Suquamish Tribe Donates $80,000 to Peninsula Community Health Services
In 2012, Peninsula Community Health Services expects to have taken care of 25,000 patients in 80,000 visits, providing 24-hour on-call care for low-income, uninsured and underinsured residents at four locations.
Patients pay for services according to a sliding scale, based on income. . . .
Though nonprofit, “Our providers are all paid. We have as strong a program as you have anywhere else,” CEO Barbara Malich said. “Our clients range from the admiral’s wife on TriCare to the homeless person down the street.”
On Wednesday, Peninsula Community Health Services will receive a financial boost from the Suquamish Tribe. Members of the Tribal Council will visit the Peninsula Community Health Service offices on 7th Avenue in Poulsbo, 11 a.m. to noon, to present a donation of $80,000 and tour the offices.
“Peninsula Community Health Services has been working with the Tribe, especially on wellness, and some tribal members use their services,” Suquamish Tribe spokeswoman April Leigh said. “That relationship has grown, and the Suquamish Tribal Council wanted to contribute to support the good work [the health service does] for the uninsured and underinsured.”
She said the Suquamish Tribe’s donation will help cover the cost of behavioral health services two days a week for a year.
–North Kitsap Herald,
December 17, 2012


What is the purpose of this donation by the Suquamish Tribe?


A. to build a new medical facility and other forms of infrastructure
B. to help pay for health care for people who cannot afford it in the community
C. to teach organizations how to secure funding for health care and other services
D. to pay for the education of young people who want to become doctors and nurses