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Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, Inc.

Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Avondale, LA, with 5 clinic locations in 5 cities. It served 10,484 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

10,484patients in 2025
11%uninsured patients
87%at or below the poverty line
122full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, Inc. serves

87% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 97% are at or below twice that level. 11% have no insurance, 54% have Medicaid or CHIP, 13% have Medicare and 22% have private insurance. 38 were veterans.

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Patients at or below the poverty line	87%	72%	65%	+16 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	97%	94%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Uninsured patients	11%	12%	14%	−1 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	54%	48%	42%	+6 pts
Medicare patients	13%	12%	11%	+1 pts
Privately insured patients	22%	22%	24%	In line

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	2,578	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	2,014	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	514	children had checkups
Flu shots	896	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	334	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	981	patients screened
Family planning	277	patients served
Diabetes care	1,268	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,800	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	315	patients with asthma
HIV testing	1,822	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	1,753	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	159	children tested

Quality of care

Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, Inc. is at or above the Louisiana median on 7 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	69%	67%	68%	+2 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	77%	59%	54%	+18 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	72%	47%	54%	+26 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	56%	43%	44%	+14 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	92%	86%	77%	+6 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	86%	85%	86%	+1 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	85%	79%	79%	+6 pts

Staffing

122 full-time-equivalent staff work at Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, Inc., including 11 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 912 patients per clinical provider, against the Louisiana median of 912 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
70094	2,713	10%
70072	2,691	9%
70058	1,010	10%
70056	499	15%
70065	323	26%
70062	277	18%
70003	221	18%
70114	221	8%