Southwest Georgia Healthcare Clinics Inc

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR LOOK-ALIKES

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - NEW ACCESS POINTS – HRSA-25-085 SOUTHWEST GEORGIA HEALTHCARE CLINICS, INC. 205 BRESEE STREET DONALSONVILLE, GA 39845 DONNA WILLIAMS, CEO 229-524-1307 (PHONE) 229-524-8489 (FAX) DWILLIAMS@SWGAHEALTHCARECLINICS.ORG SOUTHWEST GEORGIA HEALTHCARE CLINICS, INC., (SGHC), ESTABLISHED IN 2015, IS A PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER LOOK-ALIKE (FQHC-LA) LOCATED IN DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA. FQHC-LA DESIGNATION WAS AWARDED IN 2018. SGHC OPERATES THREE SERVICE DELIVERY SITES, IN DONALSONVILLE, AND SERVES THE RESIDENTS OF SEMINOLE, MILLER, DECATUR, AND EARLY COUNTY, GA. SGHC OFFERS THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, ACROSS THE LIFECYCLES, TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE SERVICE AREA REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE, GENDER, SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTIFICATION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITY, AGE, RELIGION, HOUSING STATUS, AND THE ABILITY TO PAY. PARTICULAR ATTENTION, HOWEVER, IS DIRECTED AT REACHING THE LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, MEDICAID/MEDICARE, AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THE SGHC SERVICE AREA, LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA, IS PRIMARILY RURAL. SEMINOLE, MILLER, DECATUR, AND EARLY COUNTY ARE, IN FACT, FEDERALLY DESIGNATED RURAL COUNTIES. THE SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS, ESPECIALLY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, IN RURAL AREAS OF THE US, REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST INTRACTABLE HEALTH POLICY PROBLEMS OF THE PAST CENTURY. WITH APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE US POPULATION LIVING IN RURAL AREAS, BUT ONLY ABOUT 10% OF PHYSICIANS PRACTICING THERE, RURAL AREAS REPRESENT ONE OF THE LARGEST PHYSICIAN-UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY. THIS PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR ACCESS TO CARE, THE QUALITY OF CARE, AND THE HEALTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS. THE SGHC SERVICE AREA IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERSERVED AND HAS A HOST OF HPSA AND MUA/MUP DESIGNATIONS; INCLUDING SEVERAL HIGH NEEDS HPSA DESIGNATIONS. THE RURAL SGHC SERVICE AREA DOES NOT HAVE A WELL-DEVELOPED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ARE, ESSENTIALLY, NOT AVAILABLE. THE LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO CARE AND EXACERBATES THE PROVIDER/HEALTH CARE SERVICES SHORTAGE. SGHC IS ONE OF THE ONLY FQHC-LA AND/OR FQHC IN THE SERVICE AREA. SGHC, FOR ALMOST 9 YEARS, HAS BEEN A STEADY COMPLEMENT TO THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN SEMINOLE, MILLER, DECATUR, AND EARLY COUNTY, GA AND HAS HELPED CREATE A HEALTH CARE SAFETY NET FOR THE LOW-INCOME AND VULNERABLE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. SGHC, THROUGH ITS VAST AND DIVERSE EXPERIENCE, HAS GLEANED A TACIT UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE AND COMPLEX HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF THE TARGET POPULATION. ALL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO IDENTIFIED NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH A SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION TOWARD HEALTH BELIEFS AND ETHNIC/CULTURAL CUSTOMS. SGHC IS REQUESTING NEW ACCESS POINTS (NAP) FUNDING TO BECOME A FULLY FUNDED HEALTH CENTER (H80). SGHC, AS AN FQHC-LA, IS COMPLIANT WITH ALL HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND OPERATES UNDER A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER MODEL. SGHC IS A FULLY OPERATIONAL HEALTH CENTER THAT, THROUGH ITS VAST AND DIVERSE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PROVIDES ACCESS TO ALL REQUIRED PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES LISTED IN SECTION 330(B)(1) OF THE PHS ACT. SGHC ANTICIPATES PROVIDING 300 NEW PATIENTS WITH CARE AND SERVICES, IN 2026, AT THE 3 SERVICE DELIVERY SITES THAT COMPRISE THE SGHC SCOPE OF PROJECT.

FY 2023 BRIDGE ACCESS PROGRAM

FY 2023 EXPANDING COVID-19 VACCINATION