Rinehart Clinic has been awarded $200,000 in grant funding that will probably be used to proceed and broaden companies at NKN Scholar Well being & Wellness Heart. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers, by means of the Well being Assets and Providers Administration. The middle is situated at Neah-Kah-Nie Excessive College and is operated by Rinehart Clinic.
Rinehart Clinic CEO Gail Nelson wrote the grant proposal.
“This grant will assist us broaden companies to a degree we didn’t think about once we opened the middle final November, permitting us to offer much more complete companies,” stated Rinehart CEO Gail Nelson.
On Could 4, Neah-Kah-Nie Scholar Well being & Wellness Heart additionally obtained official certification from the State of Oregon’s College-Primarily based Well being Heart Program.
“I’m elated with the $200,000 grant,” Neah-Kah-Nie College District Superintendent Paul Erlebach stated. “This may broaden companies to a degree that we didn’t think about when the middle opened final 12 months. It’s thrilling the scholar well being and wellness middle was just lately permitted for certification.”
NKN Scholar Well being & Wellness Heart is the one licensed school-based well being middle in Tillamook County. It’s a collaborative effort between Neah-Kah-Nie College District, Rinehart Clinic and Oregon Well being Authority.
The middle opened in November 2021. Rinehart Clinic is the medical sponsor of the middle. A Rinehart supplier crew gives major well being care and psychological well being counseling.
NKN Scholar Well being & Wellness Heart is open to all college students pre-Okay by means of twelfth grade who dwell throughout the Neah-Kah-Nie College District. The middle additionally offers companies to any college employees member who needs to hunt care.
“Because the NKN superintendent, I’m extraordinarily happy with the companies offered by the NKN Scholar Well being & Wellness Heart,” Erlebach stated. “NKN college students and employees now have entry to top quality, accessible, and reasonably priced well being and wellness care. No pupil is refused well being and wellness care because of monetary standing.”
Erlebach stated with the intention to preserve the scholar give attention to the middle, a NKN Scholar Well being & Wellness Heart Scholar Advisory Council was just lately shaped. The council will give college students a bigger voice within the operation of the middle.
The college-based well being middle just lately expanded its hours of operation from two days every week to a few. The middle is now open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Thursday put aside for counseling companies solely.
