Information on The NCHPH
Health centers in the United States began providing care to the underserved in the mid. 1960s. Two leading advocates, H. Jack Geiger and Count D. Gibson, Jr, founded the first health center, American Community Health Center, more than half a century ago. Before health centers began caring for the underserved, low-income, and uninsured, people went […]
Our Mission: NCHPH provides training and technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of federally-funded health centers to increase access to health care, eliminate health disparities, and enhance health care delivery for the millions of residents of public and assisted housing. The goal is to increase the capacity and improve the performance of HRSA supported health […]
NCHPH’s training and events are structured to empower health center professionals and community-based organizations that support and serve over 2.1 million residents in public and assisted housing nationwide. Over 5 million medically underserved residents who live in or immediately accessible to public housing developments are often underserved by the broader communities in which they live, […]
NCHPH provides training and technical assistance to enhance the capacity of PHPC health centers and other health centers that want to provide primary care to residents of public housing, with the goal of assisting health centers in meeting program requirements, improving performance, and supporting program development and analysis. NCHPH executes four capacity-building strategies: Needs Identification: NCHPH […]
In order to better serve the over 5 million medically underserved residents who live in or immediately accessible to public housing developments, we have structured our areas of expertise to specifically meet those health needs that most impact residents of public housing: Training and Capacity Building Social Determinants Of Health Health Equity And Access Health […]