FQHC Designation

Protecting Community Health

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) Serve Rural Areas Like Ours

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) are public entities or private non-profits that provide high-quality health care to underserved areas or populations.

FQHCs provide comprehensive services, offer discounted care, and have ongoing quality assurance programs. As patient-centered organizations, FQHC governing boards of directors include patients.

As An FQHC We Can

Provide patients with discounted prescription and non-prescription medications.
Access the National Health Service Corps, which offers loan forgiveness for providers and nurses and scholarships for students pursuing certain health fields.
Access the Vaccines for Children Program.
Qualify for medical malpractice coverage through the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Apply for and receive grant funds to continue to provide high quality services like integrated care, community health initiatives, and health education at a lower cost to our community.

Administrative Office
Phone: 906-483-1705
Address: 720 Lake Linden Ave., Laurium, MI 49913
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U.P. Crisis Line
Upper Peninsula will be able to call, text or chat with MiCAL for free behavioral health crisis triage, support, resource information and referral to local services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. MiCAL can be reached via phone or text at 844-446-4225. Chat through Michigan.gov/MiCAL.

A provider is on-call after hours, on weekends and during holidays.

FOR URGENT AFTER HOURS NEEDS FOR FAMILY PRACTICE CALL (906) 372-3025

FOR AFTER HOURS NEEDS FOR OB/GYN OR PEDIATRICS CALL (906) 483-1000

Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) is a Federally Qualified Health Center and is a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Deemed Facility. UGL receives funding from The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and has Federal Public Health Service deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims for itself and its covered individuals.

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This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number H80CS26511 Health Center Cluster, total award amount of $3,056,108 with 89.9 % financed from nongovernmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.