2022年3月17日
(Austin) — 澳门真人赌场官方网站 will break ground on two new community health centers in Eastern Travis County, fulfilling a commitment made to Travis County residents to expand access to care in historically underserved communities.
Family friendly groundbreaking celebrations are scheduled at the site of the planned clinics in 赫恩斯比弯曲 on March 26, 4月2日在德尔瓦莱. 的 赫恩斯比弯曲 groundbreaking event is 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the public soccer field at Dailey Middle School, 14000 Westall St.德克萨斯州奥斯汀78725. 德尔谷的奠基仪式是10点开始的.m. – 1 p.m. at 7050 Elroy Road, adjacent to Popham Elementary School.
“Expanding health care access is an important part of our recently adopted service delivery strategic plan, 这将带来质量, equitable health care to people who are uninsured and under-insured,"澳门真人赌场官方网站总裁 & 首席执行官Mike Geeslin说. “澳门真人赌场官方网站 promised residents better access to general health care, 心理和行为健康服务, and dental care and we’re delivering on that promise. This is just the beginning – we’re identifying gaps in our healthcare delivery system and developing solutions to fix those gaps.”
新, state-of-the-art health centers are expected to open in 2023 and will help address long-standing health equity issues affecting residents of both communities, which are more disease burdened and with lower income than Travis County as a whole. According to 澳门真人赌场官方网站’s 2020 Demographic Report, 21.4% of 赫恩斯比弯曲 households are below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) compared to 13.特拉维斯县占8%. For an individual in 2022, the FPL is $27,180, or $55,500 for a family of four. 德尔瓦莱,35岁.6% of households are below 200% FPL – nearly three times the poverty rate for Travis County. 赫恩斯比弯曲 and Del Valle residents also suffer more from severe chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.
“Eastern Travis County has historically been one of the most underserved parts of the county,”医生说。. 查尔斯·E. Bell, Chairperson of the 澳门真人赌场官方网站 董事会. “澳门真人赌场官方网站’s 董事会 committed several years ago to begin to rectify this — as part of our mandate from Travis County taxpayers – and opening two health centers is part of our solution.”
赫恩斯比弯曲
的 霍恩斯比本德健康中心 & 健康中心 will replace the existing 霍恩斯比本德健康中心 Center – a modular building – which opened in 2020. 新设施, 也就是7,800平方英尺, 将位于吉伯特道3700号, 在戴利中学对面. 大约有12737人住在霍恩斯比本德地区.
When it opens in the spring of 2023, the 霍恩斯比本德健康中心 & 健康中心将提供:
- 初级保健,
- Integrated Behavioral 健康 and Oral Assessments,
- Select Specialty Care Services via Telehealth; and
- 无障碍社区聚会空间, 包括一个室内社区活动室, 发挥区域, 还有绿地.
德尔瓦莱健康 & 健康中心
新的,18900平方英尺 德尔瓦莱健康 & 健康中心, which is expected to open in the summer of 2023, will replace the existing 德尔瓦莱健康 Center, which currently operates in the Travis County Employee 健康中心. 新设施 and anticipated to serve about 21,672 Del Valle residents.
戴尔山谷健康中心 & 健康中心将包括:
- 初级护理
- 牙科保健
- 综合心理健康
- 零售药房
社区参与
To ensure the community was represented in the creation of the health centers, 澳门真人赌场官方网站 prioritized community engagement 在整个项目开发过程中.
In 2018, 澳门真人赌场官方网站 formed community advisory committees for each center, 进行一对一的访谈, 调查, and community conversations to capture as many voices as possible. Community input helped guide decisions around health center amenities and general design. In addition, community input will help refine wellness programming.
罗瑞拉克鲁斯, 霍恩斯比本德的长期居民, said community members are eagerly anticipating when the health center opens in her neighborhood.
“这对我们来说意义重大,”她说. “我迫不及待地想要打开它. 我们是一个真正需要它的社区. 现在, 如果你没有交通工具, it’s at least 30 minutes to get medical attention by bus. It’s going to have space for cooking and health classes. 的re’ll be rooms to learn a whole different set of skills. I look forward to anything that improves that part of Austin.”
For more information about the events, call (512) 978-8145.