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Community health centers in Connecticut

Connecticut has 144 community health center clinics in 41 cities, run by 17 health centers that served 454,321 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

The median clinic in Connecticut is open 46.5 hours a week.
Half of Connecticut health centers have 14% or more uninsured patients (U.S. median: 14%).
Most clinics in one city: Bridgeport with 22.

How Connecticut health centers compare

Median across Connecticut health centers	Connecticut	U.S.
Uninsured patients	14%	14%
Patients at or below the poverty line	65%	65%
Medicaid or CHIP patients	55%	42%
Adults with blood pressure under control	70%	68%
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	61%	54%
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	54%	44%

Largest health centers in Connecticut

Health center	Based in	Patients	Uninsured	Clinics
Community Health Center, Inc.	Middletown	106,922	13%	23
Cornell Scott Hill Health Corporation	New Haven	56,681	10%	18
Optimus Health Care, Inc.	Bridgeport	38,667	16%	12
Fair Haven Community Health Clinic, Inc.	New Haven	38,075	14%	9
Southwest Community Health Center	Bridgeport	30,596	23%	16
Staywell Health Care, Inc.	Waterbury	24,801	19%	7
Wheeler Clinic, Inc. the	Plainville	22,109	7%	5
Charter Oak Health Center, Inc.	Hartford	18,759	28%	11
United Community and Family Services Inc.	Norwich	18,227	6%	7
First Choice Health Centers, Inc.	East Hartford	18,033	16%	9
Generations Family Health Center, Inc.	Willimantic	16,465	10%	4
Connecticut Institute for Communities, Inc.	Danbury	16,390	14%	4

Cities with the most clinics

All Connecticut cities with a community health center

All community health centers based in Connecticut

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