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Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation

Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation is a federally qualified community health center based in Carterville, IL, with 9 clinic locations in 4 cities. It served 34,511 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

34,511patients in 2025
10%uninsured patients
47%at or below the poverty line
240full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation serves

47% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 92% are at or below twice that level. 10% have no insurance, 36% have Medicaid or CHIP, 16% have Medicare and 37% have private insurance. 728 patients were experiencing homelessness. 710 were veterans.

Measure	This center	IL median	U.S. median	vs IL
Patients at or below the poverty line	47%	73%	65%	−25 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	92%	95%	92%	−4 pts

Measure	This center	IL median	U.S. median	vs IL
Uninsured patients	10%	17%	14%	−6 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	36%	56%	42%	−20 pts
Medicare patients	16%	7%	11%	+9 pts
Privately insured patients	37%	16%	24%	+22 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	6,783	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	10,778	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	937	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	2,553	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,835	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	2,341	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	3,021	patients screened
Family planning	2,562	patients served
Diabetes care	3,607	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	7,431	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,332	patients with asthma
HIV testing	3,211	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	3,307	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	457	children tested

Quality of care

Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation is at or above the Illinois median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	IL median	U.S. median	vs IL
Adults with high blood pressure under control	71%	67%	68%	+4 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	64%	48%	54%	+17 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	57%	57%	54%	In line
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	57%	37%	44%	+20 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	95%	84%	77%	+10 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	95%	86%	86%	+9 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	82%	80%	79%	+2 pts

Staffing

240 full-time-equivalent staff work at Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation, including 35 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 980 patients per clinical provider, against the Illinois median of 964 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
62901	7,268	13%
62966	4,610	8%
62959	4,103	8%
62918	2,242	6%
62948	2,092	8%
62902	1,259	10%
62903	802	13%
62924	765	9%