Maricopa County awarded $21.4M in American Rescue Plan Act funds to 5 community health centers for capital improvements and renovations that aim to improve access to services for low-income residents. The work will be done in coordination with the Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers.
The money is from the American Rescue Plan Act… and this is a really good way to use these one-time funds because these projects will improve infrastructure at key community health centers – paying long term dividends with improved access to care and outcomes.
Here are the projects that were funded:
- Wesley Community & Health Centers will receive $7.5 million to support the development of a new “Central City” location to replace their original clinic at 1300 S. 10th Street near downtown Phoenix. The new location will allow the Wesley clinic to see an additional 3,500 to 7,000 patients each year.
- Terros Health will receive $5.5 million for renovations at the Community Health Center at 4909 E. McDowell Road, in Phoenix. The renovation will include additional patient care rooms and waiting room enhancements that will help facilitate integrated care and expand access to primary care, opioid use treatment, HIV testing and prevention, and youth services for the 9,000 patients served as this location.
- Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (NOAH) will receive $4.1 million in funding to support the development of a large, new comprehensive Community Health Center at 8705 E. McDowell Road. The new location will serve as the new Cholla Health Center and allow for the consolidation of three existing sites by providing the space and operational efficiencies needed to continue to provide quality health care to over 16,000 individuals with low incomes in Scottsdale, east Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa.
- NATIVE HEALTH will receive $3.68 million to renovate a vacant business suite at their Southern Business Center at 777 W. Southern Avenue in Mesa. The renovation will facilitate the expansion of dental, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, and telehealth services and generate an additional 4,200 patient visits over the first two years.
- Valleywise Health will receive $656,000 for facility improvements at their Community Health Center at 950 E. Van Buren Street in Avondale. The facility upgrades will be implemented using evidence-based design and support a safe, effective, and efficient setting for the 5,000 patients served at this location.
These projects will help prepare Maricopa County to meet current and future public health crises, as well as daily health care needs. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved spending priorities in ARPA funds that can be tracked on a public dashboard.
