MISSION


The mission of the Community Care Clinic is to provide health care to low-income persons in our community who do not have health insurance.  Through disease prevention, continuity of care, and active follow-up, we can promote the health and well-being of our community.


  • Watauga County has the highest rate of any county in N.C. of uninsured patients: 31% between the ages of 18 and 64.*
  • The Clinic serves only the uninsured (the working poor).
  • The Clinic does not discriminate.
  • The Clinic does not turn away undocumented patients.
  • The Clinic believes that everyone is entitled to good health care that improves quality of life.
  • The Clinic saves our Medical Center thousands of dollars by keeping these patients out of the ER, the most expensive form of medicine.  These patients do not and cannot pay for their ER treatment.
  • The Clinic provides primary care to patients so that their condition does not become life-threatening or does not require emergency treatment.

 

* CENSUS BUREAU REPORT


HISTORY


2005

  • Marian Peters, PA-C and Jack Whitlock, MD provide health care services to Hospitality House clients.
  • Volunteers plan for a community clinic that will provide health care services for the uninsured in Boone and surrounding area.

2006

  • The Community Care Clinic prepares the facility and opens a primary care clinic for the uninsured in the old Health Department building (Hannah Building).
  • First Community Care Clinic patient receives treatment. (05/06)

2007

  • Open House for health care professionals.
  • Community Care Clinic gains 501(c)(3) non-profit status.
  • CCC joins the North Carolina Association of Free Clinics.
  • CCC is awarded Blue Cross/Blue Shield start-up and matching funds grants.
  • CCC adds counseling and chiropractic services.

2008

  • CCC adds acupuncture to services offered.
  • Community fundraising begins!

2009

  • Rebecca Moore of Boone was selected from a large, talented, pool of applicants to become the Executive Director of the Community Care Clinic effective March 1, 2009. 
  • The NC Office of Rural Health awarded $71,900 to the Community Care Clinic to create an electronic patient record and referral system that communicates information between other local healthcare systems and services agencies. 
  • On November 2, Marian Peters, PA, PhD, officially began her new duties as Clinic Director. She was one of the original founders and the driving force behind the development of the Community Care Clinic. She has been serving in an unpaid capacity as the primary healthcare provider since its inception in 2005.

2010

  • Clinic moves to providing services 40 hours per week
  • Services now include primary care, mental health, physical therapy, chiropractic, orthopedics and gynecology. Specialty care is provided by volunteer health care professionals.

2011

  • Clinic hires new Executive Director, Melissa Selby, who begins March 2011.
  • Twenty-nine volunteer health care professionals now provide services at the clinic.
  • Dermatology and neurology services are added.
  • Clinic holds 5th anniversary celebration with over 130 volunteers and supporters attending.
  • Clinic receives first-time funding from the Town of Boone.