Affordable Health Care Excellence For All
The integration of WinterSpring and its grief and loss support programs into La Clinica and its wellness and learning offerings earned news coverage.
KOBI TV NBC 5 wrote a short story.
KDRV Newswatch 12 posted a story March 17.
The Mail Tribune wrote a story that was posted March 24.
The Mail Tribune wrote about the Cow Creek tribe’s $15,000 donation to La Clinica’s Happy Smiles program.
It’s one of several recent donations to the program. See a list of other donors here.
Oregon Capital Chronicle, a nonprofit online news organization, wrote about Dr. Nat Fondell and how he connects with Birch Grove Health Center patients with video visits and in-person care. The Jan. 5, 2022, story covers his work with transgender patients, people dealing with addictions, and low-income and homeless patients. Patient Rhonda Capello, who relied on video visits as she prepared and recovered from the amputation of both of her feet in 2021, is featured, too.
La Clinica will receive a $300,000 grant from Regence to expand its community health worker team and increase field-based services that help people meet basic needs around housing, food, utilities and behavioral health support. Outreach will benefit BIPOC, Spanish-speaking, immigrant and refugee, and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as people experiencing houselessness. The award will also support two community partners — ACCESS and Rogue Retreat – which will each receive $25,000 to improve the referral process for La Clinica patients to essential food, shelter, medical and case management services.
Regence announced its philanthropic investment in communities across four states Dec. 9, 2021. The grant aims to advance health equity in underserved communities by improving access to care and addressing other needs such as housing and food to help people live healthy lives.
“Regence’s investment in this work is creating a significant positive change for our community. It’s as simple as that,” said Brenda Johnson, chief executive officer of La Clinica. “Our staff sees people in need every day, and with this funding we’ll be able to address community needs for connection and resources like never before. We’re so grateful.”
KOBI TV 5, the NBC affiliate in Medford, did a story on the grant and the services it will help provide.
The Mail Tribune also did a story on Dec. 22.
La Clinica got its first order of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11 and quickly put together a drive-up clinic at Talent Elementary School. The Phoenix-Talent School District helped get the word out. Families started lining up nearly an hour before the clinic started and more than a hundred children were vaccinated.
KOBI News 5 ran this story from reporter Grace Smith.
The Mail Tribune ran this story from education reporter Kevin Opsahl.