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Project Name: Health Center Program (H80)
Applicant Title: FRANKLIN PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER, INC.
Abstract Text: Funding Opportunity: SAC – Continuation Congressional Districts: AL- 1, 2, 7 Applicant Name: Franklin Primary Health Center, Inc. Funding Types Requested: CHC, Address: P.O. Box 2048 Mobile, AL 36652 HCH, MHC, PHPC Project Director: Charles White, CEO Current Federal Funding: Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx Fax: xxx-xxx-xxxx $12,049,693 Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx SA ID: 003, Mobile, AL Website: www.franklinprimary.org Patient Target by 12/31/2025: 50,082 Franklin Primary Health Center, Inc. (FPHC) established in 1975 by a group of concerned citizens, is a private not-for-profit Joint Commission and NCQA PCMH accredited Public Health Service Section 330 funded community health center. The center is named after Dr. James Alexander Franklin, a physician, scholar, and humanitarian who served the underserved Mobile community for over 60 years. FPHC works to ensure availability of and access to quality primary healthcare services for medically and economically underserved persons in Mobile, Baldwin, Choctaw, Monroe, Escambia and Conecuh Counties in Alabama. Mobile County has a population of 414,620 of which 57.4% are White, 36.1% are African American (AA) and 6.5% other races. 17.6% of the population lives at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Baldwin County has a population of 227,131 of which 84.5% are White, 8.8% are AA and 6.7% other races. 9.2% live at or below 100% of the FPL. Choctaw County has a population of 12,792 of which 56.7% are White, 41.3% are AA and 2.0% other races. 21.6% live at or below 100% of the FPL. Escambia County has a population of 36,879 of which 61.6% are White, 31.2% are AA and 7.2% other races. 23.5% of the population lives at or below 100% of the FPL. Monroe County has a population of 20,115 of which 54.1% are White, 42.2% are AA and 3.7% other races. 22.2% live at or below 100% of the FPL. Conecuh County has a population of 11,778 of which 51.0% are White, 48.3% are AA and 0.7% other races. 13.0 % live at or below 100% of the FPL. Our target population is all persons in these counties that are at or below 200% of the FPL. The major causes of death as reported by the Alabama Department of Public Health are heart disease, malignant neoplasms, Coronavirus Disease 2019, accidents, cerebrovascular diseases, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and diabetes. In our target population there is a critical need for cardiovascular, obesity and diabetes management. Disparities continue to exist for our target population in access to care, infant mortality, low birth weights, obesity in all ages, diabetes, immunizations, substance use disorder and HIV. There are unique needs present among our target population which include substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, a small migrant and seasonal farm worker population and public housing residents. FPHC provides services designed to address these needs while increasing access, quality and decreasing health disparities, and includes primary health care, perinatal and family planning services, dentistry, optometry, rheumatology, social services, nutrition services, substance abuse prevention and treatment, HIV/AIDS services, case management, health education, pharmacy, laboratory, x-ray, mammography, and transportation services. During FPHC’s calendar year 2022, there were 32,354 individuals seen for 104,189 encounters of which 63.8% were African American, 30.8% were White, 5.4% other races, 60.4% of those who were seen were at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level and 29.7% were uninsured. These services were provided through twenty sites by a total staff of 250.9 FTE employees which includes 55.71 FTE providers which is comprised of IM, FP, PEDS, OB/GYN, a rheumatologist, NP’s, dentists, optometrists, and mental health/substance abuse providers. FPHC will meet or exceed 90% of the patient target by December 31, 2025 and serve 50,082 individuals by the end of the proposed project period.