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HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM SERVICE EXPANSION - SCHOOL BASED SERVICE SITES (SBSS)

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM - HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER - PROJECT TITLE: SERVICE AREA COMPETITION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. WEB SITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://COASTALCHS.ORG/ TYPES OF SECTION 330 FUNDING REQUESTED: CHC ID NUMBER, CITY, AND STATE OF THE SERVICE AREA: ID # 114; BRUNSWICK, GA TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS PROJECTED TO BE SERVED IN 2024: FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. HEALTH CARE NEEDS/BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED. COASTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CCHS) SERVES THE COUNTIES OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH IN SOUTHERN COASTAL GEORGIA. THE SERVICE AREA COVERS 844 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AND HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 99,225 PEOPLE, 71.7% OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA (CENSUS 2010, CENSUS BUREAU, 2011; AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [ACS], CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SERVICE AREA. BOTH SERVICE AREA COUNTIES HAVE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION (MUP) DESIGNATIONS (€ŒFIND SHORTAGE AREAS,€ HRSA, 2022). IN THE CCHS SERVICE AREA, 33.9% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS, AN ESTIMATED 33,618 INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOTAL 99,225 RESIDENTS, LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% FPG. THIS EXCEEDS BOTH THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 32.9% AND THE NATIONAL RATE OF 29.8%. ADDITIONALLY, 16.8% LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG, ALSO HIGHER THAN THE GA RATE OF 14.3% AND THE US RATE OF 12.8%. POVERTY AMONG BLACK SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS, WITH 28.0% OF BLACK RESIDENTS LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW 100% FPG COMPARED TO 12.5% OF WHITE RESIDENTS (ACS, CENSUS BUREAU, 2016-2020). IN 2021, 96.0% OF CCHS PATIENTS WERE LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200 % FPG (UDS). PROPOSED PROJECT AND SERVICES. CCHS INITIATED SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2014 FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SUPPORTED BY A HRSA-FUNDED, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANT. SINCE THAT TIME, CCHS HAS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND HAS EXPANDED SITES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CCHS CURRENTLY OPERATES FOUR LOCATIONS AND A MOBILE UNIT IN GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA. SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY CCHS INCLUDE GENERAL PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTIC LAB, SCREENINGS, COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING AND AFTER HOURS, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING, IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, GYNECOLOGY, PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE, PREVENTIVE DENTAL, PHARMACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, HEALTH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSLATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, INTRAPARTUM CARE, ADDITIONAL DENTAL SERVICES, AND OPTOMETRY. IN 2021, CCHS SERVED 6,726 PATIENTS THROUGH 14,365 MEDICAL CLINIC VISITS, 326 VIRTUAL MEDICAL VISITS, 880 DENTAL CLINIC VISITS, 1,804 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 109 VIRTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS (UDS, 2021). FROM 01/01/2024-12/31/2024, CCHS PROJECTS SERVING 8,301 PATIENTS. THIS IS 95% OF THE REQUIRED USER PROJECTION OF 8,737. THE SAC GUIDANCE STIPULATES THAT HEALTH CENTERS MAY REDUCE PATIENT PROJECTIONS TO 95% OF REQUIRED USERS (AS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE AREA ANNOUNCEMENT TABLE) WITH NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING. COMMUNITY/TARGET POPULATION GROUPS TO BE SERVED. CCHS EXPANDS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF GLYNN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, GA, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% FPG, AS WELL AS UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED INDIVIDUALS.