Project Grant H8055698

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Garfield Health Center $650,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to establish a new access point serving low-income communities in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles, California.

Garfield Health Center, a HRSA-designated look-alike health center founded in 2004, will use the funding to expand primary care services across 25 ZIP codes in the San Gabriel Valley. The service area encompasses 1,265,937 residents, of whom 564,644 are classified as low-income and living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The recipient will focus service delivery on Asian and Latino populations experiencing significant health disparities, including elevated rates of asthma, diabetes, obesity, pre-term birth and low birth weight, chronic liver disease, viral hepatitis, mental health challenges, and COVID-19 impacts. Social determinants of health in the service area—including poverty, language and transportation barriers, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and environmental challenges—compound these conditions. Approximately 50.65 percent of residents under 200 percent FPL in the service area do not currently utilize primary care services.

The award runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027. Place of performance is Monterey Park, California. Garfield Health Center's application sought recognition and funding as a federally qualified health center (FQHC) community health center provider to address persistent access gaps and health disparities in this medically underserved area.