CHCANYS

Champion community-centered primary care in New York state through leadership, advocacy, and support of community health centers. Established to give a voice to the state's network of community health centers as leading providers of primary care, CHCANYS is now seen as one of the premiere primary care associations in the country. CHCANYS not only works to increase access for those who would otherwise go without care through advocacy and education but also creates major new programs and initiatives that showcase community health centers as centers of excellence. CHCANYS defines new directions in primary care delivery at more than 70 federally qualified health centers with nearly 800 sites throughout the state. From clinical excellence to health information technology, from emergency preparedness to eliminating health care disparities, CHCANYS' goal is to provide community health centers with the resources needed to provide high quality, community-based primary care to anyone in need.