LEWISTON – Snake River Community Clinic (SRCC) has been awarded an $84,000 grant from the Lewis Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation to launch AMP up! The Safety-Net Clinic! — a regional initiative to improve access to preventive healthcare for uninsured and underinsured individuals across a 9-county region in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
“We are happy to support the Snake River Community Clinic, an incredible organization that is doing tremendous work to improve the health of our local community, regardless of their ability to pay,” said Joe Travis, Board Chair of the Lewis Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation. “This specific grant aligns with the Foundation’s emphasis on organizations that improve access to care and promote upstream wellness—two core tenets of the services offered at SRCC.”
The AMP program — short for Access More Prevention — aims to break down barriers to care through a comprehensive public awareness campaign, staff expansion, and critical infrastructure improvements. This project builds on SRCC’s longstanding HEALER program (Health Equity, Active Leadership, Excellence Regionally), which has provided an integrated, evidence-based care model for underserved populations over the past five years.
“We know that prevention saves lives — but for many in our community, preventive care is out of reach due to cost,” said Heidi Burford-Bell, Executive Director of SRCC. “With this generous support from the Lewis Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation, we can reach more people with the education, services, and tools they need to stay healthy before problems become crises.”
The grant will fund:
- A new outreach and education program effort to help raise community awareness of preventive services
- Adding additional part-time medical and dental providers to expand access to clinical care
- Installation of an 8-line phone system to improve communication and streamline patient navigation across SRCC’s specialized workstations (provider, nurse, pharmacist, dental, admin, social services, lab, and front desk)
- Enrollment in the Idaho Health Data Exchange to improve care coordination and long-term wellness outcomes
The project will directly serve residents in Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, and Nez Perce counties in Idaho; Asotin, Garfield, and Whitman counties in Washington; and Wallowa County in Oregon.
SRCC has provided free, high-quality care to the region’s uninsured and underinsured residents for over 25 years. This new initiative will build on that legacy by increasing the number of patients served and raising community awareness about the importance—and accessibility—of routine screenings, annual exams, and dental care.
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