Mission
The mission of the Division of Primary Care is to award annual grant funding for primary care support, to improve patients’ accessibility to affordable quality health care, regardless of ability to pay.
Purpose
The Division of Primary Care awards and manages the State of West Virginia’s primary care uncompensated care funds awarded to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), FQHC Look-Alike’s specialty clinics, school-based health centers, and free clinics housed within the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, Office of Community Health Systems and Health Promotion. The Division of Primary Care also manages federal grant funding awarded to West Virginia federal black lung clinics programs.