In 1997, a main office was built at 218 Quarterman Street and the name of Ware County Family Practice as renamed to McKinney Community Health Center (MCHC) in honor of the Rev. Arnold McKinney, who passed the previous year. In 1998, MCHC primary health care expanded to Nahunta and opened an Outreach site in a building donated to the health center. In 2000, the Nelson Green Senior Center was awarded the responsibility of managing the county senior center. In 2002, MCHC personnel began traveling to Offerman once a week to offer medical screenings at city hall. Then in April 2003, a new medical site was opened at the Lee Resource Center in Blackshear. Continued in 2003, two other sites were opened in August in the cities of Folkston and St. George.
With the expansion of MCHC, we have included the counties of Brantley, Pierce, and Charlton to the beginning in Ware County. McKinney Community Health Center makes a difference in the health of the community. By providing professional care at a cost that people can afford, children can be kept healthy and adults can remain productive. When patients are able to afford preventive health care, then inpatient hospital care and specialty care costs are significantly lowered. Because illnesses are diagnosed and treated at earlier stages, more expensive interventions are often never needed.
What is a Community Health Center?
- A not-for-profit organization that is community-owned through a volunteer governing board composed of leaders and residents of the community in which it serves.
- Provides primary and preventive medical care management for children, adolescents, adults, seniors, migrants, homeless, insured, uninsured, and underinsured. In other words “MCKINNEY CARES 4 EVERY BODY”.
- Provides medical education, community outreach, transportation and support programs in collaboration with other agencies.
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