The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) is the national membership organization for federally qualified health centers (also known as FQHCs or health centers). Health centers are federally-funded or federally-supported nonprofit, community-directed provider clinics that serve as the health home for over 28 million people, including 1 in 5 Medicaid beneficiaries and 1 in 3 people living in poverty nationwide. It is the collective mission and mandate of over 1,400 health centers around the country to provide access to high-quality, cost-effective primary and preventative medical care as well as dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services and other “enabling” or support services that facilitate access to care to individuals and families located in medically unders