addition to meeting increasing demand, addressing disparities in health, and improving access to essential health care and social services for the community, the building, funded in part through stimulus funds, is putting people to work. Slated to open in January 2012, the 79,000 square foot health center has created hundreds of construction jobs and will allow for the hiring of over 50 new FTEs at the center.