The Bureau County Family Health Clinic, which opened in April last year, is helping to address concerns about women's health access in rural areas across the country. The clinic was created to address years of hospital service reductions and provider shortages. According to a 2025 study, access to obstetric care in rural America is declining significantly, with seven states having at least a quarter of their hospitals stop providing obstetric services between 2010 and 2022. By 2022, there were eight states where more than two-thirds of rural hospitals were without obstetrical services. The Clinic provides women’s healthcare, family planning, prenatal and postpartum care, gynecological services, primary care, immunizations and behavioral health support through a partnership with Arukah Institute of Healing. The leadership believes the model could eventually help shape rural health strategies elsewhere in Illinois and beyond.