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Jessie Trice Community Health System, Inc (JTCHS) is one of Miami-Dade County’s preeminent federally qualified community healthcare centers, governed by a remarkably dedicated Board of Directors (51% of the members are users of the medical services) and a diverse, incredibly talented, committed family of providers and staff.Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc. is a Florida 501 (c) 3, not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center, which has been serving Miami-Dade County since 1967. The target population is the uninsured and underinsured, 95% of which live at or below the Federal Poverty Level of 200%.JTCHC served its first patients from a trailer. Now, nearly fifty (50) years after its founding, JTCHC owns and operates fifteen (15) Comprehensive Primary Care centers including a 40 bed Women’s Residential Center for substance use, are in two (2) universities and are in forty (40) school-based health centers. Our school-based health centers bring parents peace of mind knowing that should an emergency arise during the work day that their child has immediate access to a qualified medical professional. The ethnic make-up of the service area varies significantly and to meet this challenge, JTCHC has taken a proactive role by adopting the Culturally, Linguistically Appropriate Standards (CLAS) model of cultural proficiency. Multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary staff of approximately 350 members provides service to a very diverse population of over 39,500 patients who make more than 120,000 visits annually. JTCHC’s medical staff includes physicians, dentists, and nurse practitioners with more than 90% board-certified. With many more services available via referral, JTCHC is able to provide virtually seamless comprehensive primary care through contracts and business associate agreements.