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Providing Free Health Care for People in Need
At Oneonta Community Health Center in Oneonta, NY, we provide free health care service for low-income, uninsured adults. We also offer help to individuals challenged with health care and insurance costs.
Mission
Our mission is to provide free, compassionate primary health care to the uninsured and underinsured adults of Otsego and surrounding counties.
Vision
Oneonta Community Health Center seeks to address the health care shortfalls for the uninsured and underinsured in the region. As resources allow, we will expand and adapt our services to best serve the evolving needs of our community.
Values
Compassionate
We treat those we serve and each other with dignity, kindness, and compassion, and strive to better understand and respond to the needs of our diverse community.
Responsive
We strive to better understand and respond to the needs of our diverse community.
Accessible
We believe that primary health care should be available locally and that community-based planning, collaboration, and support are vital.
Professional
We believe in maintaining the highest standards of operation for our health center and the professionalism of our staff, volunteers, and board members.
Respectful
We value the services of our medical and office volunteers who make the achievement of our mission possible.
About Us
In 2005, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, New York (UUSO), as part of a long-range plan to improve the community, identified the need for a free health clinic for those struggling with the costs of medical care and insurance. Dr. Benjamin Friedell, a UUSO member, spearheaded the project, which began with extensive research and detailed planning by a committee. After about two years of preparation, they opened a free primary health care center: the Oneonta Community Health Center (OCHC).
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Our Services
We provide primary and preventive care to qualified individuals. Our team also helps them in applying for county, state, or federal health insurance programs and in obtaining their needed medications. Learn More
