Our Partners

The "community" in Community Health Center means we focus on community needs and collaborate with community resources.

Wake Health Services provides referrals to specialty care and community resources. We are part of a broad safety net of services including the following: 

State and Local

CapitalCare Collaborative    Wake County Medical Society

CapitalCare Collaborative (CCC) is a membership of safety net providers working collaboratively to develop initiatives to improve the health of the region’s medically underserved.

Community Care of Wake & Johnston Counties      Wake County Medical Society

Asthma, diabetes, and sickle cell patient support

Project Access       Wake County Medical Society

More than 400 physicians volunteer to provide free care to uninsured, low-income Wake County residents who lack health insurance.

Project DIRECT

Wake Health Services collaborates with Project DIRECT to provide diabetes education and referral at Rock Quarry Road Family Medicine.

Wake County Human Services

County trained and employed Human Services Case Managers are located in three of WHSI’s medical sites. They assist patients with Medicaid Eligibility and the NC Health Choice application process. Additionally, Southern Wake Family Medicine, an office of Wake Health Services, is located in the County’s Southern Regional Center in Fuquay -Varina. 

Wake Smiles  Wake County Dental Society

Wake Smiles provides quality dental care to the residents of Wake County who are not otherwise able to afford it. Over 40 dentists and dental professionals volunteer their services. See Link: www.rwcds.com/wake

North Carolina Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA)

Wake Health Services, Inc. is a member of the North Carolina Community Health Center Association. The core membership consists of 23 non-profit multi-service Community/Migrant Health Centers that operate 74 delivery sites in North Carolina. See link: www.ncchca.org

National

Bureau of Primary Health Care

As a federally qualified Community Health Center, Wake Health Services, Inc. receives about one-fifth of its operating revenues from the Bureau of Primary Health Care of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. 

Health Disparities Collaboratives

Wake Health Services participates in a national effort to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities for all medically underserved people with chronic disease. WHSI participates in the Diabetes Collaborative, making one-on-one diabetes education available to patients at no charge and adopting and tracking national measures based on expert guidelines.

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

On the national level, Wake Health Services, Inc. is a member of The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), the trade association serving and representing the interests of America's community health centers. NACHC promotes the provision of high quality, comprehensive health care that is accessible, coordinated, culturally and linguistically competent, and community directed for all underserved populations. www.nachc.com