Community health centers are a vital community resource to promote wellness and provide quality healthcare to all. In 2025, our FQHCs served 121,579 patients.
The Value of Community Health Centers
- Community health centers are non-profit, community-based, patient-centered organizations that have received strong bipartisan support for over 60 years
- Provide medical, dental and behavioral health services, pharmacy and enabling services, they are one-stop health care homes
- Health centers ensure that all populations have access to high quality, comprehensive, affordable healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay
- The Nebraska community health centers serve as a critical component of the safety net program, serving 34% of the uninsured population and 39% of the uninsured children
- The Nebraska health centers provide 2,064 total jobs in Nebraska
- $334 Million total economic impact of current operations
Cost Savings
- $206 Million savings to the overall health system
- 24% lower costs for health center Medicaid patients
- Save health care dollars systemwide by reducing emergency, hospital, and specialty-care costs
Access to Care for ALL Nebraskans
- 30% of patients are uninsured
- 87% of patients have incomes at or below 200% poverty
- 56% of patients have incomes at or below 100% poverty
Economic Impact

