
How Patient Engagement Can Boost CHC Funding
on June 11, 2025 | By Gary Hamilton
Community health centers (CHCs) serve a vital role in the American healthcare system, delivering essential care to more than 30 million people in underserved communities. As mission-driven organizations, CHCs care for patients regardless of their ability to pay – reaching Medicaid recipients, uninsured individuals, and those in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). But the very factors that make their work so important – poverty, language barriers, housing insecurity, and limited transportation – also make it harder to engage patients outside of the exam room.
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