Schenectady Family Health Services Inc

HOMETOWN HEALTH CENTERS IS A TOP RATED MEDICAL, DENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER RECOGNIZED FOR ITS HIGH-QUALITY CARE BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE. HOMETOWN OFFERS PATIENT-CENTERED CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE CARE AND SERVICES TO A LARGELY MEDICALLY UNDER-SERVED POPULATION IN A FRIENDLY, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. HOMETOWN HEALTH CENTERS EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIMARY CARE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THE HEALTH CENTER IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPRISED MOSTLY OF PATIENT CONSUMERS, WHICH ENSURES THE CARE DELIVERED IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

HOMETOWN HEALTH CENTERS PROVIDES ACCESS TO COMPASSIONATE, INDIVIDUALIZED HEALTH CARE AND WELLNESS RELATED EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL, CULTURAL, OR SOCIAL BARRIERS. APPROXIMATELY 17,000 PATIENTS WERE CARED FOR IN HOMETOWN'S SERVICE AREA, INCLUDING SCHENECTADY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THE CENTER RECEIVED $3.4 MILLION IN SECTION 330 FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING IN 2021 TO SUPPORT SERVICES DELIVERED TO A LARGELY MEDICALLY UNDER-SERVED POPULATION. THE HEALTH CENTER PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL, DENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. CLINICAL SERVICES ARE DELIVERED IN A PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME MODEL OF CARE. THIS MODEL IS A WAY OF ORGANIZING PRIMARY CARE THAT EMPHASIZES COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION. THE HEALTH CENTER PROVIDED SERVICES TO ROUGHLY 17,000 UNIQUE PATIENTS WITH APPROXIMATELY 35,200 MEDICAL PATIENT VISITS, 17,500 DENTAL PATIENT VISITS, AND 6,400 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENT VISITS.