About Us

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Numbers Served in Fiscal Year 2009 (July 2008 through June 2009)

All Health Center Programs: 3,891

  • Primary and Prenatal Care: 3,674
  • Dental Program: 1,500
  • Mobile Homeless Health Care Program: 561

All Family Center Programs: 1,667

  • Parenting and Family Groups, Children's Program: 1,142
  • Home Visiting (for families with special challenges): 150 families

About Our Clients
• Where They Live: Portsmouth: 38% … Hamptons/Seabrook: 19% Other Rockingham Cty: 22% … Strafford Cty: 16% … Maine: 5%
• Socioeconomic Status, Health Center Patients: Almost two-thirds live below the federal poverty guideline (i.e., $10,830 or less for a single person); another 27% live below 200% of the poverty level.
• Socioeconomic Status, Family Center Clients: Two-thirds had incomes in the very-low, low or moderate range.
• Insurance Status, Health Center Patients: 50% were uninsured and used our sliding fee scale … 34% had Medicaid … 7% had Medicare … 9% had private health insurance.

Agency Financial Information
Current Agency Budget (FY 2010): $4,108,212
• 84.4% of expenditures support direct services to clients.
Funding Sources
• Medicare/Medicaid/Private Insurance/Patient Fees: 38%
• Government Contracts: 24%
• Grants: 18% (includes United Way: 2%) more
• Contributions and Fundraising: 19% more
• Investment and Other Miscellaneous Income: 1%

A Growing Demand for Services
Comparing calendar year 2009 with the previous year, we saw increases of:
• 20% in Health Center visits
• 32% in visits by uninsured patients
• 48% in new patients enrolling in the practice
From FY 2006 to FY 2009, Families First saw increases of:
• 28% in primary care patients
• 21% in uninsured patients
• 52% in Dental Center patients

Awards

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