What is the Central Health & Wellness Center?
The Central Health & Wellness Center is a certified school based health center that serves the entire community, with Central School District students as its priority.
What are the community benefits?
- Improve access to quality primary and preventive health services
- Care for children and adolescents regardless of their ability to pay
- Reduce high costs associated with inappropriate use of emergency rooms and unnecessary hospitalizations
- Save parents time by reducing missed work hours
- Keep students in class and ready to learn
Who provides services at the Center?
- West Valley Hospital/Salem Health
- Polk County Public Health
- Polk County Behavioral Health
- Capitol Dental
We would like to thank our sponsors:
- The Ford Family Foundation
- Central School District
- Meyer Memorial Trust
- OHA State Operating Grant
- Spirit Mountain Community Fund
- Kaiser Permanente Foundation