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Causes: Community Clinics, Health
Mission: Primary health care provides medical, mental health, dental, and supportive services
Programs: Community health center cluster our primary care clinics provide medical, dental, and mental health services to uninsured and underserved patients in central iowa, regardless of their ability to pay. Patient visits for the fiscal year totalled 370,693
primary health care's hiv program expanded in january 2013. It provides comprehensive primary medical, dental, mental health, and nurse care management services to patients with hiv disease. Services also include testing, supportive services such as housing and case management, counseling, and referrals. These programs served hundreds of patients with hiv during the year, and thousands at risk for contracting the disease. Funding comes from hrsa's ryan white parts b and c, hud's hopwa program, t
the teaching health center graduate medical education program supports the expansion of primary care medical residency training in community-based ambulatory settings whereby these graduates are likely to serve underserved communities.
other programs: outreach/homeless programs, including va and hud and locally funded