2021 community report
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Play VideoHealthPoint at 50
2021 Community Report
50 years of health care for anyone who needs it.
Dear Friends,
This year marks HealthPoint’s 50th anniversary. From our first volunteer-run clinic in a Renton apartment, to a health care home for tens of thousands of people and a leader in whole-person care–we’ve come a long way.
The HealthPoint of 1971 (then called Valley Pulse) had no paid employees, no computers, and occasionally even no phone service. Times were tight for our organization and the community. Between 1968 and 1971, more than sixty-seven thousand people in South King County lost their jobs. Unemployment hovered at 17%, there were long lines at food pantries, and so many families were struggling to get by. Our community needed help.
The folks who founded HealthPoint saw that need and took action. They opened their homes and private medical and dental practices, they volunteered their time, they became self-taught experts in helping neighbors apply for things like food stamps and housing assistance. Described by one local paper as a “miracle agency,” the first HealthPoint provided more than health care; they created hope.
And a half-century later, we’re still at it. While much has changed, that passion for helping people live healthier, happier lives, and that dauntless determination to support and strengthen our community remains the same.
Through booms and busts, recessions and global crises, these core qualities have kept HealthPoint relevant and our communities resilient. This has never been more true than in the past 18 months. As needs changed with COVID, our staff worked relentlessly to re-imagine and transform how and where we care for our community.
While we responded quickly to help our patients stay safely cared for during the pandemic, we also kept moving forward on many exciting projects like the Family First Center in the Cascade/Benson area of Renton. A neighborhood hub for recreation, learning, and essential services, Family First is a model for the next generation of health centers—and where HealthPoint is headed as we move into the next half century of living our mission.
We know that there is more to health and well-being than just the delivery of health care services. That’s why we are rooting our new clinics in community hubs and partnering more deeply to create places and programs that address inequity, help people prosper, and empower wellness in both body and mind.
With so much opportunity ahead, it feels fitting that fifty is the “golden anniversary.” On behalf of our board of directors and staff, thank you for helping us reach this milestone and for being part of our living legacy. Together we will create a brighter future for all.
With gratitude,
Lisa Yohalem, CEO
Where we started In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson launched the Great Society, a series of policies designed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. Community Health Centers were a key part of this program, with their promise of comprehensive health care for everyone, regardless of circumstances. That paved the way for what would become HealthPoint, which serves tens of thousands of King County residents who deserve high quality health care.
Play VideoAmerica’s Health Centers
(Left to right): Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson, Whitney M. Moore Jr.
Nearly 1,400Community Health Centers nationwide
29 million Americans provided
with comprehensive health care
HealthPoint at 50.Today, HealthPoint provides affordable, high-quality health care for more than 100,000 people at 20 locations throughout King County. Over the past five decades, we’ve continued to expand and improve our facilities, enhance our expertise, and grow our array of comprehensive services. Medical care, dental care, naturopathic medicine, behavioral health care, social services, and on-site pharmacies.
In the face of every challenge, our dedicated team of staff and providers never wavers from delivering the care people need most. We steadfastly believe that when the most vulnerable among us are healthier, we are all healthier.
180 Medical, Dental, and other Future Community Health Professionals
900+ Employees
Over 270,515
patient visits
219+Medical visits
51k+Dental visits
24k+Behavioral
health visits
11k+Natural
medicine visits
3kSchool Based Health Center Medical and Behavioral
Health visits
All statistics from 8/1/20 through 7/31/21
Humanity, technology and responsiveness.Even before the most recent challenges, HealthPoint was continually evolving to meet the needs of our communities. But when the COVID era hit, we went into hyperdrive: expanding our telehealth capabilities and pharmacy delivery services, opening COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites, partnering with local groups and faith-based organizations to vaccinate community members, and more. Safely getting care to people disproportionately affected by hardship is our top priority.
$88k+ in telemedicine grants
27,333 COVID-19 vaccinations
113k+ Telehealth Visits
100% online medical records
11Health Center Locations
4School-based Clinics (1 more coming soon)
3Behavioral Health
Partner Clinics
1Urgent Care
Location
9Pharmacies
More than health care.Good health goes far beyond doctors’ visits. It’s also about housing, fresh food, safe neighborhoods, and more. We’ve responded to growing food insecurity by starting an emergency food delivery program and mini food pantries at our clinics. We’ve expanded our homeless outreach services. We’ve increased support services to high risk patients during times of social isolation. And we continue to break down barriers to care for other vulnerable populations, such as refugees and people struggling with addiction and mental illness.
Play VideoHealthPoint Meets People Where they Are
12k+ King County families experiencing homelessness
1,951 Homeless Service Visits
The future is about bringing care and community together. As we look ahead, we’re redoubling our commitment to meeting people where they are. On the street through homeless outreach programs. At school, with school-based health services. And in neighborhoods by co-locating new clinics where our communities come together like in Skyway at the Cynthia A. Green Family Center, in Renton at the Sunset Neighborhood Center, and more community center-based clinics coming soon in Renton, White Center, Redmond, and Tukwila.
70 languages spoken
11,026Uninsured patients
Sunset Neighborhood Center, Renton
Family First Community Center, Renton
HUB Community Service Center, White Center
“Our Nation’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is stronger because of our health centers, and the tireless, dedicated health center employees who continue to deliver critical services such as COVID-19 testing, treatment, and prevention services on the front lines.”
– President Joe Biden
$3,281,114Uncompensated Care made possible
by donors like you
You
make us stronger.HealthPoint couldn’t do everything we do without the help
of our generous donors. And there is still so much more we need to do. Join us in creating a healthy community for all
by making a gift of any size to HealthPoint.
Donate Now
$100can provide two controller inhalers
for children with asthma
$150covers one session with a
behavioral health specialist
$1000supports 20 hours of
homelessness outreach by our visiting nurse care team
$3500outfits one physician with
everything they need to provide care via telehealth
Community Health Clinics:SeaMar, ICHS, Country Doctor/Carolyn Downs, NeighborCare Health, Odessa Brown, Seattle Indian Health Board
Thank you to our community partners:
Individuals
Prashanth AdhikariJoseph AdrianoKala AnantharamanMonica AndersonPrashant AnkalagiAnonymousGina & Tim AnsteyDimple AryaKapil AsharPreeti AskiPreeti & Vijaykumar AskiCarol BachhuberSandra BakerYaowanit BalangueKris BeaverGoddard F. BeckCarol & Bob BellandJames BerghuisSuraj BhukebagKeleah BlivenAnnette BoelhouwerRuth BookwalterTerry BoyleGeorge BravosJohn BrewRich & Maria BrooksLilly BurbaJames & Jeanne BurbidgeDenyce CahillJohn CampionDiana CareyCasey CaronPriscilla CastanonAbie Castillo
Vincy ChanDipti ChrastkaBeth ChurchFrank ClarkSheryl ClarkeKeith Clay & Diana KingEleanor CleverlyDonald & Barbara ClimerRachel CohenKeith CollinsTammie Conder & William
CooperSheila & Ron ConnorChris Cooper & Ted Lord Juan CottoCarly CremersJoe CrimmingsCarma CutterEmily D’AlessandroAsha D’SouzaBreeze DahlbergAlpa DaveJoan DavisJerry DeGrieckAbuna Demoz & Laura WardLaurence M. DeShields II &
Mary NaylorAbhijit DixitSudeshna DixitChrisi DotsonWilliam DowlingKristin DunawayPaul DziedzicChristian EatonDaniel EggertMark Esteb
Judy Featherstone & Pat Montgomery
Ronald FriedmanPradeep FulayDrucilla GamponiaMauktik GandhiMiranda GarrettJuan GanzNidhi GoelVictoria GoetzTiko Gogolashvili-RadfordSarah GohmannAlexandra GordevitchPaul Grekin & Henry OteroRuthAnn GrumblingKatherine GudgelCindy Breed & Jane GuiltinanMichelle HaasDave & Cathy HabibStacy Hagen & Andrew
PatersonVicki & Stephen HammondSubha HariClaudia Hartley & Michael
LaseckiDavid Hartley & Helen
WeagraffShannan HayesLaura HedalDave HellandLaura HicksHayley HilleshiemHilary & Ben HillisKatherine HollenbaughChad HornerXiao Huang
Janaki JacobShikha JainWilliam JenningsLee Ann JingujiEsther JohnstonRebecca JohnstonNavneet JonejaUjjwala KaleMonalisa KararSudharshan KattemalalavadiRebecca KavoussiRasshmmi KhannaRiley KidessAna-Maria KingSavita KrishnamoorthyMollie LancasterSuzanne LaurelFlorina LazarescuEd & Dawn LeeKendra LeisherBob LemonFrancesca LetterlyCarol Lewis & Tom ByersAlexis LindsayBrooke LoftusWei LuGina LyonsKyle MaceyAnubha MahajanCalvin MarkLaura MatzErin McDonaldMatty McschramusRupal MehtaPaul MingAdam Mollis
Mary MontgomeryOmkar MoreEmma MowryPriya NagarMary Ann NakasoneBeth NauertJulie NewellFred & Kay NordeenShane NorrisDeb O’ConnorSammantha OlagueDiana OlsenDavin OumayeZubin PahujaVirendra PatilBhavna PattabhiramanPatricia PattersonBeverly PeltoChristine PeregrinDeborah PersonJason PhillipsJudy PorterfieldSheryl PotKeri PravitzMiriam PreisselCirce PrinceKristen RaftisApril RauchAbby ReedKelley ReidRoberta & Tom ReiterJenna RiggsMelitta RileyKristine RingsrudRyan RobertsRobert Rodriguez
Thank you to our generous individual and corporate donors. Without your support, none of this is possible.
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Rekha RoopamAmanda RoseAlex RuleColleen RustadMichelle SahagianRosa Salinas LinaresGayatri SalunkeAmi Sampat AsharKim SarneckiCraig SaundersAlex SchieferAndrew SchoeningDale SchroederSarah SchuylerBiren ShahDarshana ShanbhagAlison Shaw & Barry ShawAfia Sheikh & Mir BadshahSunil ShindeJulie & Richard ShojiGauri ShringarpureWen ShuByron ShutzKimberly SimmonsMarggie SkinnerSuzanne SkinnerAlison SmithSmita SoansRajesh Soy
Jean SpohnGrace SsebugwawoKristina StarkeyKaelee StearlyJoe & Dee StreckerJonathan SugarmanJim SullivanPamela SullivanJayant SwamyVidhya SwamyManish TawadeConnie TaylorNanda TewariKäthe TrahanJeanne Trompeter & Mark
CardwellThomas Trompeter & Jane
RushfordAlison UnderdahlSupriya UnnikrishnanRon Uno & Teri KertsonHarald UpeguiRaghu UppalliArchana & Surendra VermaDenise WardSharon WardJamie WattsHelen WeagraffKasey Webster
Kathrina Westby-SharmanBarbara WestlakeMegan & Clark WildenradtSherry & Raymond WilliamsCatherine WilsonLeighAnne WinicatiesRuss WoodruffLisa Yohalem & Jay Furtick Nicole Yohalem & Andy
ShouseCindy ZehnderAnya & Rafael Zimberoff
Organizations
AmazonAmerican Endowment
FoundationAmerigroupAppleArcora FoundationBayley ConstructionChildren’s Home SocietyCity of AuburnCity of Bellevue - North MOU
Lead
City of BothellCity of Covington - South
MOU LeadCliff Avril Family FoundationColumbia Pacific Wealth
Management (CPWM)Community Health Plan of
WashingtonDirect ReliefFirst Hill Trust CompanyGoogleHail AdvertisingHealth Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)
HealthierHereMicrosoftMiller Hayashi ArchitectsMJ Murdock Charitable TrustMolina HealthcareMuckleshoot Indian TribeOgden Murphy WallaceOregon Community
FoundationPlaystation CaresPolymedco Cancer Diagnostic
Products, LLCPublic Health - Seattle & King
County
Puget Sound EnergyRenton Regional Community
FoundationSafewaySalal Credit UnionSalesforceSeattle FoundationSheng-Yen Lu FoundationSound PerspectivesSymetraThe Crossroads Group, Inc.The Foster FoundationUnited Way of King CountyWashington Association for
Community Health
Healthy Together
Donations are from 1/1/20 through 12/31/20
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