Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) will award Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe two grants totaling $4,789,395. These grants were made possible by the new health care law that will help build, expand and improve community health centers.  

“The impact of this grant funding is immeasurable. True quality of life begins and ends with our community’s right to health,” said Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe CEO Salvador Balcorta. “This funding paves the way for Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe to put our latest community-health programs into action.

La Fe will soon break ground in San Elizario to build a new, brick and mortar community-health center that will be four times larger than our current, 16-year-old modular facility. Patients at the La Fe Central Clinic in South El Paso will also soon have access to state-of-the-art, digital x-ray equipment and an expanded, modern laboratory-services area. La Fe is grateful for Congressman Silvestre Reyes’ continued support on behalf of the community’s health and wellbeing.”

La Fe provides low-income families with access to quality preventive and primary health care services.  With nine primary clinics and over 300 qualified medical, dental, nursing, support, and community health professionals serving in the El Paso-area, La Fe has provided medical and dental services to over 23,000 clients in the community. La Fe is located in a medically underserved area and health professional shortage area, as designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Centro San Vicente

In addition, HHS will also award Centro San Vicente a continuing grant of $2,685,479 through the Health Centers Cluster program.  The grant will help improve San Vicente’s procedures and operations such as X-ray examinations, lab tests, behavioral services and oral health services.

The Health Center Cluster Program provides financial assistance to the populations that would generally not have access to health care services by funding health centers to support comprehensive primary and preventive health care services to underserved or rural areas.  The funds may be used for oral health care, mental health care and substance abuse services.

Centro San Vicente provides community-based primary healthcare with particular concern for the poor and needy.  With a coordinated and holistic approach in caring for body, mind, and spirit, San Vicente offers affordable health care, social service, and health education programs in collaboration with other health, social service, and educational agencies.