National Campaign Celebrates Health Centers as Bipartisan Solutions in Healthcare

First Choice Community Healthcare is celebrating National Health Center Week by recognizing our 44 years of service in Central New Mexico. Events around the country are planned as part of National Health Center Week (NHCW) that started Sunday, August 7. The national campaign runs August 7-13th with the goal of raising awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s Health Centers over the course of more than five decades.

Proceeds will Benefit Expansion Efforts South Valley and Edgewood Health Commons Expansion Projects

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, First Choice Community Healthcare will hold its golf tournament on Friday, July 22 with a shotgun start at 8:00 am. The UNM Championship Golf Couse, South with 7,248-yard (par 72) will host the event. Proceeds will benefit South Valley and Edgewood Health Commons Expansion Projects. Spots are still available for the tournament and you can register the day of the tournament. The event will feature a delicious awards luncheon and chance to win a new car from Reliable Chevrolet with a hole in one. Donations are welcomed and appreciated.

Tournament day check-in begins before 7:00 am and tee time is at 8:00 am. Entrance fees are $125 per player or $500 per team of four, and include lunch, greens fees, range balls, and cart fees.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Capital Link has selected First Choice Community Healthcare as one of 10 innovative health center systems across the country to participate in the Healthy Futures Fund Readiness Program, a technical assistance program to prepare health centers for Healthy Futures Fund (HFF) financing.

The HFF is a $200 million collaboration between the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Morgan Stanley and The Kresge Foundation designed to promote healthy communities—with capital financing resources specifically designated for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that are addressing the social determinants of health through a co-location model.