Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) – HRSA-22-134 Primary Health Care, Inc. www.phciowa.org Iowa Congressional Districts: 1, 3 and 4 Category of Funding Requested: Equipment Only Primary Health Care, Inc. (PHC) has been providing HRSA supported medical and dental services to the underserved in Des Moines, IA (Polk County) since 1981. In 1988, PHC became a Health Care for the Homeless grantee, adding homeless advocacy and supportive services (HUD) in 2000. In 1991, PHC began providing HIV care as a Ryan White Part C grantee. In 2001, PHC expanded services to a new community in Marshalltown, IA (Marshall County). In 2004, PHC began operating a pharmacy in Des Moines and a year later, we added dental services in Marshalltown. In 2008, PHC added behavioral health services and now operates an integrated primary care/behavioral health program with services available onsite at each of our full-time clinic locations. Since 2003, PHC has completed facility expansions at each of our medical and dental clinic facilities in Des Moines and Marshalltown. In 2013, PHC acquired the AIDS Project of Central Iowa including Part B case management and CDC prevention services and received funding as a Teaching Health Center with 30 internal medicine slots. Additionally, we began operating a fifth full-time site in Des Moines in partnership with Mercy Medical Center’s family medicine residency program. In 2014, PHC expanded to another new community in Ames, IA (Story County). In 2017, PHC added a new medical clinic in western suburb of Des Moines (Polk County) and added its fourth dental clinic located in Des Moines, IA. The target population for PHC is the low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals, especially those living in medically underserved areas or designated as medically underserved populations, in Polk, Mar shall and Story County. Our services have been designed to meet the major health care needs of the communities we serve including chronic disease (diabetes, cardiovascular, asthma, obesity), prenatal and obstetrical care, HIV, mental health and substance abuse, homelessness, and access to affordable medications. Based on the needs of our communities, PHC offers a spectrum of medical and dental services including family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB, Title X services, substance abuse, behavioral health, oral medicine, pharmacy, lab, and x-ray. PHC patients have access to specialty and inpatient care through a network of safety-net providers. Enabling services are available to help patients with entitlements, case management, transportation, translation, and patient education. PHC employs a total of 75 FTE physicians, dentists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dental hygienists, and licensed social workers. PHC has 2 medical clinics and one dental clinic in Marshalltown; one medical clinic in Ames; and, four full-time medical, two shelter satellite sites and two dental clinics in Des Moines. Additionally, PHC operates a mobile health unit, which serves PHC’s entire service area. In 2020, PHC provided 137,684 encounters and served 37,680 users. Through this application, PHC proposes to update and modernize the dental operatories at its Bery Engebretsen Dental Clinic. The project will increase efficiency, safety and access and promote the integration of medical, HIV case management and dental services.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).