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Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. and the New
Jersey Primary Care Association presents
Congressman Payne with the “2006 Community Health
Defender Award”
May 15, 2006
 East Orange, NJ - In recognition
of his work in Congress to provide quality health care
to those who are medically uninsured and underserved, the
National Association of Community Health Centers has named
Congressman Donald M. Payne as a “2006 Community
Health Defender Award” recipient. Katherine
Grant –Davis, Executive Director of The New Jersey
Primary Care Association (NJPCA), a non-profit
corporation that represents the organizational providers
and affiliates of community-based ambulatory health care
centers statewide and Peter R. Velez, President/CEO of
Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. (NCHC), a network
of federally qualified health centers that provides comprehensive
primary care services to children and adults in Newark,
East Orange, Orange and Irvington presented the award to Congressman
Payne at a ceremony today at East Orange Primary Care Center,
one of the NCHC Health Center sites. The Community
Health Defender Award is presented annually to select Members
of Congress who have worked successfully to increase the
number of community, migrant, public housing and homeless
health centers that provide quality health care to medically
uninsured and underserved people. “We
are the safety net for many people in Newark, East Orange,
Irvington and the surrounding cities” said Peter R.
Velez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newark Community
Health Centers, Inc. “I am honored to present
the 2006 Community Health Defender Award to Congressman Payne
who understands the important role health centers play in
delivering quality affordable health care to the community.”
Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. is
one of the 21 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
in New Jersey that provides pediatric, OB/GYN, internal medicine,
podiatry, optometry and dental care to individuals that are
uninsured or medically underserved. NCHC’s 6 community
health centers served 19,000 patients with over 73,
000 patients visits last year. For more
information about Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. please
call 1.800.994.NCHC (6242) or email kjamison@nchcfqhc.org
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