Coastal Gateway Health Center Awarded $60,416 Grant from United Way of Greater Baytown & Chambers County

WINNIE, Texas (July 2024)—Coastal Gateway Health Center announces it has secured a $60,416 grant. 

Coastal Gateway Health Center (CGHC) has secured a Community Impact Grant awarded by the United Way of Greater Baytown & Chambers County. This grant aims to tackle complex issues in our community by bringing together community partners to help solve these issues. The generous giving of the businesses and residents of Greater Baytown and Chambers County makes the funding available.  This funding will be used to establish an Eligibility Program within Coastal Gateway Health Center to provide resources and opportunities to the residents of Chambers County.

CGHC is committed to being a leader in supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. The health center values the diversity of the people/patients and communities we serve and recognizes human differences and similarities. The health center lives daily by its mission of providing affordable and comprehensive care to residents in the community by providing healthcare regardless of ability to pay.

In rural areas like Winnie-Stowell, the need for resources beyond healthcare is abundant. Establishing this program at CGHC will allow residents who do not have the ability or resources to get connected with available benefits. With the creation of this program, CGHC has hired a bilingual Eligibility Specialist who will focus on working one-on-one with Chambers County residents to supply them with the necessary information and means to apply for benefits such as TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, WIC, utility assistance, locating food banks, and CGHC’s own Sliding Fee Discount Program (SFS) for healthcare and prescriptions. The SFS program is a three-tier discount program based on income and household size. Each tier offers a low-cost co-pay covering provider visits at CGHC, most lab work, and discounted prescriptions. This program is already in full swing and is open to all uninsured Chambers County residents. It requires minimal paperwork, and most residents can be approved within 24 hours of applying. The creation of the Eligibility Program is going to greatly lighten the burden of financial strain by connecting Chambers County residents with resources.

“We are excited about the addition of the Eligibility Program and all the opportunities that this will open for the residents of Chambers County. This program is in line with the mission of Coastal Gateway Health Center and will focus on lightening the financial burden that many of our residents face,” stated Kim StClair, Director of Outreach and Development for Coastal Gateway Health Center.