NORTHEAST VALLEY HEALTH CORPORATION

NORTHEAST VALLEY HEALTH CORPORATION (NEVHC) IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER SERVING LOW INCOME AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. NEVHC OPERATES 19 LICENSED COMMUNITY CLINICS, 10 WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN (WIC) PROGRAM LOCATIONS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT SAN FERNANDO AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS. NEVHC EMPLOYS OVER 1,200 STAFF INCLUDING LICENSED INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONERS SUCH AS PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, PODIATRISTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHIATRISTS, LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND SUPPORT STAFF, TO CARRY OUT ITS WORK AS A SAFETY-NET PROVIDER. IN 2024 NEVHC CLINICS PROVIDED OVER 500,000 MEDICAL, DENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PODIATRIST AND ENABLING SERVICE VISITS TO 99,830 RESIDENTS OF THE SAN FERNANDO AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS. 71% OF NEVHC PATIENTS LIVE BELOW 100% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND 90% LIVE BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. LOW-INCOME PATIENTS PAY FOR THEIR SERVICES BASED ON OUR ABILITY TO PAY GUIDELINES. NEVHC HEALTH CENTERS RANGE FROM LARGE MULTI-SERVICE PRIMARY CARE SITES TO SMALLER HEALTH CENTERS SERVING THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS SUCH AS STUDENTS AT HIGH-RISK SCHOOLS, THE HOMELESS, HIV PATIENTS AND WIC PATIENTS. COURT STATE DUI. NEVHC CURRENTLY OPERATES A DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI) PROGRAM. THE DUI PROGRAM OFFERS A 6 WEEK, 3 MONTH, 6 MONTH AND AN 18 MONTH PROGRAM OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO INDIVIDUALS REFERRED BY COURTS TO COMPLETE THEIR DUI SENTENCE. DURING THE YEAR 441 CLIENTS WERE SERVED AND THERE WERE 14,628 ENCOUNTERS.

WIC PROGRAM. NEVHC BECAME THE LOCAL AGENCY FOR THE WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAM IN 1986. NEVCH WIC CLINICS CURRENTLY HAVE A CASELOAD OF 36,116 PARTICIPANTS WHICH INCLUDE PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN, AND THEIR INFANTS AND CHILDREN UP TO AGE 5. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING, WIC IS A CRITICAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES VOUCHERS THAT CAN BE USED AT LOCAL MARKETS TO BUY HEALTHY FOODS SUCH AS MILK, CHEESE, WHOLE GRAINS AND FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. WIC IS ALSO A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR BREAST FEEDING AND UTILIZES CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANTS AND PEER COUNSELORS TO SUPPORT MOTHERS WHO ARE BREASTSFEEDING.