October 6, 2021 – Healthcare Network, the only Federally Qualified Health Center in Collier County, was recognized in the RCHN Community Health Foundation’s signature CHroniCles project, “Chronicling the Community Health Center Story.” The project features health centers like Healthcare Network and their stories of providing quality and affordable care to underserved communities throughout the country.
“Chronicling the Community Health Center Story” is a book dedicated to sharing and highlighting the vibrant, diverse and important story of each community health center to honor and preserve the living history of the community health center movement.
Located in diverse urban and rural communities, community health centers are the backbone of the healthcare safety net. Community health centers are distinguished by providing high-quality care with a commitment to access for all regardless of ability to pay. Health centers provide effective, culturally and linguistically relevant health care outreach, education and clinical services; provide good jobs that, in turn, generate substantial economic activity; and serve as both health care homes and anchors in their neighborhoods, improving the health of individuals and of their communities as a whole.
Founded in 2005, the RCHN Community Health Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation with a unique mission: to support the work of community health centers across America. To learn more about RCHN Community Health Foundation, visit www.rchnfoundation.org.
To learn more about Healthcare Network’s history and the services it provides to adults, seniors and children throughout Collier County, visit www.HealthcareSWFL.org.
About Healthcare Network
Healthcare Network is committed to ensuring quality healthcare is accessible to everyone in our community, regardless of income or insurance status. Founded in 1977 to serve migrant farmworkers and their families in Immokalee, Healthcare Network now provides care to approximately 50,000 patients annually in practices throughout Collier County including the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® and the Health and Smiles Mobile units. Healthcare Network provides primary healthcare services including family care, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, senior care, and pharmacy as well as dental care and integrated behavioral health for both adults and children. The organization’s newest location, the Nichols Community Health Center, is a 51,000-square-foot primary care medical center in Golden Gate. For more information, visit www.HealthcareSWFL.org, or to schedule an appointment, please call 239-658-3000.
