Community Health And Dental Care Inc

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

HEALTH CENTER CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT FUNDING

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

FY 2024 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION - PROJECT TITLE: EXPANDING ACCESS FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS IN THE TRI-COUNTY SERVICE AREA APPLICANT NAME: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE, INC. APPLICANT ADDRESS: 351 W SCHUYLKILL RD SUITE 15-A, POTTSTOWN PA 19465 CONTACT: CEO BRIDGET MCGIVERN PHONE: 610.326.9460 FAX: 484.941.5080 E-MAIL: BMCGIVERN@CH-DC.ORG CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: ORGANIZATION: PA-6,7,8; PROJECT: PA-6 AND PA-4. TYPE OF HRSA FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC TYPES OF HRSA FUNDING CURRENTLY RECEIVED: CHC OTHER EXISTING FEDERAL FUNDING RECEIVED: NONE PROJECT ABSTRACT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE, INC. (CHDC) IS AN FQHC CURRENTLY SERVING THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS IN POTTSTOWN, PA AND CONTIGUOUS PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, AND BERKS COUNTIES, PA. CHDC WAS INCORPORATED IN 2005 BY A CONCERNED COMMUNITY GROUP TO ADDRESS THE UNAVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HEALTH SERVICES FOR MANY AREA RESIDENTS. WITH MAJOR SUPPORT FROM THE AREA FOUNDATION, CHDC INITIATED MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE SERVICES IN A NEW, FULLY EQUIPPED HEALTH CENTER IN JANUARY 2009 AND BECAME A FQHC LOOK-A-LIKE IN 2010 TO SUPPORT THE RAPID GROWTH OF PATIENTS. CHDC RECEIVED HRSA SECTION 330 FUNDING IN JUNE 2012 AND CURRENTLY HAS WELCOMED OVER 25,000 REGISTERED MEDICAL AND DENTAL USERS INTO THE PRACTICE. THIS RAPID GROWTH CONTINUES AND IS ATTRIBUTED TO A CONTINUED LACK OF ACCESS FOR UNINSURED AND MEDICAID PATIENTS IN POTTSTOWN AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES CHDC IS SEEKING FUNDING TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) SERVICES INCLUDING TREATMENT WITH MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) WITHIN CHDC’S SERVICE AREA INCLUDING POTTSTOWN. POTTSTOWN HAS A POPULATION OF 66,980, IS A BOROUGH ON THE FAR NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND FORTY MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA. THIS GEOGRAPHIC TRIANGLE IS LOCALLY CALLED THE TRI-COUNTY REGION. THE ESTIMATED 18.8% OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL ARE CHDC’ S TARGET POPULATION. OF PATIENTS REPORTING THEIR INCOME, 77.98% ARE LESS THAN 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. AMONG CHILDREN BIRTH TO 19 YEARS OF AGE, 83.4% WERE ON MEDICAID, AS WERE 51.5% OF ADULTS. CHDC CONTINUES TO ACCEPT NEW PATIENTS COMING FROM THE POTTSTOWN AREA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WITH AN ESTIMATED SERVICE AREA POPULATION OF 46,800 OF THE 240,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA. BY THE END OF 2023, CHDC SERVED A TOTAL OF UNDUPLICATED: 6,742 MEDICAL USERS, 8,891 DENTAL USERS, 848 MENTAL HEALTH USERS, 209 SUBSTANCE ABUSE USERS, 1,524 VISION USERS, WITH 49,857 CLINIC AND 1,223 VIRTUAL VISITS AND STAFFED WITH 6.45 FTE MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC PROVIDERS, 5.84 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND 12.62 FTE DENTAL PROVIDERS AND NECESSARY CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF. SPECIFICALLY, IN THE POTTSTOWN BOROUGH AREA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THE MAJOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS BEING ADDRESSED INCLUDE IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE BY ADDRESSING THE HIGH RATE OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, (46.0 PER 100,000). OTHER MAJOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS INCLUDE IMPROVING ACCESS FOR PRIMARY, MENTAL HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL/PHYSICAL CARE. IN 2020, POTTSTOWN BOROUGH HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OPIOID OVERDOES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, (9.79 PER 1,000) AND PENNSYLVANIA RANKS AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST FOR DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS (37.9 COMPARED TO 19.8 FOR THE NATION). CHDC’S MIDDLE CLASS HOMETOWN, THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $46,365, COMPARED TO THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME OF $67,587; HOWEVER, THE “HIDDEN” POOR AND MEDICALLY UNSERVED COMPRISE 89% OF THE PATIENTS SEEN BY CHDC, ORIGINATING BOTH FROM POTTSTOWN’S URBAN CORE AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF UNINSURED PERSONS AND MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES FINDING THEIR WAY TO CHDC’S LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. CHDC PLANS TO INCREASE BH STAFFING AND SUPPORT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO BH, MOUD AND SUD SERVICES THAT ARE IN CHDC'S SCOPE DUE TO THE INCREASE OF THE DEMAND FOR THESE SE RVICES.

FISCAL YEAR 2025 EXPANDED HOURS. - PROJECT TITLE: EXPANDING ACCESS IN CHDC’S PRIMARY SERVICE AREA TO MEET GROWING PATIENT NEEDS. APPLICANT NAME: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE, INC. APPLICANT ADDRESS: 351 W SCHUYLKILL RD SUITE 15-A, POTTSTOWN PA 19465 CONTACT: CEO BRIDGET MCGIVERN PHONE: 610.326.9460 FAX: 484.941.5080 E-MAIL: BMCGIVERN@CH-DC.ORG CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: ORGANIZATION: PA-6,7,8; PROJECT: PA-4. TYPE OF HRSA FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC TYPES OF HRSA FUNDING CURRENTLY RECEIVED: CHC OTHER EXISTING FEDERAL FUNDING RECEIVED: NONE PROJECT ABSTRACT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE, INC. (CHDC) IS AN FQHC CURRENTLY SERVING THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS IN POTTSTOWN, PA AND CONTIGUOUS PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, AND BERKS COUNTIES, PA. CHDC WAS INCORPORATED IN 2005 BY A CONCERNED COMMUNITY GROUP TO ADDRESS THE UNAVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HEALTH SERVICES FOR MANY AREA RESIDENTS. WITH MAJOR SUPPORT FROM THE AREA FOUNDATION, CHDC INITIATED MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE SERVICES IN A NEW, FULLY EQUIPPED HEALTH CENTER IN JANUARY 2009 AND BECAME A FQHC LOOK-A-LIKE IN 2010 TO SUPPORT THE RAPID GROWTH OF PATIENTS. CHDC RECEIVED HRSA SECTION 330 FUNDING IN JUNE 2012 AND CURRENTLY HAS WELCOMED OVER 25,000 REGISTERED MEDICAL AND DENTAL USERS INTO THE PRACTICE. THIS RAPID GROWTH CONTINUES AND IS ATTRIBUTED TO A CONTINUED LACK OF ACCESS FOR UNINSURED AND MEDICAID PATIENTS IN POTTSTOWN AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES CHDC IS SEEKING FUNDING TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONAL HOURS AT ITS NEWEST LOCATION IN BOYERTOWN, PA. CHDC COMPLETED ITS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THE END OF 2023 AND IDENTIFIED GROWING PATIENT NEEDS. THE BOYERTOWN CENSUS TRACTS ANALYZED HAD NO HOSPITALS, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR NURSING FACILITIES. THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED FROM THE MARKET ASSESSMENT REPORTED BOYERTOWN REPORTED POOR PHYSICAL HEALTH WITH AN ALARMING NUMBER OF CHRONIC CARE CONDITIONS. BOYERTOWN AREA HAS A POPULATION OF NEARLY 17,000 PEOPLE AND OF THOSE 3,423 ARE REPORTING LOW-INCOME. CURRENTLY, CHDC SERVES 949 PATIENTS IN THE DIRECT BOYERTOWN ZIP CODE; HOWEVER, IT WAS IDENTIFIED NEARLY 2,500 WERE NOT REACHED. CHDC SUBLEASED A SMALL PRACTICE IN EARLY 2024 TO SERVE THIS POPULATION WITH LIMITED HOURS AND ACCESS. CHDC IS SEARCHING TO INCREASE OPERATIONAL HOURS WITH THIS GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL, DENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AT THIS LOCATION.

FY 2020 EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTING (ECT)

FY 2023 EXPANDING COVID-19 VACCINATION

FY 2020 CORONAVIRUS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2023 BRIDGE ACCESS PROGRAM