Davenport, Iowa?Community Health Care, Inc. (CHC) was awarded a $250,000 grant to enhance or expand the behavioral health services being offered in their clinics.
"We know that our patients have a significant need for behavioral health services," Community Health Care, Inc. CEO Tom Bowman said. "To help meet this need, we are taking a successful partnership with Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health and expanding on it for our Iowa patients."
The grant, provided by funding made available by the Department of Health & Human Services through the Affordable Care Act, will add four new staff positions providing integrated primary and behavioral health care.
"This grant will certainly help CHC meet one of our main goals of fully integrating behavioral health services into all of our clinics," Bowman said. "We know the health of a patient is closely tied to their behavioral health and this grant helps us meet the needs of our patients."
According to the 2012 Community Health Assessment, 33.3% of Quad City adults reported some difficulty or delay in obtaining health care services during the past year, particularly in mental health services.
The nation's health center network, which is supported by HRSA's Health Center Program serves nearly 22 million patients who count on their local health center for high quality comprehensive preventive and primary health care, regardless of their ability to pay. Ensuring that patients of health centers have access to mental health is important to improving overall health outcomes.
Community Health Care, Inc. is a patient-centered primary medical and dental health care organization that serves vulnerable populations?and all people in need. CHC is designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center and is accredited by the Joint Commission. CHC is private, nonprofit organization.
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