Belknap Commons Dental Center — Grand Rapids, MI
Belknap Commons Dental Center is a community health center clinic at 751 Lafayette Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, open 6 hours a week. The typical Michigan clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Cherry Street Services, Inc., which serves 57,759 patients across 12 clinic locations.
- Address: 751 Lafayette Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 · Directions
- Phone: (616) 742-9945
- Website: www.cherryhealth.org
- Weekly hours: 6 (Michigan clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Cherry Street Services, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Cherry Street Services, Inc.
Patients came to Cherry Street Services, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 27,300 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 8,908 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 1,820 | patients in treatment |
| Eye exams | 13,579 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 5,395 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 6,210 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 1,855 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 1,639 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 1,290 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 4,221 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 6,245 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 1,698 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 17 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 647 | children tested |
Cherry Street Services, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Cherry Street Services, Inc. serves
57,759 patients used Cherry Street Services, Inc. in 2025. 73% live at or below the poverty line and 95% are at or below twice the poverty line. 13,756 patients were experiencing homelessness and 755 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | MI median | U.S. median | vs MI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 73% | 54% | 65% | +19 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 95% | 87% | 92% | +7 pts |
| Measure | This center | MI median | U.S. median | vs MI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 17% | 10% | 14% | +7 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 53% | 45% | 42% | +8 pts |
| Medicare patients | 9% | 15% | 11% | −6 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 20% | 25% | 24% | −5 pts |
Quality of care at Cherry Street Services, Inc.
Cherry Street Services, Inc. is at or above the Michigan median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | MI median | U.S. median | vs MI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 68% | 71% | 68% | −3 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 44% | 57% | 54% | −13 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 62% | 60% | 54% | +1 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 35% | 49% | 44% | −15 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 77% | 71% | 77% | +6 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 68% | 80% | 86% | −12 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 79% | 79% | 79% | −1 pts |
Staffing at Cherry Street Services, Inc.
The health center employs 583 full-time-equivalent staff, including 27 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 75 dental staff and 50 mental health staff. That is 2,109 patients per clinical provider against the Michigan median of 987 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 223,874 visits, about 3.9 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 49503
6,320 Cherry Street Services, Inc. patients live in ZIP 49503, and 19% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Catherines Health Center — 957 patients from 49503
- Baldwin Family Health Care, Inc. — 67 patients from 49503
- Intercare Community Health Network — 37 patients from 49503
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Catherine's Health Center - Mel Trotter
Catherine's Health Center - Dental ClinicSuite B
Catherine's Health Center at Wyoming
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Southside Health Center
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See all 12 Cherry Street Services, Inc. locations
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