May 9, 2013

Today, the Administration announced their plans for implementing the final FY2013 appropriation for the Health Centers program.

NACHC is grateful to the Administration and Congress that all available funding for the Health Centers program will be utilized in the current fiscal year. As a result, Community Health Centers will not experience reductions to their current operations. Additionally, we are pleased that existing health centers will receive an update to their base grants to assist in keeping up with growing patient populations and the rising costs of care.

The plans also call for funding an estimated 25 new health centers from the total of over 400 applications recently submitted. That will be good news to those communities, and we look forward to continuing our work with both Congress and the Administration to ensure access for all communities in need. Read more here.