Presidential Document2023-17179
National Health Center Week, 2023
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Published
August 9, 2023
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August 4, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 53759-53760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17179]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88 , No. 152 / Wednesday, August 9, 2023 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10605 of August 4, 2023
National Health Center Week, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every year, our Nation's nearly 1,400 federally funded
community health centers provide critical, accessible,
and affordable medical, dental, and behavioral health
care to over 30 million Americans. Spread across every
State and territory, these vital health care centers
help make real the promise that health care in this
country should be a right, not a privilege. During
National Health Center Week, we celebrate their
dedicated staff and recommit to providing the resources
these vital centers need to continue protecting the
well-being of the American people.
From the beginning of my Administration, we have made
historic investments to strengthen our Nation's
community health center network. Through the American
Rescue Plan, we invested $7.6 billion to grow the
health center workforce, update facilities, and provide
them with the necessary resources to fight the COVID-19
pandemic. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is
rebuilding our roads, highways, water systems, and
high-speed internet to better connect people and places
with the care they need. My latest Budget would renew
critical support for the Health Center Program and put
it on a path to double its size and expand its reach.
Community health centers are key to tackling health
care disparities in underserved communities. By
improving access to screenings, they bring us closer to
ending cancer as we know it, which is the goal of my
Cancer Moonshot Initiative. By connecting more
Americans to behavioral health services, they build an
infrastructure of service that addresses mental health
needs--a key pillar of my Unity Agenda. By supporting
the delivery of pregnancy-related care, they improve
the lives of mothers and children across the country.
Time and again, evidence reveals that health centers
make a powerful difference in the communities they
serve. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,
community health care centers distributed over 20
million vaccines--nearly 70 percent of which went to
people of color and more than 20 percent to those who
lived in rural areas. In these ways, they help bridge a
critical gap in access to lifesaving prevention and
treatment. And because of their patient-majority
governing board structure, health centers ensure that
their mission and decision-making are informed not only
by medical experts but, principally, by the people they
serve.
These investments are a matter of human dignity and
fairness. When we fail to invest in the health outcomes
of some communities, we all suffer. But when we take
the necessary actions to improve care in every zip
code, we are all better for it.
This week, we thank the heroic health center staff on
the front lines of improving lives. We acknowledge your
sacrifice and courage, especially at the height of the
pandemic. We are grateful for your daily work that
saves lives and protects the future of our country. You
make the promise of America real--a promise to lift
everyone up and leave no one behind. My Administration
is committed to supporting you as you make our Nation
healthier, more resilient, and more just.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week of
August 6 through August 12, 2023, as National Health
Center Week.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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