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Central Mississippi Civic Improvement Association, Inc.

Central Mississippi Civic Improvement Association, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Jackson, MS, with 13 clinic locations in 6 cities. It served 49,054 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

49,054patients in 2025
30%uninsured patients
81%at or below the poverty line

Care offered: primary care, dental care, mental health care, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth.

Who Central Mississippi Civic Improvement Association, Inc. serves

81% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 96% are at or below twice that level. 30% have no insurance, 32% have Medicaid or CHIP, 13% have Medicare and 25% have private insurance. 4,168 patients were experiencing homelessness. 365 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MS median	U.S. median	vs MS
Patients at or below the poverty line	81%	67%	65%	+14 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	96%	92%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	MS median	U.S. median	vs MS
Uninsured patients	30%	25%	14%	+5 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	32%	23%	42%	+9 pts
Medicare patients	13%	19%	11%	−5 pts
Privately insured patients	25%	32%	24%	−7 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	6,824	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	3,556	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Eye exams	1,187	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	5,838	children had checkups
Flu shots	3,569	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	6,949	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	2,792	patients screened
Family planning	3,337	patients served
Diabetes care	5,857	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	12,435	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,610	patients with asthma
HIV testing	11,217	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	3,490	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	1,115	children tested

Quality of care

Central Mississippi Civic Improvement Association, Inc. is at or above the Mississippi median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MS median	U.S. median	vs MS
Adults with high blood pressure under control	63%	68%	68%	−5 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	50%	53%	54%	−3 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	60%	41%	54%	+19 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	32%	37%	44%	−5 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	88%	90%	77%	−1 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	87%	88%	86%	−1 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	82%	82%	79%	In line

Where Central Mississippi Civic Improvement Association, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
39209	6,057	28%
39212	5,608	29%
39213	4,906	24%
39206	3,756	29%
39204	3,751	30%
39180	2,506	41%
39272	2,174	23%
39211	1,676	35%