New Jackson County Health Department Celebrates Grand Opening

NASHVILLE − Join representatives of the Tennessee Department of Health along with Jackson County Mayor John Cason and other state and local officials on Friday, May 20 for the grand opening celebration and open house at the new Jackson County Health Department Community Health Center in Gainesboro.

The new 7,200-plus square-foot facility includes six examination rooms and employs approximately 14 health professionals. The Jackson County Health Department is a federally qualified community health center providing primary medical and dental care to the medically underserved and uninsured. Other services offered include immunizations, well child/EPSDT screenings, WIC nutrition services, children’s special services care coordination, breast and cervical cancer screening, family planning services, vital records and communicable disease control.

The cost for the facility, including construction, equipment and furnishings, totals $957,030. The Tennessee Department of Health’s Upper Cumberland Regional Office was awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Improvement Program grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration in the amount of $625,680. Jackson County government’s contribution totaled $276,850, which includes the land for the building. The United States Department of Agriculture provided $54,500 for the facility’s construction.

What:  Grand opening of new Jackson County Health Department Community Health Center

When:  Friday, May 20 at 1 p.m. CDT

Where:  600 North Murray Street
              Gainesboro, Tenn.