Did You Know?

  • Since 2001, as part of President Bush’s Health Center Expansion Initiative, Congress has increased funding for Health Centers. Today, 5 million more Americans in 900 communities have access to effective, affordable primary care.
    source:  Health Services and Resources Administration

Welcome to WPHCA's Web Site

Welcome to the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association’s Web site, a resource for everyone who supports, promotes, uses and works in Community Health Centers. Here, you can learn about health care policies that support everyone’s access to a medical home, explore quality improvement strategies, share tactics to provide high quality and culturally competent care, engage in activities to knock down the barriers some Wisconsinites face in the health care system, talk with experts, even find a Community Health Center doctor or dentist to care for you.

Download the ACCESS Report 2009 here

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Coming soon: NHSC Loan repayment program for Half-Time Clinicians

Loan Repayment Awards Program Bigger and Better

Thanks to $175M in ARRA funding for the National Health Service Corps, there is unprecedented opportunity to expand the number of eligible clinicians. Apply NOW through July 29, 2010. Learn more and pick up a simplified application at HRSA's Web site

2010 County Health Rankings

 Increased health care access, higher unemployment, stimulus dollar investment, low inflation. What does it all mean for our state's health? The measurements are in - use this website to see how the work - county by county - is paying off and where our next efforts should be focused.
 

HRSA Nurse Education Loan Repayment Apps Open Now!

Nurses who work at Community Health Centers may be eligible for repayment of their student loans through the HRSA Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program. The application cycle closing date extended to March 11, 2010.

The 2010 application is on
HRSA's Web site.

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