Castle Family Health Centers Inc

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR LOOK-ALIKES

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - PROJECT TITLE: HRSA-24-085 NEW ACCESS POINTS APPLICANT NAME: CASTLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. ADDRESS: 3605 HOSPITAL RD., ATWATER, CA 95301 PROJECT DIRECTOR: EDWARD H. LUJANO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CONTACT TELEPHONE: (VOICE) 209-381-2000; (FAX) 209-722-9020 EMAIL ADDRESS: LUJANOE@CFHCINC.ORG WEBSITE: WWW.CASTLEFAMILYHEALTH.ORG SECTION 330 FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS REQUESTED: $650,000 FUNDING PRIORITY REQUESTED: SECTION 330(E) - CHC A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE COMMUNITY TO BE SERVED, AND THE TARGET POPULATION: CASTLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. (CFHC) IS A COMMUNITY-BASED 501(C)(3) CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE, QUALITY AND ACCESSIBLE CARE. THE HEALTH CENTERS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1995, FIRST AS RURAL HEALTH CLINICS AND NOW AS PRIMARY CARE SITES SERVING LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. CFHC IS DESIGNATED BY THE BUREAU OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AS A HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM LOOK-ALIKE AND IS APPLYING FOR NEW ACCESS POINTS (NAP) FUNDING TO EXPAND ITS HEALTH CENTER OPERATIONS AND GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT. CFHC’S SERVICE AREA INCLUDES MOST OF THE CENTRAL PORTION OF MERCED COUNTY AND SMALL PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AREAS OF FRESNO AND MADERA COUNTIES. ITS TARGET POPULATION ARE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS LIVING AT OR BELOW 200 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL WITHIN CFHC’S SERVICE AREA. HOW THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY AND TARGET POPULATION: IN 2022, THERE WERE 107,084 LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF CFHC’S SERVICE AREA, OF WHICH 85.7 PERCENT OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY SERVED BY HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM GRANTEES OR LOOK-ALIKES (INCLUDING CFHC, WHICH SERVED MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF HCP PATIENTS [34.1 PERCENT; N=31,283]). STILL, 22.0 PERCENT OF THE TARGET POPULATION (OR 23,558 INDIVIDUALS) ARE WITHOUT A REGULAR SOURCE OF HEALTHCARE AND IN NEED OF SERVICES. THE MAJOR HEALTHCARE NEED OF THE LOW-INCOME, UNDERSERVED, IMMIGRANT, MIGRANT SEASONAL FARM WORKER, AND FOREIGN-BORN RESIDENTS IN THE SERVICE AREA IS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE HEALTH CARE. STUDIES SHOW A PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS AMONG THESE POPULATIONS SUCH AS HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND OBESITY. IN RESPONSE, CFHC PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE PREVENTIVE AND PRIMARY HEALTHCARE, DENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND ENABLING SERVICES TO MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS IN ITS SERVICE AREA. NUMBER OF PROPOSED NEW PATIENTS, VISITS, AND PROVIDERS; SERVICE DELIVERY SITES AND LOCATIONS; SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED: CFHC FORECASTS TO PROVIDE 152,520 TOTAL VISITS TO 40,908 UNIQUE PATIENTS IN 2026. SERVICES WILL BE DELIVERED DIRECTLY EMPLOYES AND CONTRACTED PROVIDERS INCLUDING 25.98 FTE MEDICAL PROVIDERS, 5.90 FTE DENTISTS, 6.00 FTE OPTOMETRISTS, 1.00 FTE CHIROPRACTOR, AND 5.70 FTE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, ADDING TO CFHC’S FULL COMPLEMENT OF SERVICES FOR PATIENTS OF ALL AGES. CFHC IS PROPOSING ITS FOUR FULL-TIME, FIXED SITES: THREE HEALTH CENTERS IN THE CITY OF ATWATER AND ONE HEALTH CENTER IN THE NEARBY UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF WINTON. CFHC WILL ALSO EXPAND INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF LOS BANOS AND DOS PALOS WITH A FULL-TIME MOBILE CLINIC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCED COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION’S HEAD START LOCATIONS. SERVICES INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, OBGYN, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, DENTAL, RADIOLOGY, LABORATORY, NUTRITION, OPTOMETRY, CHIROPRACTIC, AND ENABLING SERVICES.

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