Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Fiscal Year 2025 Expanded Hours. - Address: 1172 North Maclay Avenue, San Fernando, CA 91340 Project Director Name: Kimberly Wyard, Chief Executive Officer Email: Contact Phone: (818) 898-1388 ext. 41620 FAX: (818) 365-7670 Email Address: KimWyard@nevhc.org Website Address: www.nevhc.org Health Center Program Grant #: H80CS00139 Funding Request: Year 1: $325,000; Year 2: $325,000 Northeast Valley Health Corporation (NEVHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), respectfully requests $650,000 from the HRSA-25-084 Expanded Hours (EH) opportunity to increase access to care, as well as preserve continuity of care, for low-income and underserved, predominantly Latinx residents of Los Angeles County’s Santa Clarita Valley (SCV). More specifically, EH funds will be used to increase operating hours at our new 12-operatory, 4-exam room SCV Dental & Wellness Center (SCVDWC). NEVHC opened the SCVDWC in 7/2023 as an intermittent site, limiting its schedule to eight hours per day, Monday through Friday, 8:00am – 12:00pm & 1:00pm – 5:00pm, to allow for patient and staff ramp up. In less than a year, this site has exceed budgeted productivity goals, and there is already pent up demand for additional service hours in the evenings and weekends. However, under California law, intermittent sites cannot operate more than 40 hours per week. Fortunately, the SCVDWC is expecting to become fully licensed by the State this summer; thereby, allowing NEVHC to move forward with a plan to add approximately 13 operating hours at this site per week. Brief Project Description: Through our EH project, NEVHC will increase the operating hours at our SCVDWC from 40 to approximately 53 hours per week, for a total of 55.9 additional operating hours at this site per month. To do so, our organization will utilize the requested EH funds to hire a 0.37 full-time equivalent (FTE) culturally competent Adult Medicine provider, a 0.11 FTE culturally competent Dental provider and bilingual (Spanish/English) support staff, i.e., Medical Assistants, Registered Dental Assistants, etc. This SCVDWC EH Team will enable NEVHC to add 1) a weekly 4-hour evening (5:00 – 9:00pm) Adult Medicine session, and 2) nine (9) hours (8:00 am - 5:00 pm) on Saturdays to accommodate two additional Adult Medicine Sessions (morning & afternoon) each week & two additional Dental Sessions (morning & afternoon) for pediatric patients, families and adults every other week. These sessions will also increase our capacity serve special populations based in the SCV, particularly persons experiencing homelessness. Needs to be Addressed: For years, the 300 sq. mile SCV has experienced a lack of affordable medical providers for uninsured individuals as well as medical providers who accept Medi-Cal, particularly for Adult Medicine and chronic disease self-management (Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment.). Furthermore, the SCVDWC is the only FQHC site in the SCV that provides full-scope dentistry. Not surprisingly, wait times for new Adult Medicine appointments at the SCVDWC is 98 days, while the access standard is 10 days. Also, our three other SCV-based Health Center sites are over empaneled in Adult Medicine by approximately 130%, making it difficult for NEVHC to preserve continuity of care for our SCV adult patients. For FY 2024, SCVDWC dental utilization is at 112% of goal. Proposed Services: The NEVHC SCVDWC EH Team will expand access to adult medicine services, i.e., Comprehensive Physical Exams, Adult Wellness Exams, Chronic Disease Management, Vaccinations, HIV/STI testing and treatment, etc., and dentistry, i.e., emergency services, primary prevention, basic dental services and advanced dental services. Population Groups to Be Served: The NEVHC EH Project will provide 700 patients (602 Adult Medicine patients & 98 dental patients) with 1,400 health care visits (1,204 Adult Medicine Visits & 196 dental visits) each year.
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