Our Story

2000

With startup funds from United Way, Clinic 2000 begins. Held once every three months, it provides low income, uninsured, older adults with free health care.

2001

Clinic 2000 becomes Charlotte Community Health Clinic (CCHC), an official 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. The schedule expands to one night a week.

2004

CCHC gets its own space on Eastway Dr. after sharing with the Presbyterian Senior Health Center for three years. The new space has six exam rooms, a laboratory, and education area. The clinic hires its first bilingual staff member.

CCHC and Physician Reach Out (PRO) partner, allowing patients to be referred to medical specialists.

St. Gabriel’s Church pilots a new initiative, forming a Medical Ministry Team to staff the clinic once a month. Over the following years, teams from Myers Park United Methodist Church, Providence United Methodist Church, Myers Park Presbyterian, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Christ Episcopal Church, and St. Martin’s Episcopal Church all do the same.

2005

A partnership with NC MedAssist of Mecklenburg allows patients increased access to prescription medicine.

2007

CCHC becomes an official United Way of the Central Carolinas Affiliate.

2008

The clinic begins offering education programs about healthy eating, chronic disease self-management, and smoking cessation. Behavioral health services and same-day sick visits are added.

2011

CCHC moves to new Farmingdale Drive location with expanded space.

Charlotte Community Health Clinic partners with the Presbyterian Hospital Community Care Cruiser to open a pediatric clinic.

2012

In partnership with Charlotte in 2012 Host Committee and Friendship Gardens, CCHC adds a Community Garden outside its clinic so patients have access to fresh produce.

2013

CCHC partners with Go-Go Fresco, a non-profit mobile fruits and vegetables market. Go-Go Fresco buys produce from farmers within 30 miles of Charlotte and resells the local and nutritious food to patients, staff, and the surrounding community.

2014

CCHC moves to its current University location in the Novant Health University Medical Plaza.

Leadership Charlotte awards CCHC the Legacy Award in Community Service for enriching and improving the quality of life in the community through its creativity and innovation in community service.

CCHC receives Mecklenburg County grant funding to expand care for homeless neighbors. The clinic hires an outreach nurse that helps connect patients at the Men’s Shelter of Charlotte and the Urban Ministry Center to a medical home.

2015

HRSA awards CCHC federal grant funding, and the clinic begins transitioning from a free clinic into a community health center.

2016

A second medical clinic opens on Wilkinson Blvd. in West Charlotte. The new site is located inside the newly opened Goodwill Opportunity Campus to provide patients with wraparound services including job training, financial literacy classes, childcare, and legal assistance.

With additional federal grant funding, CCHC adds dental services within the West medical clinic space.

2018

New, three-operatory dental clinic opens as an addition to the Goodwill Opportunity Campus.

CCHC adds nurse triage services, helping our patient avoid unnecessary visits to the emergency room.

CCHC partners with the Center for Community Transitions to start the Formerly Incarcerated Transition (FIT) program. When people come out of incarceration with a chronic disease, mental health condition, or substance use disorder, they often struggle to find affordable medical care. FIT connects these individuals to primary care within two weeks.

2019

CCHC begins offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention for free to uninsured individuals through a partnership with Mecklenburg County Health Department.

The clinic adds a Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program. These services help patients who are struggling with addiction to opioid pain medications or heroin.

Coming Soon

State grant funding from the North Carolina BCCCP and WISEWOMAN programs support breast cancer, cervical cancer, and cardiovascular disease screenings for low-income uninsured women.