[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 49647-49648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20497]



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Vol. 76

Wednesday,

No. 154

August 10, 2011

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 8698--National Health Center Week, 2011
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                Proclamation 8698 of August 5, 2011

                
National Health Center Week, 2011

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Across our Nation, over 19 million Americans look to 
                community health centers for medical checkups, 
                education, advice, and critical services that keep them 
                healthy. Throughout National Health Center Week, we 
                recommit to supporting this vital resource for 
                underserved communities, and we recognize the critical 
                role community health centers play in our health-care 
                system.

                Every day, men, women, and children find help at 
                community health centers. These centers lead the way in 
                providing high-quality services at an affordable cost, 
                while lifting up the quality of life for their 
                patients. We see the results among Medicaid 
                beneficiaries--those receiving care from a health 
                center are less likely to be unnecessarily hospitalized 
                or visit an emergency room. We also see the effects in 
                rural areas with community health centers, where 
                hospitals see fewer uninsured emergency room visits. 
                These health centers are easy to access--Americans can 
                find a health center near them by using the ``Find a 
                Health Center'' tool at www.HRSA.gov.

                My Administration continues to support these centers. 
                Between the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and 
                the Affordable Care Act, new funding has been committed 
                to support technology and infrastructure updates to 
                existing centers, as well as the construction of new 
                ones. These laws also provided for important new 
                initiatives that will benefit all Americans. The 
                Affordable Care Act provided for the Health Centers 
                Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration project, 
                which will use community health centers to test the 
                impact of team-based treatment approaches on the care 
                of elderly patients.

                Across our vast and diverse land, Americans have always 
                made it their duty to serve their neighbors in need. It 
                is the common interest and purpose of building a 
                stronger, healthier Nation that drives the work of 
                community health centers and fuels our efforts to 
                improve our health-care system. During National Health 
                Center Week, we celebrate the contributions of 
                community health centers, and we rededicate ourselves 
                to advancing the well-being of all our people.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim the week of August 7 
                through August 13, 2011, as National Health Center 
                Week. I encourage all Americans to celebrate this week 
                by visiting their local community health center, 
                meeting local health center providers, and exploring 
                the programs they offer to help keep their families 
                healthy.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
                
                
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