The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) funds Health Centers in underserved communities, providing access to high quality, family oriented, comprehensive primary and preventive health care for people who are low-income, uninsured or face other obstacles to getting health care.
For more than 45 years, Health Centers have delivered primary health care to patients, regardless of their ability to pay, becoming the essential provider for America’s uninsured. The nation's most vulnerable populations – people who are homeless, farmworkers and residents of public housing rely on the Health Center Program for care.
Health Centers champion preventive care and advance the medical/health home model of coordinated, comprehensive, and patient-centered care, coordinating a wide range of medical, dental, behavioral, and social services.
Recent expansions of the program, including $11 billion provided by the Affordable Care Act and $2 billion provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are helping 1,128 Health Center grantees with more than 8,500 sites nationwide serve more patients, stimulate new jobs, and meet the significant increase in demand for primary health care services among uninsured and underserved people.