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Community Action Corporation of South Texas

Community Action Corporation of South Texas is a federally qualified community health center based in Alice, TX, with 9 clinic locations in 7 cities. It served 15,370 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

15,370patients in 2025
25%uninsured patients
59%at or below the poverty line

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

Who Community Action Corporation of South Texas serves

59% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 86% are at or below twice that level. 25% have no insurance, 23% have Medicaid or CHIP, 19% have Medicare and 32% have private insurance. 17 patients were experiencing homelessness. 177 were veterans.

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Patients at or below the poverty line	59%	65%	65%	−6 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	86%	94%	92%	−9 pts

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Uninsured patients	25%	32%	14%	−7 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	23%	23%	42%	In line
Medicare patients	19%	9%	11%	+10 pts
Privately insured patients	32%	30%	24%	+2 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	1,330	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	3,544	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	1,817	children had checkups
Flu shots	2,231	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	728	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	1,683	patients screened
Family planning	403	patients served
Diabetes care	3,363	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	4,859	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,123	patients with asthma
HIV testing	1,593	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	270	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	328	children tested

Quality of care

Community Action Corporation of South Texas is at or above the Texas median on 7 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Adults with high blood pressure under control	78%	67%	68%	+11 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	65%	48%	54%	+17 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	57%	54%	54%	+3 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	50%	40%	44%	+11 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	84%	80%	77%	+3 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	97%	89%	86%	+8 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	90%	81%	79%	+9 pts

Where Community Action Corporation of South Texas patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
78332	3,212	24%
78363	2,482	35%
78102	1,323	19%
78355	1,206	12%
78387	1,022	20%
78384	856	25%
78368	676	18%
78375	426	14%