One voice for Virginia’s community health centers
The Virginia Community Healthcare Association advocates for, educates and elevates the 32 organizations that run community health centers across the Commonwealth, caring for everyone, whether or not they can pay.
Looking for care? VCHA doesn’t run clinics or hold patient records. Find the health center nearest you and contact it directly.
Who Virginia’s health centers serve
In 2024, Virginia’s community health centers cared for 422,109 people. One in five had no insurance, three times the state rate. More than a third relied on Medicaid, and 113,500 were children.
Health centers are non-profit, community-based and patient-centered. They offer primary care, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and substance use disorder services, accept Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance, and serve uninsured patients on a sliding fee scale. 44% of the state’s 219 health center service sites in 2024 were rural.
Source: National Association of Community Health Centers, Virginia Health Center Fact Sheet (January 2026), from HRSA’s 2024 Uniform Data System; includes grant-funded health centers and look-alikes.
Advocate. Educate. Elevate.
Established in 1980, VCHA is the primary care association for Virginia’s community health centers and look-alike health centers. Its work for members falls under three words.
Advocate
With members, their patients and the media, VCHA works with elected officials at the local, state and federal level so health centers have the resources and support they need.
Educate
Training and continuing education for health center staff and boards, from clinical topics to board responsibilities and revenue.
Elevate
Shared services that make each member stronger: leadership development, data and quality support, provider recruitment and group purchasing.
Latest from VCHA
VCHA welcomes the 2027 CHCU Leadership Cohort
20 professionals from community health centers, free and charitable clinics and Virginia’s wider safety net begin a year-long leadership program with the University of Richmond.
Virginia Community Health Foundation receives a Richmond Memorial Health Foundation grant
The funding will build the foundation’s fundraising capacity over the next year.
PPS litigation with DMAS resolved
A settlement involving 15 of Virginia’s FQHCs ends a Medicaid reimbursement dispute that had affected the state’s community health centers for nearly 21 years.
Bluestone Health Association joins VCHA
With its new clinic in Bluefield, Bluestone adds a Southwest Virginia voice and brings VCHA to 32 member organizations.
“At a time when health centers are facing new challenges and uncertainty stemming from federal healthcare policy changes, this settlement provides much-needed stability and allows us to focus on what matters most: ensuring patients across Virginia continue to have access to affordable, high-quality care.”
Contact VCHA
Virginia Community Healthcare Association3831 Westerre Parkway, Suite 2
Henrico, VA 23233
Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Email: info@vcha.org
Patients and health center employees
VCHA can’t assist with health center patient or employee information. Please contact the health center directly; every site’s phone number is in the directory.