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InterCare locations are shown in blue. WIC only locations are shown in gray. Our Mission It is InterCare's mission to improve individual health by providing high quality, comprehensive community-based primary health care services. Our Philosophy We believe all people have the right to equal access to quality health care. |
Who We AreLocated in the heart of west and southwest Michigan's fruit and vegetable belt, InterCare was formed in 1972 to provide basic health care services in traditionally underserved communities. InterCare now serves nearly 40,000 community residents and migrant farmworkers at six locations each year. InterCare is supported in part with "Community and Migrant Health Center" grant funds from the federal Public Health Service. Because InterCare's practices are often located in federally designated " underserved" and " shortage areas", medical and dental professionals who have been supported by the National Health Service Corps may be eligible for placement here. Our Name is Our HistoryInterCare's thirty-year history began with the formation of a nonprofit organization called BCV Health Services, a name derived from the organization's focus in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren Counties. The formation of BCV was a cooperative effort among several health organizations and individuals who shared the objective of bringing comprehensive, high quality health care to those in need. By the early 1980's, BCV Health Services had grown well beyond its original three-county service area. Its services were expanding to include both medical and dental care, and a new name and logo were adopted to better capture our broader mission and scope… thus, BCV Health Services became MARCHA (Migrant and Rural Community Health Association). With an ever-increasing presence in west and southwest Michigan, MARCHA revisited its name one more time in the mid-1990s. The change to InterCare Community Health Network signaled our continuing commitment to the diversity of communities within our service areas as well as our connectedness to those we serve.
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