Health center program - centerstone health services, INC. (CHS) has provided primary medical care, behavioral health, and substance use disorder services as a federally qualified health center…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Centerstone Health Services Inc. $650,000 under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) on August 1, 2026.

Centerstone Health Services provides primary medical care, behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, enabling services, pharmacy, and oral health services to individuals at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level across five existing service locations in central and east-central Indiana (Bloomington, Columbus, two sites in Connersville, and Richmond). The award funds a new full-time fixed site at Centerstone Health Services – North Vernon, 216 N State Street, North Vernon, Indiana 47265-1453, expanding access to comprehensive primary health care in the medically underserved service area comprising 22 ZIP codes across Bartholomew, Fayette, Jennings, Monroe, and Wayne counties. Centerstone Health Services operates as a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike and serves uninsured populations, Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries, and other at-risk individuals.

The award obligates $650,000 for the period August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. Place of performance is listed as Bloomington, Indiana, though service delivery will occur across all designated service locations including the new North Vernon site.

Health center program - centerstone health services, INC. (CHS) has provided primary medical care, behavioral health, and substance use disorder services as a federally qualified health center look-alike since 2021. Established initially as a rural health clinic, CHS, formerly johnson nichols health clinic, now serves all individuals under 200% of the federal poverty level in five locations (bloomington, columbus, connersville-2 locations, and richmond) throughout central and east central indiana. As part of its mission, centerstone health services provides the following services: primary medical care, behavioral health, substance abuse disorder, enabling, pharmacy, and oral health to all at-risk individuals, including those under 200% of the federal poverty level, uninsured, and those receiving medicaid or medicare benefits. The service area is comprised of 22 ZIP codes (46151, 47024, 47201, 47203, 47231, 47232, 47265, 47274, 47282, 47331, 47357, 47374, 47401, 47403, 47404, 47405, 47406, 47408, 47421, 47429, 47460, and 47468) and five counties (bartholomew, fayette, jennings, monroe, and wayne) in southeastern and southcentral indiana. Centerstone health services (CHS) is designated as a federally qualified health center look-alike. CHS proposes a new full-time fixed site through this new access point (NAP) opportunity. Currently, CHS operates five sites. The current sites are as follows: centerstone health services, 645 S rogers ST, bloomington, in 47403-2353; centerstone health services - columbus, 720 N marr RD, STE a, columbus, in 47201-6660; centerstone health services - connersville, 390 erie AVE, connersville, in 47331-3177; grogan family medicine - centerstone health services, 1550 E state road 44, connersville, in 47331-8293; and centerstone health services - richmond, 831 dillon drive, STE a, richmond, in 47374-8048. CHS proposes a new site, centerstone health services - north vernon, 216 N state ST, north vernon, in 47265-1453. The service area has an access-to-care crisis with the population to full-time equivalent primary care physician ratio at 1,850:1 in the services area, 2,500:1 in north vernon (proposed new site) and 1,520:1 for the state of indiana. The population to full-time equivalent dentist ratio for the service area is 2,250:1, 3,930:1 for the proposed new site (north vernon), and 1,680:1 for the state of indiana. The population to full-time equivalent mental health provider ratio is 580:1 for the service area, 890:1 for the proposed new site (north vernon), and 500:1 for the state of indiana. The service area has several designations, such as primary care, dental care, mental health, health professional shortage area/low-income population, and medically underserved area/medically underserved population. In the service area, IT is estimated that 40% of adults, age 18 and over, experience mental illness, with 5.6% experiencing severe mental illness; 15.9% of children, ages 12 to 17, have averaged a major depressive episode within the past year which is an increase from previous reporting periods and among those youth, 48.7% received depression care. This is much higher than the national average of 41.8%. The service area exceeds the state and national rates in the areas of suicide, age-adjusted drug poisoning, and age-adjusted unintentional injury deaths. By december 31, 2026, CHS will serve 11,000 unduplicated users through 47,870 visits (PC=18,930, BH=24,440, SUD=4,500). CHS will use an integrated team of 2.1 FTE family physicians, 5.4 FTE nurse practitioners, 3.8 FTE psychiatrists, 2.0 FTE licensed clinical psychologist, 2.2 FTE licensed clinical social workers, 9.5 FTE psychiatric nurse practitioners, and 2.5 FTE substance abuse providers.