Program areas at CHSI
Community Health Service Inc. is a federally qualified health center that provides primary healthcare services to a low-income, uninsured patient population in Minnesota and North Dakota, primarily migrant and seasonal agricultural farm workers. We serve nearly 3,300 patients, which translates to nearly 7,100 visits per year. Following COVID-19, CHSI focused on establishing patient-provider interactions and preventative screening from 2022 to 2023. Our providers' encounters increased by 13% between 2021 and 2022. Almost 80% of the patients were of Hispanic or Latino origin, and 65% spoke Spanish. 57% of patients were 100% below the federal poverty level. Within program 4A, we also offer dental, behavioral health, substance abuse, and 340b pharmacy services.
Community Health Services, Inc. also offers a victim advocacy program. This program advocates for and supports victims of domestic and sexual violence. Our community-based advocacy services include 24-hour crisis intervention, supportive listening, safety plans, and crime victim rights (safe housing and relocation, advocacy, and legal system coordination). In fiscal year 2023, intervention advocates provided crisis assistance and direct service to 583 victims, survivors, and their children. According to registration data, 548 new clients of DV/SA victims and survivors have sought CHSI victim advocacy and supportive services. The registration date indicates the victim's or survivors' race or ethnicity as American Indian, Black/African American, Hispanic Latino, Asian, white non-Latino or Caucasian, and multiracial.