Health center program - rural health access corporation, doing business as (DBA) coalfield health center address: 38 albany drive, chapmanville, WV 25508 project director name: brent tomblin,…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $650,000 to Rural Health Access Corporation, doing business as Coalfield Health Center, on August 1, 2026, under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224).

Coalfield Health Center delivers primary medical care, diagnostic laboratory services, screenings, family planning, immunizations, well child services, gynecological care, mental health services, substance use services, and enabling services including case management, eligibility assistance, health education, and transportation to underserved and low-income patients in southwest West Virginia. The center serves as a Federally Qualified Health Center look-alike, providing services to all area residents regardless of income, insurance status, or residency. The award supports expansion to serve an additional 5,000 new patients in 2026 across multiple service delivery sites in Chapmanville, Logan County, including a new mobile unit parking area and four fixed locations at 384, 386, and 400 Airport Road and 594 Main Street.

The performance period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027. Coalfield Health Center, which began operations in July 2009, collaborates with the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall University's Center for Rural Health to provide rural health rotations for medical students and works with local community organizations to address patient needs.

Health center program - rural health access corporation, doing business as (DBA) coalfield health center address: 38 albany drive, chapmanville, WV 25508 project director name: brent tomblin, executive director contact phone numbers (voice, FAX): 304-855-1200 proposed service delivery site address(ES): 386 airport road, chapmanville, WV, 25508 (new mobile unit parking area); 384 airport road, chapmanville, WV, 25508; 400 airport road, chapmanville, WV, 25508; 594 main street, chapmanville, WV, 25508; 38 albany DR., chapmanville, WV 25508 number of new patients to serve in 2026 across proposed NAP sites: 5,000 summary: coalfield health center (CHC) serves under-resourced and low-income patients in southwest west virginia. CHC is located in chapmanville, west virginia, a town in logan county. Coalfield health center officially began operations in july 2009. As a federally qualified health center look-alike, the center's services are available to all residents of the area regardless of their income level, insurance status, or residency. Health services provided by CHC include general primary medical care, diagnostic laboratory, screenings, voluntary family planning, immunizations, well child services, gynecological care, mental health, substance use services, and an array of enabling services, such as case management, eligibility assistance, health education, and transportation. The organization is committed to providing primary health care to all individuals with dignity and respect within a caring environment. Coalfield health center works closely with the joan c. Edwards school of medicine and the center for rural health at marshall university to provide rural health rotations for medical students. The organization collaborates with local community organizations to ensure that patient needs are being met. Coalfield health center has received multiple community awards, illustrating the organization's commitment to the service area. Recent awards include: 2022 health and human resources bureau for public health community STARS award, 2021 national rural health association outstanding rural health award, 2021 small communities, big solutions power of performance award, 2020 west virginia rural health association excellence award, and 2019 mutual of america community partnership award. Through this funding opportunity, CHC will serve low-income, medically vulnerable patients in its service area. Per hrsa's geocare navigator data, this includes 51.1% of the service area population who are low-income and 24.77% who are impoverished. These low-income and poverty rates are reflected in the proportion of the population who utilize medicaid (35% in both lincoln and logan counties) and medicare (15.9% in lincoln and 21.1% in logan). CHC's service area also sees patients with high rates of diabetes (15.5%), hypertension (43.9%), and obesity (46.2%). All of these figures point to a need for additional, affordable, and accessible health resources. Approval of this grant will enhance the organization's ability to serve more of the community's medical needs through existing locations and utilizing a mobile medical unit to reach additional areas of the community. IT will also ensure long-term medical service sustainability in the service area and enhance program growth as community needs arise. CHC will use the new mobile medical unit to focus on areas of greatest need. The locations planned include the logan county resource center, pride community center and a downtown area where there is an unhoused community. The medical unit will have a nurse practitioner and two support staff assigned to aid in primary patient care. Attention will be focused on traveling to patients in need while reducing transportation barriers. Patient focus will include the unhoused population, children, and the elderly. By visiting locations these potential patients use in daily activity, the community will benefit from the access that the mobile unit will provide.