General Info

Founded in 2004, Jefferson Community Health Care Centers is a federally qualified health center. It is a nonprofit organization that offers health care services for the uninsured and underinsured residents in and around Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. Jefferson Community Health Care Centers has a primary location in Avondale, La. After Hurricane Katrina, it placed an urgent care modular facility at the emergency area of West Jefferson General Hospital to service the surge of patients seeking primary and urgent care. Jefferson Community Health Care Centers offers primary, preventive and urgent care and clinical and patient advocate services. Its clinical social services include individual, couples and family counseling and referrals to other facilities for in-patient and intensive treatment options. Jefferson Community Health Care Centers maintains a location in Westwego, La.