Facts & Figures

Overview

  • The Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) is the only Federally Qualified Heath Center (FQHC) located in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Providence is the third largest City in New England, and PCHC currently serves almost one in three city residents. Rhode Island does not have any county or city health departments, and our state health department does not offer any direct patient care services. Rhode Island does not have an official “City” Hospital.
  • PCHC employs over 600 full-time and part-time employees who are highly skilled, compassionate, and represent a culturally-diverse workforce that is committed to improving the health status of the community.
  • PCHC is a leading economic engine in Providence, contributing to the city’s economy and community redevelopment; while also providing substantial employment opportunities to local residents, many of whom come from the communities in which the health centers are located.
  • Only 13% of the Providence Community Health Centers’ budget comes from Federal 330 grant support, and PCHC receives no direct financial support from the City of Providence.
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Only 13% of the PCHCs’ budget comes from Federal 330 grant support

Population Served

  • In 2020, PCHC provided care to more than 56,799 patients with a total of 254,351 patient visits.
  • PCHC has 20,211 patients under the age of nineteen years old. 90% of our patients are at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, even though some work full time. 12% of our patients are uninsured.
  • For 54 years, PCHC has been responding to the health care needs of the Providence community, helping to serve entire families.
  • PCHC services patients in the City of Providence and surrounding communities.
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Patients served in 2020

PCHC Growth

  • PCHC patient panel has grown from 36,000 to more than 56,000 over the past ten years.
  • PCHC visits have increased from 149,259 to 254,351 in the same ten-year period.
  • To accommodate patient demand PCHC has opened new facilities in recent years:
  • PCHC Atwood Street, in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence is opening in early 2022 with 12 providers and an Express Clinic (urgent care.)
  • PCHC Capitol Hill on Candace Street in Providence, is expanding in 2022 with 10 additional exam rooms to accommodate 3 new providers.
  • PCHC Randall Square opened at One Randall Square in Providence in late 2017 with 5 providers. In 2020, we expanded our space at One Randall Square to accommodate PCHC’s Specialty clinic including Dermatology, Asthma/Allergy, Nephrology and Rheumatology.
  • PCHC NP Residency program, located at PCHC Randall Square, accepted it’s first co-hort of 3 Family Nurse Practitioners in 2019. Every year PCHC accepts a new co-hort of Family Nurse Practitioners for a 24-month program.
  • PCHC employs 600 people and the total number of full-time and part-time employees has grown more than 15% in the past few years.

Collaborations

  • PCHC works hand in hand with the Rhode Island Health Center Association on issues affecting health centers statewide as well as federally.
  • PCHC has a clinic embedded within The Providence Center, the largest behavioral health center in the State.
  • PCHC works with our local hospitals to give our patients a strong continuum of care.
  • PCHC is a member, and works with the National Association of Community Health Centers.

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Local Board Control

  • PCHC is an IRS recognized (501)C(3) non-profit organization.
  • PCHC is governed by a local 15 member Board of Directors, of which over 51% are patients of PCHC.
  • While PCHC does collaborate with State and local agencies, hospitals and community partners, PCHC’s Board of Directors is the entity that is entirely responsible for the organization’s overall operation, management, and control.
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PCHC currently has more than 120 Providers on staff… and we’re growing!