NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center (MWCHC) recently announced they recieved $50,000 in emergency grant funding from the medical aid organization Direct Relief, in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers.
MWCHC was among 518 federally qualified health centers to receive funding through Direct Relief’s $25 million Covid-19 Fund for Community Health, which recognizes the profound effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the finances, services, staff, and patients of community health centers.
MWCHC will use the funds to provide free medical services in Clarksville with their mobile medical unit, HOWE (Healthcare on Wheels for Everyone).
“We are honored to receive this support from Direct Relief and the National Association of Community Health Centers,” said MWCHC CEO Katina Beard. “HOWE is a great resource for providing the Clarksville community quality health care, and this grant will help expand our impact.”
Nearly 30 million (1 in 12) of the country’s most vulnerable residents – including 1 in 3 individuals living in poverty, 1 in 5 Medicaid beneficiaries, and 1 in 9 children – rely on federally qualified health centers like MWCHC for their health care. That number is expected to rise as more people lose employer-sponsored insurance.
About Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center: Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center is a non-profit medical center providing affordable and quality healthcare to patients in Middle Tennessee and surrounding areas. MWCHC is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art care to all patients regardless of economic status, with its three facilities in Nashville, Clarksville and Smyrna reaching 17,000 patients a year.