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Health Access clinic asks Clarksburg for $5,000 to keep services for working residents
Summary
Health Access Food Clinic told the Clarksburg City Council it serves roughly 4,500 county residents, most employed, and is seeking $5,000 from the city to maintain primary-care and dental services; the clinic said it used a county opioid-related award to hire a dentist to serve patients in recovery.
Health Access Food Clinic asked the Clarksburg City Council for $5,000 in city funding to maintain medical services that the clinic says serve roughly 4,500 Harrison and Dodge County residents, about half of them in Clarksburg.
The clinic’s executive director, Josh Brown, told the council that “81 percent” of Health Access patients are employed and described the clinic as “a medical home and a lifeline” for people he called the region’s working poor. Brown said the requested $5,000 matches recent annual city support and would help the clinic continue providing primary care and other services locally.
Brown said Health Access has expanded services partly through other grants. “We were able to get $60,000 from Harrison County opioid-style measures,” he said, and used that money to hire a full-time dentist who provides care to people in recovery. Brown told council members the dental services help prevent relapse by treating painful dental conditions that can drive patients back to opioid use.
Brown also described program materials provided to council members and emphasized that continued local funding supports the regional workforce and local businesses by helping residents stay healthy and employed.
No formal vote or council action on the request was recorded in the transcript during public comment.
