The association represents eight community health centers and two statewide migrant programs. The mission of association members is to provide primary health care which is available, affordable, accessible, and acceptable to Iowans and Nebraskans. Cost screens applied to health centers by the U.S. Public Health Service and the Health Care Financial Administration, such as administrative costs and costs per patient visit, are virtually unparalleled in the health care industry.
Prevention is the focus.
Community and migrant health centers are also characterized by the high degree of community responsiveness of the programs they offer, as well as collaboration with existing local health care providers. The centers are required to conduct annual service area needs assessments and be governed by community boards. In recent years the role of community governance has achieved increased recognition and respect, especially because it promotes direct involvement by local residents in developing the services they use. The empowering nature of health centers, in terms of both the sense of ownership they help foster and the tangible benefits they yield, has added measurably to their effectiveness. This site created and maintained by State Public Policy Group, Inc .