Press Releases
October 1, 2020
FY 2021 budget approved by unanimous vote of Travis County Commissioners (Austin, TX) – October 1 marks the beginning of a new fiscal year and implementation of a new budget for Central Health, which recently won a national award for its budgetary transparency and excellence by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). On Wednesday, Sept. […]
September 23, 2020
Vaccines, healthy habits could prevent health care system from being overwhelmed (Austin) – Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare Health Centers urges its patients to get a flu vaccine as soon as possible since the influenza virus and the virus that causes COVID-19 will spread at the same time this fall and winter. “Getting a flu vaccine has […]
September 21, 2020
Travis County Commissioners to vote on health care district’s budget Sept. 29 Learn More About Our FY2021 Budget (Austin) – The Central Health Board of Managers voted to approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 20201 budget, which includes a more than $20 million increase over the current fiscal year to pay for health care services for […]
September 8, 2020
(Austin, Texas) – El 27 de agosto, Central Health y sus afiliados, los Centros de Salud CommUnityCare, abrieron un nuevo centro para pruebas por ventanilla para COVID-19, localizado en 7019 Burleson Road en Austin. El nuevo centro estará abierto de lunes a viernes de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m., y consolida los servicios que se […]
September 8, 2020
(Austin, Texas) – Central Health and its affiliate CommUnityCare Health Centers opened a new drive-through COVID-19 testing site at 7019 Burleson Road in Austin on Aug. 27. The new site will be open for testing from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday, and consolidates the Southeast Metropolitan Park testing location, which will close. […]
September 8, 2020
Se les recomienda a los habitantes evitar las reuniones públicas durante el fin de semana de Labor Day y continuar practicando las medidas de protección para mantener las escuelas y comercios abiertos, y evitar que se vuelva a aumentar la cantidad de casos de coronavirus (Austin, Texas) – El Departamento de Salud Pública de Austin […]
September 2, 2020
Residents urged to avoid gatherings Labor Day Weekend and continue healthy habits this fall to keep schools, businesses open; prevent another coronavirus spike (Austin, Texas) – Austin Public Health (APH), Travis County, Central Health and its affiliate CommUnityCare Health Centers kicked-off a six-week personal protective equipment (PPE) distribution initiative Wednesday. The program, part of a […]
August 28, 2020
(Austin, Texas) – Central Health will host a virtual Community Conversation on the proposed fiscal year 2021 budget and tax rate at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 31. The Central Health Board of Managers on Aug. 26 approved a proposed property tax rate of no more than 11.0306 cents per $100 of taxable property value for […]
August 27, 2020
(Austin) – Central Health is buying land in Southeast Travis County to build a new health and wellness center. The 2.5 acres at 7050 Elroy Road, just east of the Texas State Highway 130/Texas State Highway 45 toll roads, will be the home of a new clinic operated by Central Health-affiliated CommUnityCare to serve the […]
July 25, 2020
(Austin, TX) – Central Health is delivering COVID-19 resource kits to businesses, apartment complexes, and faith-based centers located in communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The business outreach effort is part of a campaign called Protect Yourself, Protect Your Family/Protéjase y Proteja a Su Familia, which reinforces coronavirus safety and prevention by working with businesses […]