2010 -Present ng a Difference
T he current decade has been one of remarkable expansion with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which included funding for expansion of community health centers, the incredible generosity of the philanthropic community, and bi-partisan support of state funding by the Nebraska Legislature. The melding of public and private investment helped ensure that OneWorld would have the resources to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people in the community. Satellite clinics were opened, services were expanded, and OneWorld took on a larger role as a community hub with the addition of affordable housing and culturally responsive education and support services. In 2010, OneWorld opened its first urgent care clinic at the Livestock Exchange Building and three school-based clinics in nearby Liberty, Spring Lake and Indian Hill Elementary Schools. Meanwhile, at the Livestock Exchange Building, x-ray and onsite radiology were added. In 2011, the Learning Community Center of South Omaha, a family literacy center that teaches parents English in order to better engage with their children’s learning, school and academic success was launched. In 2013, a milestone building project transitioned the South Omaha location into a primary care and affordable housing campus which included a new women’s health center and Baby Boutique, a medical resident clinic, an employee child care center, exercise facilities, new administrative space, and increased pediatric, family practice and patient support services, including the WIC clinic. Additionally in 2013, a partnership with Community Alliance resulted in the establishment of a unique integrated primary care behavioral health clinic, the Crossroads to Recovery and Health. Furthermore, a fourth School Based Health Center was added at Bryan High School. In addition to the larger footprint in clinical services, OneWorld took a greater role in advocacy to ensure a public policy voice for people who receive services from the health center. It led efforts to create the Health Center Association of Nebraska, worked tirelessly to restore prenatal care for women in Nebraska’s Medicaid program, and educated government, philanthropy, and business leaders on the accomplishments and the needs of health centers. In 2015, the first of its kind OneWorld Teen and Young Adult Health Center opened near South High School – in response to the need for stronger health focus on adolescents, to address Omaha’s high rate of sexually transmitted disease, and to decrease the rate of teenage pregnancy. Health care needs for a vulnerable population in Sarpy County also resulted in another satellite clinic location opening in Bellevue in 2015. A second mobile dental clinic was launched in partnership with Charles Drew Health Center to care for children in North Omaha.
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