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Our History
Explore the timeline of the history of Neighborhood Health
When grant funding for the Arlandria clinic expired, Alexandria community members established a non-profit organization, Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc. (ANHSI) to support and operate the clinic.
ANHSI expands its services, adding acute care services for its pediatric patients and behavioral health and support services.
ANSHI begins providing health insurance enrollment assistance for its patients.
ANHSI becomes a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designated Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), the first in Northern Virginia. ANHSI broadens its services to include primary care for adults and dental services. It also begins serving residents of Arlington County and Fairfax County.
In partnership with the Alexandria Health Department, ANHSI begins providing dental care at the King Street Dental Clinic.
ANHSI opens its clinic at 2 East Glebe Road in Alexandria to serve additional patients from Arlandria and the surrounding communities. The clinic currently provides comprehensive primary care services for the whole family.
ANHSI begins providing assistance to its patients in obtaining low cost or free medications.
ANSHI partners with the Arlington Department of Human Services to provide dental services in Arlington.
ANSHI implements its first Electronic Health Record (EHR).
In partnership with the Alexandria Health Department, ANHSI begins primary care services for adults at the Flora Krause Casey Health Center in Alexandria.
In partnership with the Arlington and Alexandria Community Services Boards (CSBs), ANHSI begins providing on-site integrated primary medical care for CSB patients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), a model that is later replicated in Fairfax County.
ANHSI begins providing HIV services under the Ryan White program at the Casey Health Center. The program would later expand to additional clinical sites and offer additional services.
ANHSI begins a partnership with the Fairfax County-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) to provide onsite primary care for patients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) at the Gartlan Center located in south Fairfax County.
ANHSI integrates primary medical care and behavioral health at its clinics in order to help facilitate access for its patients needing behavioral health services.
The organization’s corporate name is changed to Neighborhood Health.
Neighborhood Health opens a new clinic at 6677 Richmond Highway in south Fairfax County. Our organization’s administrative offices would later move to this address.
In partnership with Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), Neighborhood Health begins providing dental services to children on a mobile van at Patrick Henry Elementary School, John Adams Elementary School, and William Ramsey Elementary School. The students choose the name Wellness on Wheels (WOW) Bus. The WOW Bus and its associated portable dental program would later expand to several schools in Alexandria.
Neighborhood Health receives a National Quality Leader award from HRSA. This award is given to only 50 health centers, out of more than 1,400 health centers nationally, for exceeding national benchmarks for chronic disease and preventive care. In subsequent years, Neighborhood Health continues to receive quality awards from HRSA including the Health Center Quality Leader.
In partnership with the Alexandria Health Department, Neighborhood Health assumes responsibility of the King Street Dental Clinic expanding access to dental care for our community.
Neighborhood Health partners with the Alexandria Health Department to assume operations of its pediatrics and newborn clinics and expand services at the Casey Health Center.
Neighborhood Health renovates 6677 Richmond Highway, helping to expand services and providing medical, dental, and behavioral health services under one roof.
Neighborhood Health adopts a new strategic plan including the mission statement: “To improve health and advance health equity in Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax by providing access to high-quality primary care regardless of ability to pay.”
Neighborhood Health celebrates 20 years of service by recognizing key community partners at its 20th Anniversary Gala.
Neighborhood Health opens a pediatric practice at Sherwood Hall Lane in south Fairfax County and expands services at several other sites.
Neighborhood Health recognizes Virginia’s legislators with its Health Equity Awards for their work on passing Medicaid expansion at its 2018 Gala.
Neighborhood Health is accredited by The Joint Commission under its Ambulatory Care Standards and it is certified as a Patient Centered Medical Home.
In partnership with Fairfax County Health and Human Services, including the Health Department and the Community Services Board, Neighborhood Health assumes responsibility of two clinics providing primary medical care and behavioral health in the Merrifield Center and the South County Center.
Neighborhood Health transitioned Alexandria Health Department’s prenatal care program into our scope of services. Integrated prenatal medical, behavioral health, and dental care are available at Neighborhood Health for low-income and uninsured women.
Neighborhood Health responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by establishing multiple drive-through walk-up testing centers in impacted communities, expanding telehealth services, and providing clinical and non-clinical support to low-income patients experiencing COVID-19
Neighborhood Health is selected to participate in the first round of the federal health center COVID-19 vaccine program – opening multiple vaccination sites in impacted communities and establishing a mobile vaccine program in partnership with faith, affordable housing, and community organizations. Over 150 community and faith-based organizations partner with Neighborhood Health to provide referrals.
President Joe Biden visited one of Neighborhood Health’s Covid-19 vaccination clinics located in the Virginia Theological Seminary’s Immanuel Chapel. President Biden toured the clinic and spoke with staff, patients, as well as members of the faith community that have partnered with Neighborhood Health in its efforts to increase equity in the vaccine rollout.
Neighborhood Health partners with local resettlement organizations to facilitate the entry of newly arrived Afghan families into primary health care services.
Neighborhood Health is re-accredited by The Joint Commission under its Ambulatory Care Standards, and it is also certified as a Patient Centered Medical Home.
Neighborhood Health opened new medical clinics in Annandale, Fairfax County and at Martha Custis Drive in Alexandria
Neighborhood Health begins providing pediatric optometry services to its patients.
Neighborhood Health assumes operations of two Fairfax County dental clinics – one at the South County Center on Route 1 in Alexandria and the other at the Joseph Willard Health Center in Fairfax.
Neighborhood Health opens new medical and dental clinics in the City of Alexandria’s Del Pepper Community Resource Center co-located with the Alexandria Department of Health and the Department of Community and Human Services
Neighborhood Health assumes the operations of the Arlington Pediatric Center, a clinic that serves over 4,000 low-income children.
Neighborhood Health opens its first self-operated pharmacy at our Richmond Highway clinic providing our patients better access to medications at a lower-cost and improved coordination with our medical providers.
Focusing on improving screening rates for breast and colorectal cancer for our patients across all clinics, our cancer screening rates are improving, with reduced time from completed screenings to follow-up care.
Neighborhood Health expanded behavioral health services at several of its clinics and began offering substance abuse treatment to our patients.
In September 2021, Neighborhood Health began a partnership with local resettlement organizations to facilitate the entry of newly arrived Afghan families into primary care.
Neighborhood Health opens another self-operated pharmacy at our Mark Center clinic in Alexandria, also offering our patients better access to medications at a lower-cost and improved coordination with our medical providers.
Neighborhood Health built a new clinic for our Arlington Pediatric Center that allowed us to add a Dental Clinic and Optometry Care in the same location.