Need to reduce your tax liability for 2009?  Cash donations are tax deductable because CHC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  Please consult with your tax advisor for details.  Community Health Centers, Inc needs your support to provide services.  Remember any gift, no matter what the amount, makes a difference and is greatly appreciated by all the members of the CHC community unable to pay their healthcare bill.  100% of of your donation will go toward the cost of quality patient care.  Your generous response will make a big difference in the lives of our individuals and families in crisis.  Examples of what your gift may provide:

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When people generally think to donate automobiles to charity, it is with the thought that the charity will use the vehicle to transport individuals or supplies, but at Community Health Centers, Inc. this is not the case. When someone chooses to donate an automobile to Community Health Centers, Inc., it is converted to cash to provide quality healthcare for the low-income uninsured persons from Salt Lake County. When this is done, the money from the vehicle might be used to fund immunizations, dental care or prenatal care programs for low-income uninsured persons from Salt Lake County.

By giving a car, truck, SUV, or other vehicle to Community Health Centers, Inc., the donor can deduct the fair market value from their income taxes. Of course, the biggest reward when people make donations of any kind and size is the knowledge that they provided assistance to someone who needed it. Donating a vehicle is probably the largest gift many people will ever be able to give to a cause they believe in. Most people don't have the kind of income that will allow them to make such large donations any other way.

Click the button below to learn more about arranging a free pickup with no tow charge or other costs to the you the donor.

CHC accepts various forms of in-kind donations.  Our “Reach Out and Read” program is in constant need of gently used or new pre-school and elementary aged books...especially in Spanish.  A book is given to a child patient at each visit to encourage reading at home.

CHC has adopted a "Donor Bill of Rights."  Click here to review your rights.

CHC BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Community Health Centers, Inc. is governed by a volunteer Board of Governors.  The Center’s by-laws and federal program regulations require that at least 51% of the Board be recipients of the Center’s services.  Click here for more information about our current board.  

WAITING ROOM READERS
Through our "Reach Out and Read" (ROR) program, we have readers in our waiting areas, where you would read to the pediatric patients who are waiting to be seen. This is a national pediatric literacy program offered in our clients. At every well-child visit, our pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer age-appropriate tips.  The "Reach Out and Read" (ROR) program is funded in part by a grant from Target and funds from individual donors.  To volunteer, contact the clinic director at the CHC facility which you want to volunteer.

The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) has a convenient website supporting grassroots advocacy. NACHC is the voice for America’s community health centers and the people they are committed to serve. Community, Migrant, Public Housing and Homeless Health Centers provide access to quality, affordable health care to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay and serve as the family doctor and health care home for more than 15 million people. Through its successful advocacy and communications efforts over more than 30 years, NACHC has earned broad bipartisan support among federal, state, and local policy-makers. NACHC has worked hard to promote the mission and accomplishments of health centers and to secure the federal support and resources that will protect and strengthen existing health centers and allow them to expand their reach to communities in need of the care they provide.

AUCH (Association for Utah Community Health) advocates for policies that will increase access to health care for the medically underserved, including patients who are eligible for Medicaid, Children Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), Primary Care Network (PCN) and those who are uninsured or underinsured. AUCH also advocates for policies that will support Community Health Centers in their role as the medical home for the medically underserved in the state. The AUCH website has a tool to make it easy to submit your opinion to state and federal representative.  To advocate for better healthcare, click here.