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Longtime community health center expanding in Denver

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Tepeyac Neighborhood Well being Heart plans to finish its giant second location by round October. It will be beneath the identical roof as an reasonably priced housing complicated.

DENVER — 28 years in the past, Tepeyac Community Health Center began in a 700 sq. foot home that was transformed right into a clinic with simply two examination rooms. 

Now, CEO Jim Garcia says he is enthusiastic about the way forward for the brand new, second location. 

“To be right here in a 25,000 sq. foot area is fairly unimaginable,” he mentioned, surrounded by development.

At the moment’s present and solely location of the well being heart is in Globeville. 

However by round October, Garcia says, a big further location shall be accomplished within the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood, sharing the identical constructing as an reasonably priced housing complicated. 

Culturally responsive well being care

Garcia estimates that greater than 90% of their sufferers are Latino. 

They supply a full spectrum of main care, together with providers for newborns, prenatal packages, a rising pediatric program and extra. 

“And it isn’t simply being bilingual,” Garcia mentioned. “However being bicultural to grasp the place our sufferers are coming from and with the ability to create providers that meet the wants of the group and responds to the wants of the group.”

Garcia says they attempt to break limitations that Latinos face within the well being care system, with an emphasis on affordability. 

“Particularly these in our group which have only a few choices for his or her medical care, their psychological well being care, their dental care,” he mentioned. 

Of their present facility in Globeville, Garcia estimates that they’ll serve between 80 to 100 folks a day, however with their new facility, he says they’ll double that quantity. 

The brand new facility will embody six dental suites, 20 examination rooms, a pharmacy, a wellness space (with an emphasis on psychological well being) and extra. 

Garcia mentioned it was essential to offer reasonably priced well being care to a neighborhood that has lengthy been underserved. 

“But additionally I believe a neighborhood that simply hasn’t acquired its share of providers over the previous many years,” he mentioned. “And so I believe it is actually thrilling to see this neighborhood receiving the eye it deserves. And that is one of many explanation why we, our board, determined to, you understand, to construct this facility right here within the coronary heart of Globeville, Elyria-Swansea.”

Related immediately subsequent to, and above the second location are what’s known as the Viña Apartments, thought-about to be reasonably priced housing by the City and County of Denver’s Department of Housing Stability. 

Developed by Atlanta-based Columbia Ventures, half of the 150-unit residence complicated could be for these on the 30% and 50% of average median income ranges, which interprets to anyplace between a single particular person making between $22,050 and $36,700. 

Garcia expects a majority of the folks dwelling within the complicated will obtain their medical, psychological or dental well being care at their heart. 

A meals market can also be deliberate to be blended into the complicated.

“Particularly so far as our Latino group is worried, you understand, to have the ability to provide all these providers principally beneath one roof is is extremely thrilling,” he mentioned. 

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