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Formed in 1983, the Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. (TACHC) is a private, non-profit membership association that represents Texas safety-net health care providers. TACHC is the federally-designated primary care association for the state and is the link between federal, state and local entities providing health care for Texas’ most vulnerable populations. TACHC members include community health centers, federally-designated migrant, public housing and homeless health care centers, health center networks and other providers who strive to meet the health care needs of the uninsured and underserved. Their services assist members provide high quality health care and address specific needs of administrators, clinicians, boards of directors, outreach workers and other center staff. They offer a wide variety of services targeted specifically toward the needs of Texas health centers in policy & advocacy, administration, information technology and clinical care.

In 2003, the St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN) was formed to create a network of health care providers that collaborate to improve accessibility, quality and affordability of health care for the uninsured and underinsured. Today, the IHN has 16 community health center members that provide comprehensive primary health care to all St. Louis area residents regardless of their insurance status. The IHN currently has 4 main service lines. the Community Referral Coordinator - or CRC program, the Transitions of Care task force (TOC), Newtork Community Academic Partnerships (NCAP) and Efforts to Outcomes (ETO).

Founded in 1976, TPCA unites health centers and other providers of care in an effort to improve access for the medically underserved. The Center for Quality in Community Health (CQCH) was established in December 2012 when TPCA was awarded the Health Center Controlled Network Grant. CQCH is a network of Community Health Centers and partners that supports a continually evolving health care system by sharing information and expertise to facilitate learning, support quality improvement and develop leadership. Through the use of timely, relevant data, the Center for Quality in Community Health promotes collaboration, sustainability, cost effectiveness and healthier communities in Tennessee.

Since 1980, The Association has worked with Virginia’s communities to bring primary health care to the neediest areas. A nonprofit organization, The Association’s mission is to assure that all Virginians, regardless of geographic location or income, have access to appropriate and affordable primary health care. The Association also is the statewide association for Virginia’s community health centers (CHCs) and similar organizations including nonprofit rural health clinics, community-based providers of primary care, and health departments providing primary care services. The Association has been a driving force in establishing and maintaining both local and statewide efforts to improve primary health care. Among the efforts The Association has been a founder or original sponsor of Virginia’s Five Point Plan to Strengthen the Primary Care System; Area Health Education Centers (AHEC); Virginia Center for the Advancement of Generalist Medicine; and the Practice Sights Initiative.

Founded in 1983, WVPCA strives to be the primary source of expertise in the delivery of comprehensive primary care services in West Virginia. Working to assure accessible, high quality, and cost effective health services for all West Virginians, regardless of economic or social status, through the cultivation of financial, political, and philanthropic relationships. The WVPCA is dedicated to providing timely information relating to all areas of HIT to include the selection, implementation and meaningful use of EHR systems and specifically to advancing the Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCN) funding opportunity extended to support quality improvement in health centers throughout West Virginia.