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Acknowledgements
Marcena Berbling, Rural Health, Inc. | Bobbretta
Brewton, Primary Health Care, Inc. | Suzanne
Brunner, York County Community Health Care |
Lauren Cnare, The Lakes Community Health Center
| Beverly Craig, East Georgia Healthcare Center
| Daniel Diaz, Texas Association of Community
Health Centers | Janson Exner, Falls Community
Health | Judy Grant, Oklahoma Primary Care
Association | Maureen Gregoire, East Hartford
Community HealthCare, Inc. | Jenny Jones,
Vista Community Clinic | Susan Kalson, Squirrel
Hill Health Center | Amy C. LaMagra, Virginia
Community Healthcare Association | Krista Postai,
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas |
Alida Quinones-Reyes, Morris Height Health Center
| Janice Robinson, Picayune Family Health Center
| Jen Rodosta, Lone Star Circle of Care | Jason
Stevens, Christ Community Health Services | Janis
Sunderhaus, Allen County Health Partners | Patricia
Sarvela, Holyoke Health Center | Roxanne Wynn-
Trotman, Community Health Care Association of
New York State
For More Information
The Health Center Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA), the primary Federal agency for improving
access to health care services for people who are
uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. To find
out more about the Health Center Program, please
visit the HRSA Web site.
June 2008
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
(301) 594-4110
www.bphc.hrsa.gov
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