Today, Bon Secours announces the opening of a new, two story, 8,000 square foot Community Health Clinic in Manchester, significantly improving access to quality health care for Richmond’s uninsured patient population. Bon Secours celebrated the new clinic with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 23, where leaders, community partners and the Sisters of Bon Secours honored the history of the Bon Secours Care-A-Van, a mobile health clinic which has provided health care to Richmond’s uninsured community for nearly 30 years. The clinic, which is an extension of the Care-A-Van, officially opens its doors to patients on Monday, April 3.
“Bon Secours recognizes that the factors that drive individual and community health extend far beyond the walls of our hospitals,” said Becky Clay Christensen, executive director of community health for Bon Secours Richmond. “The opening of the Community Health Clinic is a major milestone for Bon Secours’ compassionate ministry and for our underserved community in Richmond. We could not be more excited to bring these critical health care services to some of our most vulnerable populations and to have a new space to further our important community health work.”
The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic features eight exam rooms, an on-site lab and provides wrap-around services addressing the social determinants of health to uninsured and underinsured adults and children, including primary and follow up care, chronic disease management, women’s health services, annual and back-to-school immunizations, and behavioral health services. The Community Health Clinic will take over the main clinical services from the Care-A-Van and will follow the same care model that existing patients are already familiar with.
In keeping with Bon Secours’ Mission to improve the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying, and underserved, the Bon Secours Community Health Clinic allows the ministry to further promote well-being and connect individuals and families to sustainable resources to support their unique socioeconomic needs. In addition to the patient-facing portion of the clinic, Bon Secours’ community health team will have offices and collaborative space here. These associates perform outreach efforts to help bridge the gap for families in need when it comes to issues like food insecurity, financial assistance, health insurance enrollment, and more.
“For nearly three decades, the Care-A-Van has served as a medical home for uninsured patients through partnerships with local churches and nonprofit organizations, and we continuously strive to earn and maintain the trust of our patients by providing consistent, quality, compassionate health care,” said Paula Young, M.D., medical director of Community Health Access and Richmond Community Hospital. “This new location allows us to provide the
same compassionate care our patients know and trust, and it allows us to better manage our patients’ chronic diseases in a state-of-the-art clinical setting which is outfitted with the latest medical technology. We look forward to welcoming our established and new patients here in just over a week.”
The Community Health Clinic is operating as an appointment-only clinic and will mainly handle follow up visits and chronic disease management. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Care-A-Van will continue to deploy to various church partner locations to manage same-day acute care. The Care-A-Van will continue offering virtual visit options and both sites will continue offering vaccines and immunizations for adults and children.
The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic is located at 2301 Everett Street, within two miles of three of the highest volume Care-A-Van mobile clinic sites. An old tobacco warehouse was renovated for the clinic space and is part of a recently revitalized building owned by CARITAS. The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic will not only serve the local community but will complement the important community work that CARITAS is leading in the region.
The Bon Secours Care-A-Van began serving the community in 1994 with one van and a sole focus on children’s immunizations. Today, it operates five days a week providing primary and preventative care, as well as chronic disease management to uninsured adults and children throughout the region in partnership with churches and other local nonprofits. It serves a large Latinx population and is staffed with Bon Secours physicians, nurses, social workers and interpreters. The Care-A-Van provided care to more than 14,000 patients in 2022.
The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic, Manchester, at the Center for Healthy Living cost more than $3 million and was made possible by philanthropic support through the Bon Secours Richmond Health Care Foundation. The majority of funding was covered by a $2 million estate gift from a generous donor who was passionate about caring for the underserved. The Foundation will continue to engage donors to fundraise for this important program.
In recent years, Bon Secours has expanded its community health work into the Manchester area, most notably, through local investments in financial literacy programs. The Community Health Clinic, Manchester, is Bon Secours’ first clinical presence in the Manchester community
“Bon Secours recognizes that the factors that drive individual and community health extend far beyond the walls of our hospitals,” said Becky Clay Christensen, executive director of community health for Bon Secours Richmond. “The opening of the Community Health Clinic is a major milestone for Bon Secours’ compassionate ministry and for our underserved community in Richmond. We could not be more excited to bring these critical health care services to some of our most vulnerable populations and to have a new space to further our important community health work.”
The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic features eight exam rooms, an on-site lab and provides wrap-around services addressing the social determinants of health to uninsured and underinsured adults and children, including primary and follow up care, chronic disease management, women’s health services, annual and back-to-school immunizations, and behavioral health services. The Community Health Clinic will take over the main clinical services from the Care-A-Van and will follow the same care model that existing patients are already familiar with.
In keeping with Bon Secours’ Mission to improve the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying, and underserved, the Bon Secours Community Health Clinic allows the ministry to further promote well-being and connect individuals and families to sustainable resources to support their unique socioeconomic needs. In addition to the patient-facing portion of the clinic, Bon Secours’ community health team will have offices and collaborative space here. These associates perform outreach efforts to help bridge the gap for families in need when it comes to issues like food insecurity, financial assistance, health insurance enrollment, and more.
“For nearly three decades, the Care-A-Van has served as a medical home for uninsured patients through partnerships with local churches and nonprofit organizations, and we continuously strive to earn and maintain the trust of our patients by providing consistent, quality, compassionate health care,” said Paula Young, M.D., medical director of Community Health Access and Richmond Community Hospital. “This new location allows us to provide the
same compassionate care our patients know and trust, and it allows us to better manage our patients’ chronic diseases in a state-of-the-art clinical setting which is outfitted with the latest medical technology. We look forward to welcoming our established and new patients here in just over a week.”
The Community Health Clinic is operating as an appointment-only clinic and will mainly handle follow up visits and chronic disease management. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Care-A-Van will continue to deploy to various church partner locations to manage same-day acute care. The Care-A-Van will continue offering virtual visit options and both sites will continue offering vaccines and immunizations for adults and children.
The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic is located at 2301 Everett Street, within two miles of three of the highest volume Care-A-Van mobile clinic sites. An old tobacco warehouse was renovated for the clinic space and is part of a recently revitalized building owned by CARITAS. The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic will not only serve the local community but will complement the important community work that CARITAS is leading in the region.
The Bon Secours Care-A-Van began serving the community in 1994 with one van and a sole focus on children’s immunizations. Today, it operates five days a week providing primary and preventative care, as well as chronic disease management to uninsured adults and children throughout the region in partnership with churches and other local nonprofits. It serves a large Latinx population and is staffed with Bon Secours physicians, nurses, social workers and interpreters. The Care-A-Van provided care to more than 14,000 patients in 2022.
The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic, Manchester, at the Center for Healthy Living cost more than $3 million and was made possible by philanthropic support through the Bon Secours Richmond Health Care Foundation. The majority of funding was covered by a $2 million estate gift from a generous donor who was passionate about caring for the underserved. The Foundation will continue to engage donors to fundraise for this important program.
In recent years, Bon Secours has expanded its community health work into the Manchester area, most notably, through local investments in financial literacy programs. The Community Health Clinic, Manchester, is Bon Secours’ first clinical presence in the Manchester community