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| id | fiscal_year | chamber | member_name | member_last | member_first | bioguide_id | party | state | district | subcommittee | recipient | recipient_normalized | project_description | recipient_address | amount_requested |
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| 5 | 2022 | House | Alma Adams | Adams | Alma | A000370 | Democrat | NC | Labor HHS | C.W. Williams Community Health Center Facility Improvements | C.W. WILLIAMS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS | As a Federally Qualified Community Health Center and safety net primary care provider, CWWCHC fills a unique and important role in reducing burdens on hospitals, providing continuing care for patients with chronic conditions, addressing growing demands for behavioral health services, and contributing to COVID-19 response efforts- including triaging patients and providing testing and vaccines services. In addition, CWWCHC provides a “one-stop-shop” model of care that integrates primary, preventive, educational, and support services in one convenient location, which helps to reduce barriers to care. For thousands of underserved patients who have not been well integrated into healthcare systems due to cultural, economic and/or geographic challenges, CWWCHC provides a patient-centered medical and dental home and serves to minimize unnecessary emergency department visits, while lowering incidences of chronic diseases that could be prevented if diagnosed in a timely manner. CWWCHC embraces human differences and believes that quality healthcare should be universally accessible. Each year, CWWCHC handles close to 30,000 patient encounters, representing nearly 13,000 unique patients. CWWCHC’s patients include the disabled, limited English proficiency residents, the homeless, the uninsured and underinsured, Medicaid, Medicare, and privately insured patients. According to recent statistics, 83% of CWWCHC’s patients live on incomes below 200% of the FPL, 75% are uninsured, and 14% are homeless. CWWCHC is a safe place for immigrants and is known for promoting an environment that welcomes cultural and language diversity and respect for all patients. By offering convenient access to comprehensive primary and prevention care in a family practice setting, CWWCHC helps to ensure the un/underinsured do not delay seeking care and face more serious health consequences which require costlier interventions.The proposed project is a good use of taxpayer funds, as it will reinforce CWWCHC’s ability to provide affordable, high quality, comprehensive healthcare and support services to approximately 13,000 underserved patients each year, most of whom reside in Congressional District NC-12 and surrounding areas. Moreover, by processing its own laboratory samples, CWWCHC estimates that the return on investment will range from $450,000 to $500,000 annually. In addition, the ability to provide in-house ultrasound imaging services will save the healthcare system thousands of dollars each year. All of these costs savings will directly and positively impact utilization of taxpayer funds. | 3333 Wilkinson Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28208 | 1125000 |