The Community Health Center (CHC) Program is a Federal grant program funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to provide for primary and preventive health care services in medically-underserved areas throughout the U.S. and its territories.

The FY 2002 appropriation for this program is $1.3 billion.

Program Statistics from the 2000 Uniform Data System (UDS):

• Total Users - 9.6 M of that 3.9 are uninsured users
• Total Physicians - 4,803 (19,220,237encounters)
• Total NPs/PAs - 2,367 (6,657,449 encounters)
• Total Dentists - 977 (2,606,326 encounters)
• Total Hygienists - 283 (401,946 encounters)

"Experts With Experience" Community & Migrant Health Centers Highlighting a Decade of Service (1990-2000)  

(requires Adobe Acrobat software) - Download Adobe Acrobat here