Each year, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) supports nearly 1,400 community health centers nationwide, which provide comprehensive and affordable primary care services to underserved communities. In 2022, community health centers served over 30.5 million people, with over 8 million of those patients being children and adolescents. Health centers play an important role in providing youth with quality healthcare and preventive services, which is crucial to their overall well-being.

This National Health Center week, let’s celebrate the contributions that health centers make to keep communities and their youth healthy!

Get Involved: 

• Share the We Think Twice™ infographic on finding and talking to mental health professionals with youth.
• Learn about the National Association of Community Health Center’s (NACHC’s) initiative to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in community health centers for teens.
• Download NACHC’s Quality Improvement Package, a resource that aims to enhance the quality of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Community Health Centers.
• Explore NACHC’s National Health Center Week event map to find events near you.
• View the Department of Education’s webinar on forming partnerships between schools and health centers.
• Share and use HRSA’s Health Center Locator tool to identify youth-friendly referrals in your community.