About CHCs

"New" clinic building 2004

What are community health centers?
America's Health Centers are private, not-for-profit, consumer-directed health care corporations which provide high quality, cost-effective, and comprehensive primary and preventive care to medically underserved and uninsured people.

These community-based providers are also commonly referred to as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) because they meet rigorous federal standards related to quality of care and services as well as cost, and they are qualified to receive cost-based reimbursement under Medicaid and Medicare law.

Health Center services generally include primary care visits, health education, disease screening and control, case management, laboratory services, dental care, pharmacy services, substance abuse counseling, and social services. Many offer evening and weekend hours for working families, provide care at multiple sites, use mobile clinics to reach rural and other hard-to-reach populations, and employ multi-lingual staffs. All Health Centers have a 24-hour system for after-hours calls.

Sunshine Community Health Center         

This health center is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).