THE NEW JERSEY PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONThe New Jersey Primary Care Association (“NJPCA”) supports the Community Health Centers and the satellite community-based ambulatory healthcare facilities throughout the state of New Jersey. Community Health Centers are also known as FQHCs or federally qualified health centers. FQHCs are authorized under Section 330(A) of the Public Health Services Act to provide healthcare to the populations in their service areas. Click here to learn more about FQHCs/Community Health Centers.OUR MISSIONThe mission of the New Jersey Primary Care Association is to promote equal access to high quality comprehensive primary care for all individuals by supporting all existing FQHCs and FQHC Look-alikes and developing health centers in New Jersey with training and technical assistance (T/TA), policy, advocacy, and other resources as intended by Bureau of Primary Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services.WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCAREThere are 23 FQHCs that operate 138 sites in neighborhoods throughout the state, including school-based and mobile sites in each of the 21 counties of New Jersey. Community Health Centers provide healthcare services to over half a million New Jerseyeans annually.WE ARE COMMITTED TO QUALITY HEALTHCAREThe New Jersey Primary Care Association (NJPCA) is committed to fostering collaboration among the Health Centers to ensure access to comprehensive healthcare services. The NJPCA will achieve this through:Effectively advocating to regulatory agencies, payors, consumers and professional groupsComprehensive education and training of Health Center employeesProviding consultation, advice, and guidance to Health Centers’ leadershipOUR HISTORYIn 2015, Community Health Centers celebrated 50 years of providing healthcare nationwide. Community Health Centers are uniquely American in that they reflect the personalities of the communities they serve, utilize creative problem-solving techniques, and provide high-quality healthcare for all since 1965. New Jersey’s Community Health Centers have proudly served our Garden State communities since 1989.For more information about the history of community health centers in America, please click on the following link from one of our colleague primary care associations, the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers:http://www.massleague.org/videos/video-OutInTheRural.php
