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Board approves sole-source funding request for mobile vision clinic from Community Health Northwest Florida
Summary
The board approved a sole-source grant to Community Health Northwest Florida to purchase and operate a mobile vision van. Staff said the clinic is an FQHC-led startup intended to be self-sustaining and to integrate vision care with other medical and social services.
The Escambia Children—s Trust on Oct. 14 approved a sole-source grant request from Community Health Northwest Florida to purchase and operate a mobile vision clinic intended to provide eye exams, glasses and related triage services for children in Escambia County.
Community Health representatives told the board the proposal differs from a statewide nonprofit eye-exam program in several ways: it is operated by a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with the capacity to bill payer sources, perform…
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