Health Centers : Competition for Grants and Efforts to Measure Performance Have Increased

Health centers in the fed. Consolidated Health Centers program provide comprehensive primary health care services at one or more delivery sites, without regard to patients' ability to pay. In FY 2002, the Health Resources & Services Admin. (HRSA) began implementing the 5-year President's Health Centers Initiative. The initiative's goal is for the program to provide 1,200 grants in the neediest communities -- 630 grants for new delivery sites & 570 grants for expanded services at existing sites -- by FY 2006. This report provides information on: (1) funding of health centers & HRSA's process for assessing the need for services; (2) geographic distribution of health centers; & (3) HRSA's monitoring of health center performance. Charts & tables.Kanof, Marjorie is the author of 'Health Centers : Competition for Grants and Efforts to Measure Performance Have Increased', published 2005 under ISBN 9781422302880 and ISBN 1422302881.