Virginia Health Care Foundation | Serving more than 500,000 uninsured or medically underserved Virginians

Access Now
VHCF funding is helping expand and improve care through Access Now, underwriting the salary and benefits of a full-time project manager who coordinates pro bono medical care for eligible uninsured patients by medical specialists in the Greater Richmond area.
Read More...

Accomack County Schools
VHCF grants helped to launch and expand primary dental care for at-risk, underserved children in county elementary schools.
Read More...

Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.
VHCF has provided a number of grants to this community health provider, the most recent of which added a full-time nurse practitioner and a full-time medical assistant to care for walk-in patients and those with women's health issues. ANHSI also recently was awarded a VHCF grant through A New Lease on Life: Health for Virginians with Mental Illness. That grant increased access to basic mental health services and prescription medications for ANHSI’s patients, and provided medical care to uninsured clients of ACBHD and ACSB. Other VHCF grants to ANHSI have helped underwrite the salary and benefits of a part-time physician to provide primary medical care to uninsured and medically underserved patients of the center’s Adult Medicine Clinic, start-up funds for the Arlandria Health Center which provides accessible primary and preventive health services to medically indigent Hispanic women and children in the City of Alexandria, as well as funding to hire an additional physician for the Adult Medicine Clinic and support for Clinical Mental Health Services for El Centro Familiar. In addition, through Project Connect, VHCF has helped ANHSI enroll eligible children and mothers from Arlington and Alexandria in FAMIS, Virginia’s maternal and child health insurance programs.
Read More...

Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.
Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc. expanded its Medication Assistance Program by using RxRelief Virginia funding from VHCF. The funds helped ANHSI add a full-time Medication Assistance Caseworker (MAC) to assist eligible individuals primarily from Alexandria City and Arlington and Fairfax counties. Free medications are obtained by the MAC from pharmaceutical companies’ patient assistance programs via The Pharmacy Connection software provided by VHCF. VHCF has provided a number of grants to this community health provider. Grants have included start-up funds for the Arlandria Health Center which provides accessible primary and preventive health services to medically indigent Hispanic women and children in the City of Alexandria, as well as funding to hire an additional physician for the Adult Medicine Clinic and support for Clinical Mental Health Services for El Centro Familiar. The most recent VHCF grant for ANHSI is to help underwrite the salary and benefits of a part-time physician to provide primary medical care to uninsured and medically underserved patients of the center’s Adult Medicine Clinic. Other VHCF support, through Project Connect, has helped ANHSI enroll eligible children and mothers from Arlington and Alexandria in FAMIS, Virginia’s maternal and child health insurance programs.
Read More...

Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.
As a VHCF Project Connect grantee, ANSHI is helping enroll eligible, uninsured children from Alexandria and Arlington in the state-sponsored health insurance programs for children, FAMIS and FAMIS Plus. VHCF has provided a number of other grants to this community health provider. Grants have included start-up funds for the Arlandria Health Center which provides accessible primary and preventive health services to medically indigent Hispanic women and children in the City of Alexandria, as well as funding to hire an additional physician for the Adult Medicine Clinic and support for Clinical Mental Health Services for El Centro Familiar. The most recent VHCF grant for ANHSI is to help underwrite the salary and benefits of a part-time physician to provide primary medical care to uninsured and medically underserved patients of the center’s Adult Medicine Clinic. Project Connect grants are made possible with funding from the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation.
Read More...

Alleghany Highlands Free Clinic
VHCF funding allowed this Free Clinic to add a full-time physician's assistant and expand clinic services.
Read More...

American Red Cross of Southeastern Virginia - Partners in Dental Care
VHCF funding helped establish a dental preceptorship program with VCU dental students and ODU dental hygiene students to expand the clinic's dental services.
Read More...

Arlington Free Clinic
VHCF grants helped make it possible for the Arlington Free Clinic to operate three specialty medical clinics each month to supplement the general medical services offered in the weekly general clinic. The clinics provide comprehensive care in a setting familiar to patients, many of whom do not speak English. VHCF funding also enabled the Arlington Free Clinic to expand its hours and services at its satellite clinic in Arna Valley, a low-income housing complex occupied primarily by Hispanic residents. The most recent VHCF grant enabled the Arlington Free Clinic to help fund construction of the Timely Access to Care area of the clinic’s new facility. The new space will enable the free clinic to provide an estimated 3,000 additional patient visits per year.
Read More...

Augusta Regional Dental Clinic
VHCF funding is enabling this dental clinic to significantly expand the number of patients served by equipping four new dental operatories, bringing its total to eight. This expansion will enable the dental clinic to provide nearly 3,000 more patient visits each year.
Read More...

Augusta Regional Free Clinic
VHCF grants have enabled this Free Clinic to significantly expand services, funding both a part-time nurse practitioner to expand diabetes and hypertension management services at the clinic and a part-time (circuit-riding) nurse practitioner to provide chronically ill patients with treatment and case management. This nurse practitioner provides clinical services one day a week at several sites in the region.
Read More...