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To recognize the Week of August 9-15, 2009 as "National Health Center Week" in Columbus.
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WHEREAS, Health Centers are nonprofit, community-owned and operated health providers serving uninsured and medically underserved people; and
WHEREAS, Health Centers expand access to quality health care for all people and contain health care costs by fostering prevention and integrating the delivery of primary care with aggressive outreach, patient education, translation and other enabling services; and
WHEREAS, Health Centers have made great strides in Columbus's health care system specifically by maintaining high standards of accountability, demonstrating cost effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of care, and empowering communities to address unmet health needs, reduce health disparities, and reduce preventable deaths, costly disabilities, and communicable diseases; and
WHEREAS, There is a continuing need to support implementation of Health Centers throughout the City as part of Columbus's enduring commitment to the provision of quality primary health care; and
WHEREAS, Health Centers promote 100% access and zero health disparities to help achieve health care for all people; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we do hereby recognize the Week of August 9-15, 2009 as "National Health Center Week" in Columbus and urge citizens to recognize the important contributions of Health Centers in safeguarding health and improving the quality of life for all people in Columbus.