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MATTHEW WALKER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER Celebrates National Health Center Week.  It's that time of year again, as MATTHEW WALKER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER takes on National Health Center week, Turning the Vision into Reality August 9th thru the 13th, 2010.  We will offer free services to the community including back-to-school physicals, breast exams & mammogram screenings, vision screenings, blood glucose screenings and blood pressure screenings.  All breast exam and mammogram screenings must be scheduled by appointment only and are free to those without health insurance.  All back-to-school physicals and immunizations will be provided for free, as well, to those without health insurance. For those with Tenncare or private insurance, co-pays will be waived.  For more  information about what services are offered at the location nearest you please give us a call or check out our community calendar.  Click here for a list of clinic locations and contact information.

Dr. Michele Williams Reminds Parents About Back-to-school Visits for Their Children.  The upcoming Tennessee sales tax holiday, also known as the tax-free weekend, begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday August 6, and ushers in the "back-to-school" season.  The rush to buy clothes, laptops, sneakers and other school essentials has parents and children making a list of needs and wants to begin the new academic year.  A very important note to parents:  While making this year's "to-do, to-buy" list, make certain that one item includes a visit to the pediatrician.  For the first time in several years, there are new immunization requirements for students entering Tennessee schools - and new certificates from the state that must be included when students are registered for classes. (This was an excerpt from the Tennessean.com, Tennessee Opinion Community Conversation to see the full story click here.)

Mayor Karl Dean Visits Our McGruder Family Resource Center

Recently, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville hosted their annual Read to Succeed press conference at the C.E. McGruder Family Resource Center.  Announcing that for the second consecutive year, more than 98% of participants in United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Read to Succeed program enter kindergarten with the basic reading skills needed to make a successful scholastic start. view photo

McGruder FRC hosted the 3rd Annual National Day of Actionput on by United Way of Metropolitan Nashville. The volunteers, made up of individuals from various local corporations STUFFed THE BUS with school supplies for children and teens.  The supplies will then be delivered to United Way’s Neighborhood Family Resource Centers and partner agencies, who work daily to equip the youth of Nashville’s neighborhoods for success. view photo

MATTHEW WALKER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER is meeting the long-term need of North Nashville flood victims.  United Way of Metropolitan Nashville and six of its partner agencies opened five Restore the Dream Centers to work one-on-one with individuals and families who are struggling to put their lives and their homes back together in the wake of the May Flood. As the lead agency for the C.E McGruder Family Resource Center, MATTHEW WALKER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER is partnering with United Way of Metropolitan Nashville and other community partners to provide on-going flood relief assistance in the North Nashville community.The McGruder FRC is one of the Restore the Dream Centers and will have on-site trained case managers who will work with individuals to design feasible solutions to meet their needs. Through a series of in-depth questions, the case managers will gain a thorough understanding of each victim’s specific needs and bring together the mix of services that victim will need to make progress toward restoring their life.

Among the many types of services that can be accessed by the network are affordable housing, legal assistance, depression treatment, employment counseling, and in-home specialists for elderly and other individuals with specialized needs.  In addition, the Center will continue to distribute water, personal products, cleaning supplies and other donations as needed. view photo

United Way has already committed a half million dollars to get the Restore The Dream Centers open and to operate them through the balance of 2010. The organization hopes to raise enough funds to support the operation of the Restore the Dream Centers thru 2012 and they are well on their way with donations like those from Target Inc., who came to McGruder FRC and brought loads of donations for flood survivors throughout Davidson County. view photo

The McGruder FRC is located at 2013 25th Avenue North, 37208 and will be open for distribution Monday thru Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.  For more information please call (615)291-4513 or (615)242-4681.  You can also seek assistance online by completing the McGruder RTDC referral form, just click here.  For additional information about the Restore the Dream Center in your community click here.             

MATTHEW WALKER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER has served Nashville and Middle Tennessee communities since 1968. MATTHEW WALKER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER is a private non-profit organization that is lead by a community based governing board. Annually, the organization serves over 25,000 patients, employs over 100 Individuals and provides over 40 different programs and services.

MATTHEW WALKER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER provides comprehensive services that are accessible to the entire community. Services are provided through seven locations. The main site in Nashville includes primary care, adult and child dental services, women's health, orthopedics, ophthalmology, an on-site pharmacy and diagnostic center which provides laboratory and radiology services. Our Clarksville clinic in Clarksville, Tennessee is our second clinic site which focuses on providing medical and dental services for residents of Montgomery County and connecting counties including Robertson, Houston and Cheatham. Our third clinic site OBGYN Associates in Murfreesboro, Tennessee serves the residents of Rutherford county.  It is our most recent clinical site focusing on women's health. The C.E. McGruder Family Resource Center located in Nashville, Tennessee is dedicated to providing a comprehensive, one-stop social service delivery system for 37208 residents. The Mental Health Cooperative (MHC) clinical site, our fifth site, is located in Nashville also through a partnership with MHC to provide clinical services to MHC clients on a referral basis. Our sixth site is a partnership with Pearl Cohn Magnet High School  to provide on-site medical services for their students and staff throughout the school day. Our seventh site on the campus of Fisk University provides much needed on-site healthcare services to the students of Fisk University. Though our offices at MHC, Fisk University and Pearl Cohn Magnet High School do not expect walk-ins or outside appointments, our patients and patient referrals from each site can be seen and access other services as needed, at our various clinical sites including our Nashville clinic, Clarksville clinic and Murfreesboro clinic.

Our comprehensive care services are available to individuals covered through TennCare, Medicare and most private health insurance plans.  Services are also available to those who are under-insured or uninsured.  Payment programs are developed for those individuals and families based upon income.  Read More...