The Heartbeat of the Valley

We are excited to announce...

We have completed a significant construction project.

We started construction July 1, 2021 after we secured $1,528,000 from two very competitive federal grants. We raised an additional 1.4 million from the community toward construction costs and want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all our donors! In October 2022 we moved into our new building. In August 2023 we remodeled our medication dispensary and in November 2023 we completed the final phase; a solar array and new parking lot with six electric car charges. We continue to receive multi-year pledges from our gracious donors and want to give a final THANK YOU to all of you who made this possible.

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Why we needed to expand

Since its founding in 1976, AVHC has continually expanded services as needs in the Valley increased. Since 2007, when the current facility was designed, AVHC added behavioral health services including telepsychiatry and Spanish speaking behavioral health providers; a pre-natal program; substance use treatment programs; diabetic eye exam screenings; and acupuncture. A low-cost dispensary was also opened to provide prescriptions to patients that are under AVHC care. 

The continuing expansion of services has strained the clinic’s physical space. Offices originally designed for one are now being shared by multiple medical service providers, creating scheduling and privacy challenges.

To ease the facility restraints, AVHC staff and board leadership began to develop long-range capital expansion plans, starting with upgrading and refurbishing the current space. In 2020 a new generator was installed so the Health Center can remain open and fully operational during Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) alerts, space was reconfigured so that an exam room could be added to the medical wing, and the dental wing was remodeled to add more dental exam rooms. 

The new two-story addition to the back of the building added 4,500 square feet, expanding space for bilingual mental health services and providing efficient working space for medical providers and staff. The new wing will be energy efficient, with a photovoltaic solar system that will help power AVHC’s operations and control overhead costs.