Why A Community Health Center?

To improve the health of our community:

• Providing affordable access for all

• Working to eliminate health disparities

• Ensuring local governance that emphasizes community collaboration

• Expanding our capacity to serve, including pharmacy, dental and mental health care services

• Focusing on comprehensive primary and preventive care

• Facilitating access to specialty services via transportation and tele-health options

To enhance opportunities for the community we serve:

• Supporting family wage jobs for employees

• Affording training and education opportunities for career development

• Widening recruitment pool for providers and staff

• Strengthening connections with our community partners

What is a Community Health Center?

The Community Health Center programs were created in 1964 under the administration of President Lyndon Johnson as a special Economic Opportunity Act which promised to open Neighborhood Health Centers for underserved people. This would ensure the sustainability of primary care services in underserved areas across the United States. Following an extensive application process, with deep involvement by our community Board of Directors, Winding Waters earned the status of a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in 2015. As a result, we have been able to expand our services and meet the primary care needs of our community across Wallowa County!

Health Centers Qualifications:

• Are community-based and patient-directed organizations

• Deliver comprehensive, high-quality primary care services

• Ensure access to care for medically underserved individuals and families

• Integrate access to pharmacy, behavioral health, substance use disorder, and oral health services

• For more about Community Health Centers, please click here.

Winding Waters Medical Clinic©2021 – An equal opportunity provider and employer.

This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.

Winding Waters Medical Clinic©2021 – Un proveedor y empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades

Este centro de salud recibe fondos del HHS y tiene el estatus considerado del Servicio Federal de Salud Pública (PHS) con respecto a ciertos reclamos de salud o relacionados con la salud, incluidos reclamos por negligencia médica, para sí mismo y sus personas cubiertas.