Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association (WPHCA), on behalf of the state’s Community Health Centers, celebrates new investments in the federal Health Center Program which will bring benefits to multiple Wisconsin communities. On August 13, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $102 million in New Access Point (NAP) awards to expand the Health Center program.  The funding will support 158 new and existing Health Centers nationwide in their ability to expand access to primary care services, including three Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Wisconsin: Rock River Community Clinic, Muslim Community and Health Center, and Kenosha Community Health Center. Please join WPHCA in celebrating this historic investment and its impact on Wisconsinites!  

Rock River Community Clinic opened as a free clinic in 2003, providing care out of the Jefferson County Health Department to uninsured and low-income patients. The clinic subsequently expanded to offer dental care and new sites across multiple counties. Rock River was awarded FQHC Look Alike (LAL) status from HRSA in 2022, becoming one of two Look-Alikes in the state. Rock River opened a new integrated clinic in Johnson Creek in 2026, centralizing patient care and offering medical, dental, and behavioral health services on-site for patients.

Muslim Community & Health Center started providing health care services at Salam Elementary School in Milwaukee in 2008 under the name Community Help Program, reliant on volunteer staff and providers. Today, MCHC offers a wide range of clinical services in many languages and hosts the Sakina Center which helps seniors stay physically and mentally active. The clinic earned FQHC Look-Alike status in 2022, and continued to grow, serving 3,738 total patients in 2025. As Look-Alike Health Centers, neither Rock River nor MCHC received federal grant funding for their services.

Kenosha Community Health Center, also known as Pillar Health, was founded in 1995 and serves many of Southeast Wisconsin’s highest need communities. Pillar expanded to add a new Racine location in 2025 at Julian Thomas Elementary School in the Lincoln-King neighborhood, offering medical care and behavioral health counseling services. The Health Center delivered more than 56,600 visits across five clinical settings last year. This funding will continue to support their investment and growth in the Racine community.