Amy Harding (left), vice president and regional sales director for Lake Shore Savings, poses with Lindsey Vandevelde, practice manager at TRC Community Health Center.
Lakeshore Savings Bank donated $10,000 to help with start-up costs for the new medical entity.
The funding, provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York's Small Business Development Grant, will go to Community Inclusion, Inc., doing business as TRC Community Health Centers. This funding will cover a portion of the cost of establishing the TRC Community Health Center as a specialty clinic focused on providing quality health care to all people in the community, regardless of their ability to pay. The clinic will specialize in treating people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The practice currently operates under the auspices of the Resource Center. The Resource Center plans to transfer its primary care, school-based health center, dental and podiatry services to the TRC Community Health Center on May 1, 2024. The resource center will also continue to operate other clinical services, including behavioral health, occupational therapy, and medical care. physical therapy, and speech therapy.
TRC Community Health Centers focus on serving people with disabilities, but also treat community members without disabilities. Current patients in the Resource Center's primary care, school-based health center, dental and podiatric services will automatically be transferred to the TRC Community Health Center for treatment. The resource center's primary care, school-based health center, dental and podiatric health care providers and support staff will become employees of TRC Community Health Centers, so there will be no change to people's care.
Both the Resource Center and TRC Community Health Center will operate from the clinic's current locations at 880 East Second Street in Jamestown and 186 Lake Shore Drive West in Dunkirk.
The Resource Center, whose primary mission is to support people with disabilities, has been providing clinical services for over 30 years. The primary purpose of providing these services was to ensure that community members with disabilities with complex medical problems had access to medical care. The resource center then made these services available to everyone, especially those who have difficulty accessing health care locally.
Community Inclusion, Inc., which operates the new TRC Community Health Center, is a Jamestown-based nonprofit organization that provides high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive primary and preventive care with the goal of reducing health disparities. is dedicated to providing. Patient's ability to pay. As a specialty clinic focused on serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, TRC Community Health Centers are able to seek higher reimbursement rates and are also eligible to receive federal grants to support their operations. You can get it.
Resource Center staff are excited about the changes in healthcare operations and the opportunities they present.
“We are very excited to move on to the next phase of this project, which will allow us to continue to focus on delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in our communities. We look forward to a bright future ahead.” Heather C. Brown, associate executive director of clinical services, said: “We would like to thank Lakeshore Savings for providing much-needed financial support as we prepare to open our new clinic.”
Lakeshore Savings officials are awarding a $10,000 grant to help TRC Community Health Center prepare to meet the health care needs of people with disabilities and the general community as it transitions operations from a resource center to community inclusion. I'm glad it was helpful.
“At Lake Shore Savings, we believe the success of our community depends on organizations like the Resource Center that work to improve the lives of those in need.” Kim Riddell, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are grateful to be able to support the establishment of the TRC Community Health Center and look forward to the positive impact it will have on our friends and neighbors.”
