About CCHC...


CCHC McKinney
Children and Community Health Center of McKinney is a 501(c) 3 non-profit free medical clinic serving the medically uninsured and underserved residents of McKinney and northern Collin County. Volunteer physicians, nurses, pharmacists, translators, and non-medical volunteers staff the clinic. CCHC has one part-time paid clinic manager. Patients receive basic healthcare, medications, lab work and some x-rays at no charge. Patients are welcomed and treated with dignity and compassion as we strive to build a stronger and healthier community of neighbors.
Since CCHC opened the doors on Aug. 2, 2004, there have been about 1600 patient visits. Children are seen on Tuesday evenings, and adults are seen on Wednesday evenings. Every six weeks there is a diabetic clinic on Monday evenings and a women’s gyn clinic on Thursday evenings. Patients are seen on a “first come” basis, with no appointments. The number of medical providers available determines the number of patients treated each evening.

CCHC is a community owned medical clinic, with office space donated by Medical Center of McKinney. Donations have been received from area churches, schools, service clubs, medical supply companies, drug companies, and many individuals. CCHC receives support from Presbyterian Hospital of Allen, Centennial Hospital of Frisco and Medical Center of McKinney. CCHC has received $25,000 grants from Collin County Healthcare Foundation for 2004 and 2005.

The CCHC Board of Directors consists of 17 local residents, including four physicians. The Honorary Board of Directors is made up of area hospital administrators, city officials, school superintendents and civic leaders. There is an Advisory Board, as well.

Patients are required to provide three documents before being treated by the clinic – a picture ID, a utility bill showing a current address, and a statement of income. CCHC sees patients whose income is between the federal poverty level and 200% above. The clinic sees no patients who have any sort of insurance, including Medicaid, or other medical assistance or who have medical insurance available to them.

CCHC is an affiliate of Volunteers in Medicine Institute, which is funded by McNeil-Tylenol. The original Volunteers in Medicine clinic is located at Hilton Head, South Carolina, and was founded by Dr. Jack McConnell. CCHC is the only Volunteers in Medicine clinic in Texas. VIMI offers no monetary support to CCHC.

History
CCHC began over 3 years ago becasue of a dream that our founder had. After a year of planning based on that dream, the clinic opened it's doors in 2005.



Future Goals
CCHC has goals to provide services during daytime hours in addition to the current evening clinic hours.



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