Mountain Family Health Centers serves more than 16,000 patients in Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin Counties, 75% of whom are on either uninsured or on Medicaid. We believe that healthcare is a human right. Your donation will help us continue to provide medical, behavioral, and dental healthcare and pharmacy services to our patients at our ten integrated health centers.
To be advocates of health and healing by providing quality integrated healthcare to the whole community.
“I found Mountain Family in 2017 when I was between jobs, uninsured and unwell. I stayed with Mountain Family because of the compassionate providers and the welcoming staff and contribute because everyone deserves healthcare and wants this community to be healthy. As a result, I am proud to be a patient and serve on the Board of Directors. Join me in prioritizing accessible healthcare by contributing today.” Sydney Schalit, former Board Chair, Grateful Patient, and Donor
“I have been involved with Mountain Family Health Centers for over ten years. Their commitment to removing barriers and providing high-quality, integrated, culturally relevant care is an invaluable resource for the mountain communities it serves.” - Dustin Moyer, CEO, Grateful Patient, and Donor
"Mountain Family Health Centers is the reason I'm alive today. A few months ago, I wasn't feeling like myself. I had just moved from New Orleans to Gypsum, so I thought the dizziness might be from the change in altitude. But something didn't feel right, so I scheduled a same-day appointment at Mountain Family. The care team quickly realized I was in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) caused by uncontrolled diabetes. I had been rationing my insulin because I couldn't afford the $500 cost. They didn't just save my life that day—they helped me access the insulin I needed and get my diabetes under control. I'll always be grateful for the compassionate care and support they gave me when I needed it most." - Grateful Patient
"My husband Cavanaugh and I became Founding Members of Mountain Family Health Centers' Health For All Fund because we know so many folks are struggling paycheck to paycheck with no health insurance. We want to help organizations providing affordable quality healthcare to all. Cavanaugh and I really want to help families, so we give to Mountain Family."
- Blanca Uzeta O'Leary, Donor and Founding Member of Mountain Family Health Centers Health For All Fund
"We are thrilled with the support of our friends and neighbors for both our annual Health for All Fund and the opening of our Avon Integrated Health Center in January 2023. We ensure access to healthcare for the most vulnerable among us. We envision a future in which all persons have access to the affordable, high quality, integrated primary medical, behavioral and dental healthcare and pharmacy services they need for optimal health." - Ross Brooks, Former CEO, Grateful Patient, and Donor
We improve the health of our community by providing equitable and affordable medical, behavioral, and dental healthcare for all.
Founded in 1978, Mountain Family Health Centers is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) system serving Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin Counties residents on Colorado's rural western slope. Today, 83% of MFHC patients have low household incomes (<200% of the federal poverty guideline), and 42% are uninsured.
Mountain Family began in Black Hawk, Colorado, when the area's only physician retired. Citizens formed the Gilpin County Health Clinic, later becoming Columbine Family Health Centers, with clinics in Blackhawk and Nederland. In 1999, a clinic was opened in Glenwood Springs upon community request due to dwindling medical resources.
As it expanded, Columbine became Mountain Family Health Centers, opening clinics in Rifle and Basalt in 2011 and Edwards in 2014. In the same year, the decision was reluctantly made to close the last remaining clinic on the Front Range due to the decreasing need due to the area's changing demographics and establishment of new providers. During this time, Mountain Family also began providing dental and behavioral health services to integrate the provision of health carefully.
Continuing the expansion to respond to community needs, Mountain Family opened its first school-based health center in 2016 in Avon and four more in Roaring Fork Schools in 2020-21. Mountain Family clinics are certified by the National Committee on Quality Assurance as Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
During the COVID-19 crisis, we've remained available to our patients by increasing telehealth visits across all of our pillars of care. In some of the coldest months of 2021, our staff hosted vaccine drives for thousands of our community members. To date, we have given more than 21,500 COVID vaccinations in our community, of which 3,600 were for students. We are proud of the work we accomplished during these unprecedented times and will continue to address the needs of our community no matter the challenges that arise.
In 2023, we opened two new health centers in Eagle County. In January, Avon opened; we created a state-of-the-art integrated health center that replaced our Edwards health center. In August, Gypsum joined our healthcare family, adding critically needed care to an area that historically had few resources for healthcare options.
Mountain Family Health Centers looks forward to the next forty-five years of "Our Family Caring For Yours."
Organization name
Mountain Family Health Centers
other names
MFHC, Columbine Family Health Centers, Gilpin County Health Clinic
1978
Tax id (EIN)
84-0742145
Category
Health Care
Organization Size
Large Organization
Colorado State Tax Credits
Colorado Enterprise Zone Credit
Address
1905 Blake Ave Suite 101Mailing
2802 Grand AveGarfield County, CO, US
Pitkin County, CO, US
Eagle County, CO, US