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In addition to its main building, a wellness center is located at 1805 Central Avenue. A satellite dental clinic was scheduled to be opened in 2016 on the [[STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES]] campus. Employment increased from 23 employees in 2008 to 61 in 2016. (4) | In addition to its main building, a wellness center is located at 1805 Central Avenue. A satellite dental clinic was scheduled to be opened in 2016 on the [[STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES]] campus. Employment increased from 23 employees in 2008 to 61 in 2016. (4) | ||
The failure of Congress to extend funding for nonprofit community health centers for the fiscal year starting October 1, 2017 placed the future of the center in jeopardy. The funding allowed centers to increase access to comprehensive primary care, dental, and medical care for under-served populations. In 2016 Crescent served over 6,200 patients including more than 1,600 children and nearly 200 veterans. The $1.5 million cut in its $6 million budget came from federal grants. The Center reacted by cutting staff hours and starting a hiring freeze for nonclinical positions. (5) | |||
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1. Montgomery, Jeff. "Crescent Health Center Turns 10," ''Telegraph Herald'', Telegraph Herald, p. 1A | 1. Montgomery, Jeff. "Crescent Health Center Turns 10," ''Telegraph Herald'', Telegraph Herald, p. 1A | ||
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5. Montgomery, Jeff. "Crescent's Financial Health is on Life Support," ''Telegraph Herald'', October 30, 2017, p. 1A | |||
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Revision as of 15:25, 31 October 2017
CRESCENT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. Federally funded community health center offering medical and dental care for uninsured and underinsured tri-state residents. Efforts in Dubuque to establish a federally funded community health center failed for many years because of rejected grant applications.
Sister Helen HUEWE scheduled a meeting soon after she retired in 1997 to reverse the history of the proposal. Working with community leaders and using her experience in health care, Huewe managed to gain the support of Dubuque's existing health care providers. Application for federal community health center grants were denied in 2003 and 2004, but the facility located at 1789 Elm opened in fall of 2006 and relied on state funds as part of an incubator program to attract federal designation. (1) The Richard T. SCHMID family--of CRESCENT ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY--created an approximately $1.3 million endowment for the center in 2006, the year the center was opened. (2) In 2006 a federal health center grant was again denied, but the desired federal designation and funding arrived in August 2007.
In 2010 Crescent served 6,001 patients at its location at 1789 Elm St., the former site of the DUBUQUE CASKET COMPANY. In 2009 it served 4,009 patients. In its first ten years of operation, the center provided medical and dental care to more than 80,000 people. (3)
In addition to its main building, a wellness center is located at 1805 Central Avenue. A satellite dental clinic was scheduled to be opened in 2016 on the STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES campus. Employment increased from 23 employees in 2008 to 61 in 2016. (4)
The failure of Congress to extend funding for nonprofit community health centers for the fiscal year starting October 1, 2017 placed the future of the center in jeopardy. The funding allowed centers to increase access to comprehensive primary care, dental, and medical care for under-served populations. In 2016 Crescent served over 6,200 patients including more than 1,600 children and nearly 200 veterans. The $1.5 million cut in its $6 million budget came from federal grants. The Center reacted by cutting staff hours and starting a hiring freeze for nonclinical positions. (5)
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1. Montgomery, Jeff. "Crescent Health Center Turns 10," Telegraph Herald, Telegraph Herald, p. 1A
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Montgomery, Jeff. "Crescent's Financial Health is on Life Support," Telegraph Herald, October 30, 2017, p. 1A