Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jonathan Melk and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Darlene Melk caught up with Governor Katie Hobbs at her State of the State address on Tuesday, February 11th in Sierra Vista. In her remarks, Governor Hobbs, who began her career as a social worker working with homeless youth and later helped run one of the largest domestic violence shelters in the country, stressed the importance of comprehensive, whole person care. In speaking with Chiricahua leadership she expressed her thanks for our continued efforts to care for our rural communities!

Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. is a mission driven Federally Qualified Health Center and a tax exempt not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Founded in 1996 as a small, rural health clinic operating in a community center, Chiricahua has since grown to become the largest primary care organization in southeastern Arizona, serving more than 35,000 patients annually. Chiricahua operates fifteen fixed-site medical, dental, behavioral health and pharmacy clinics, and five mobile-medical and mobile-dental units, that serve patients throughout the more than 6200 square mile borderlands of Cochise County.
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Registered Charity Number: 86-0814898 - For Tax-deductible donations in AZ, the QCO Code is 20043 This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal PHS deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
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