Community Health Centers Of Pinellas, Inc.

Community Health Centers Of Pinellas, Inc., doing business as Evara Health, is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) based in Clearwater, Florida, that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services for primary care, behavioral health, graduate medical education, and workforce development programs serving medically underserved populations in Pinellas County. Evara does not hold federal contracts; its footprint consists entirely of federal grants (35 awards, $289.1 million obligated across all sources). The organization has been providing affordable primary healthcare services in Pinellas County for over forty years and operates 19 health centers throughout the county, including three mobile units, serving over 60,000 patients annually—88 percent at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, 76 percent at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty line.

Evara's federal grant portfolio concentrates in five core program areas within HHS. The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration accounts for the majority of Evara's awards. Recent representative grants include a $107,116 project grant from the Bureau of Health Professionals under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530) effective March 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, supporting the NSU KPCOM/Evara Health Family Medicine Residency Program in partnership with Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine; a $1.1 million award from the Bureau of Primary Health Care (HRSA-24-078) for Behavioral Health Service Expansion at Pinellas County, effective September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025; a $500,000 project grant from the Bureau of Health Professionals under the Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program for a proposed General Dentistry Residency, awarded April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2026; and a Title X Family Planning Services grant from the Office of Population Affairs awarded April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2027. Additional federal grant programs include the FY 2024 Bridge Access Program, FY 2023 Capital Assistance for Hurricane Response and Recovery (CARE), Quality Improvement Fund–Maternal Health, Health Center Infrastructure Support, and Congressional appropriations for construction projects.

Activity has been modest and variable—three awards in 2021 and 2024, five in 2022, six in 2023, with one award in 2026. Three awards are scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Evara's customer concentration sits entirely within HHS: the Bureau of Primary Health Care, the Bureau of Health Professionals, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Office of Population Affairs account for all recent grant activity. Evara operates across Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations in Pinellas County and participates in federally qualified health center infrastructure and workforce development programs aimed at strengthening primary care and dental residency capacity in medically underserved communities.