Careconnect Health, Inc.

Careconnect Health, Inc. is a non-profit, federally qualified community health center located in Cordele, Georgia, serving 26 counties across the state. The organization provides comprehensive healthcare services including primary care, dental, behavioral health, obstetrics-gynecology, infectious disease, and urgent care services to over 124,000 underserved patients. Registered in SAM.gov since 2006, Careconnect Health, Inc. has developed a strategic focus on expanding healthcare access in rural and low-income communities, with a particular emphasis on serving predominantly African-American populations in Georgia.

The organization has received multiple federal grant awards from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), primarily through the Bureau of Health Professionals and Bureau of Primary Health Care. These grants have supported various critical healthcare initiatives, including a $1,266,415 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program to establish a Family Medicine Residency Program training 12 resident FTEs, a $225,133 Project Grant for expanding health center services, and multiple COVID-19 response grants for testing and vaccination efforts. Additional grants have focused on infrastructure support, disaster response, and capital improvements, such as a $430,000 congressionally directed spending grant for constructing and expanding the Fort Valley Health Center. Careconnect Health, Inc. has also participated in sub-grant awards with partners like The Family Health Centers of Georgia and Emory University, supporting specialized programs in family planning and smoking cessation interventions.