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Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center Community Board, Inc.

Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center Community Board, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Albany, NY, with 7 clinic locations in 3 cities. It served 17,211 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

17,211patients in 2025
7%uninsured patients
71%at or below the poverty line
196full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center Community Board, Inc. serves

71% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 90% are at or below twice that level. 7% have no insurance, 68% have Medicaid or CHIP, 10% have Medicare and 15% have private insurance. 136 patients were experiencing homelessness. 54 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Patients at or below the poverty line	71%	72%	65%	−2 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	90%	92%	92%	−2 pts

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Uninsured patients	7%	6%	14%	In line
Medicaid or CHIP patients	68%	52%	42%	+16 pts
Medicare patients	10%	13%	11%	−3 pts
Privately insured patients	15%	20%	24%	−4 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	7,168	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	2,441	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	557	patients in treatment
Eye exams	744	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	2,466	children had checkups
Flu shots	2,131	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	645	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	550	patients screened
Family planning	675	patients served
Diabetes care	1,023	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,012	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,029	patients with asthma
HIV testing	1,743	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	1,648	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	349	children tested

Quality of care

Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center Community Board, Inc. is at or above the New York median on 3 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Adults with high blood pressure under control	65%	69%	68%	−5 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	52%	57%	54%	−4 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	61%	54%	54%	+7 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	42%	46%	44%	−4 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	73%	73%	77%	In line
Adults assessed for tobacco use	64%	79%	86%	−15 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	88%	76%	79%	+12 pts

Staffing

196 full-time-equivalent staff work at Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center Community Board, Inc., including 11 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 1,529 patients per clinical provider, against the New York median of 878 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center Community Board, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
12206	2,871	8%
12180	1,749	5%
12202	1,328	6%
12210	1,214	6%
12189	1,059	7%
12208	993	8%
12209	944	7%
12203	797	7%