Irvin Gammon Craig Health Center will remain open at least through the fall with financial assistance from Bon Secours Health System missions.

The health center at 8000 Brook Road in northern Henrico County had started notifying patients it was closing Sept. 15 after failing to get a federal grant. The facility charges people based on their ability to pay and had been experiencing financial stress for some time. Last year the health center partnered with The Daily Planet, a federally supported health center, and officials applied for a federal grant to make Craig Health Center a satellite site of The Daily Planet.

After being notified this month that the grant request was not funded, the Craig Health Center board of directors decided to shut down the clinic.

Bon Secours will provide $25,000 a month for several months while looking at the feasibility of taking over the clinic and running it as a free clinic, said Peter J. Prizzio, executive director of The Daily Planet.

Bon Secours is "at a point where they are not sure they can. They will need several months to do due diligence," Prizzio said. "During that period they have agreed to provide monthly support to keep the health center doors open."

Prizzio said Craig Health Center last year cared for 1,300 patients and recorded about 3,600 patient visits.