Did you know?

Volunteer Judy Harbrecht, RDH and friend receiving dental services from the Montana Migrant Oral Health Program.

Did you know that Montana Community Health Centers, along with the Montana Migrant Program as of December 31, 2004:

• Annually attract more than $12,628,000 in direct federal grant dollars to local Montana Communities?

• Employ more than 350 (FTE) Montanans with a payroll of $13,208,395 and average salaries of $37,738 per year?

• Annually spend more than $26,921,000 that support local communities?

• Provided more than 201,387 medical, mental health, dental, and enabling services to 66,192 Montanans?

• Serve all patients without discrimination.

(Of the 66,192 users of Community Health Center services, more than 41,000 have incomes below 100% of the federal poverty level, more than 35,000 are uninsured, and fewer than 13,000 are privately insured. Medicaid and/or Medicare cover 17,113 Community Health Center patients.)

Jennaya Spence finds out how much her daughter Ivy has grown at the Cooperative Health Center in Helena, MT.