Colorado Community Health Network

04/08/2026

Medicaid is foundational to Colorado's health care system, and for Community Health Centers which serve almost a third of Colorado’s Medicaid enrollees. CCHN joins Save Our Safety Net Coalition partners in welcoming Gretchen Hammer to lead the department that runs Medicaid in Colorado: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF). Read more in a statement from the Save Our Safety Net Coalition:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/673cda65a248cc7ccd4bfb35/t/69d6a2d279ffd77ae0ccf725/1775674066961/HCPF+Transition+Statement+-+SOSN+-+04-07-2026.docx.pdf

03/23/2026

Community Health Centers are rooted in the United Farmworkers Movement. CCHN has been publicly honoring this legacy through the celebration of Cesar Chavez Day on March 31 for many years. This is changing.

We at CCHN believe, support, and honor the victims and survivors of sexual abuse from Chavez. Read CCHN’s full statement on the matter: https://cchn.org/cchn-news-releases/

Learn more about the history of the United Farmworkers Movement: https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/united-farm-workers-union

03/09/2026

Colorado Community Health Network is proud to be part of Save Our Safety Net, a coalition celebrating the early success of Colorado’s Provider Stabilization Fund. Over $38 million in grants have already supported 56 health care providers across rural, suburban and urban communities – including all 21 Community Health Centers (CHCs).

These dollars are critical for safety net providers, including CHCs, who have been struggling with the cost of medical inflation, reduced Medicaid revenue, increased cost of staff recruitment and retention, and the impact caring for more uninsured Coloradans.

We hope to see additional sustainable funding to help the safety net maintain access to affordable care.

03/06/2026

Today, Colorado Community Health Center (CHC) staff and patient board members had about 50 meetings with legislators at the Colorado State Capitol to talk about the importance of protecting and investing in primary care. We are proud to advocate on behalf of the more than 850,000 Coloradans (1 in 7) who access integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health care at Community Health Centers.

Axis Health System, Clinica Family Health and Wellness, Tepeyac Community Health Center, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver Health, High Plains Community Health Center, Inner City Health Center, PrimeHealth+ formerly MarillacHealth, Mountain Family Health Centers, Northwest Colorado Health, Peak Vista Community Health Centers, Pueblo Community Health Center, River Valley Family Health Center, Salud Family Health, Sheridan Health Services, STRIDE Community Health Center, Elevated Community Health, Sunrise Community Health, Uncompahgre Medical Center, Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc., Uptown Community Health Center

03/05/2026

CCHN’s annual Policy and Issues Forum kicked off yesterday with a panel of experienced Community Health Center (CHC) staff to share advice, stories, and motivation for advocating with the state legislature today. Thank you to our panelists for sharing your wisdom, motivating us on the power of persistence, and helping keep the communities we serve at the center of our work.

To wrap up the day, CCHN had the sincere honor of presenting awards to individuals who have made lasting impact on the Community Health Center movement in Colorado. These awardees have gone above and beyond to support their organizations, peers, patients, and communities in access to affordable, high-quality primary care. Please join us in celebrating these incredible awardees for their above-and-beyond dedication, innovation, and accomplishments.

Sign up for CCHN’s newsletter to read more about each individual awardee in our April edition: https://cchn.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a7fd506a44271246b357d7379&id=53066d1d2d



Axis Health System, Clinica Family Health and Wellness, Tepeyac Community Health Center, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver Health, High Plains Community Health Center, Inner City Health Center, PrimeHealth+ formerly MarillacHealth, Mountain Family Health Centers, Northwest Colorado Health, Peak Vista Community Health Centers, Pueblo Community Health Center, River Valley Family Health Center, Salud Family Health, Sheridan Health Services, STRIDE Community Health Center, Elevated Community Health Sunrise Community Health, Uncompahgre Medical Center, Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc., Uptown Community Health Center

02/12/2026

Yesterday, Colorado’s Community Health Center staff, patients, and advocates joined others from across the country to discuss the importance of investing in high-quality primary care for our rural, urban, and frontier communities with our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
We appreciated the thoughtful conversations, support, and big smiles throughout the day, and the opportunity to share the value that Colorado’s Community Health Centers offer their local communities. Together, they provide integrated medical, behavioral health, and dental care to 1 in 7 Coloradans, including half of all uninsured Coloradans, and a quarter of the state’s Medicaid enrollees.

National Association of Community Health Centers

12/18/2025

“Medicaid is a commitment we’ve made to one another, not a burden. To address Colorado’s budget crisis, we must shift our focus to the real culprit behind our budget issues.”

Thank you, Lydia McCoy, CEO of Colorado Center on Law and Policy for giving a broader perspective on Colorado’s budget crisis, and defending Medicaid for the Coloradans who rely on it most.

Medicaid is not a burden. To address Colorado’s budget crisis, we must shift our focus to the real culprit behind our budget issues.

12/16/2025

There is still time to TAKE ACTION!
It takes about 30 seconds to take action, and will help your elected officials understand the urgent need to protect Community Health Centers and the patients they serve: https://cchn.quorum.us/campaign/149911/

12/04/2025

ACTION ALERT: Join Community Health Center Advocates in protecting access to affordable, high-quality primary care.

The policy is complex but the message is simple: Ask your elected officials to exempt Community Health Centers from the 340B rebate model. Learn more and take action: https://cchn.quorum.us/campaign/149911/

12/03/2025

CCHN is proud to participate in a coalition of hospitals, physicians, health plans, behavioral-health providers, rural leaders and consumer advocates in Colorado who are working together to provide a clear message about the future of health care in our state: “we must move toward a model built on collaboration, transparency, and shared responsibility.”

Two of the coalitions’ members, Jeff Tieman at the Colorado Hospital Association and Julie Reiskin at the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, wrote an op-ed in Colorado Politics outlining some of our concerns:

By Jeff Tieman and Julie Reiskin Colorado is careening toward a health care disaster, and unless we change course now, too many of our neighbors will bear the cost — in dollars, in well-being and in lives. Colorado’s health care system isn’t just dysfunctional, it’s teetering on collapse. In...

11/24/2025

In the past few years, Community Health Centers saw a 29% increase of uninsured patients, despite statewide data that shows the number of uninsured Coloradans has stayed statistically steady.

Read CCHN’s news statement to learn more about how Community Health Centers provide primary care for nearly half of all uninsured Coloradans:
https://cchn.org/cchn-news-releases/

Your Content Goes Here 2025 News Releases Urging Federal Elected Officials to Fund Community Health Centers Sept. 18, 2025 DENVER, CO ― Funding for Community Health Centers (CHCs) needs to be reauthorized and appropriated by Congress by Sept. 30, 2025, to protect access to affordable, high-quality...

11/06/2025

Congratulations, Clinica Family Health and Wellness, on the opening of your new 24/7 crisis center!

***Spread the news!*** Louisville's walk-in crisis center is officially open! This facility will have services including 24/7 mental health crisis intervention, withdrawal management, urgent psychiatric care, and intensive outpatient services. We are honored to serve our community. Please share this resource with those in your life.

📍1107 W Century Dr, Louisville, CO

Learn more about the crisis center here: https://mhpcolorado.org/louisville-acute-care-services