How many people does the Health Care for the Homeless Program serve each year?

In 2009, there were 1,018,084 patients who were homeless served at all Health Centers with the vast majority (81%) seen at HCH projects. Of those seen at HCH projects, nearly all (91%) patients are under 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and about two-thirds (66%) are uninsured. Most of the patients at HCHs are adults age 20 to 64 (80%), but 17% were children/youth under age 19 and 3% were older adults age 65 and over.