Dr. Marlen J. Trujillo serves as CEO of Spring Branch Community Health Center.
PRIORITIZING PEDIATRICS Since partnering with Northwest Assistance Ministries in 2022, the Spring Branch Community Health Center has provided aordable pediatric services to those in need in Northwest Houston.
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Spring Branch Community Health Center has nine Houston-area clinics, including one in Spring. Photographed here is the organization’s West Houston clinic. (Photos courtesy SBCHC)
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Northwest Community Health Center 15555 Kuykendahl Road, Ste. 319, Houston 281-885-4630 www.sbchc.net/our-locations/nam-clinic Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Sat.-Sun. • Asthma diagnosis and treatment • Allergy diagnosis and treatment • Vaccines Insurance information: • Accepts Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance • Preferred provider for Aetna and UnitedHealthcare • Newborn care • Pediatric and adolescent medicine • School and sport physicals
Northwest Community Health Center Partnership provides pediatric care to vulnerable populations in Spring, Klein
D r. Marlen J. Trujillo, CEO and founding board member of the Spring Branch Community Health Center, contributed to a vision to provide aordable health care to vulnerable populations across the Greater Houston area—including those in the Spring and Klein area. SBCHC was founded in 2004 to provide high-quality, low-cost health care to underserved areas of the Spring Branch community. Nearly 20 years later, the organization has nine clinics across the Greater Houston area including a mobile clinic, which provides on-site health screenings. Most recently, SBCHC partnered with Spring-area nonprot Northwest Assistance Ministries BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
A Place to Make New Friends and Memories. • Amenity Clubhouse in early 2022, to provide pediatric services to area residents in need. According to its website, services oered at NAM’s Northwest Community Health Center include newborn care, pediatric and adolescent medicine, school and sport physicals, asthma diagnosis and treatment, allergy diagnosis and treatment, and vaccines. Chief Advancement Ocer Brian Carr said NAM’s pediatric clinic was previously operated by The University of Health, though NAM leadership switched operators following a thorough screening process in which several organizations were interviewed. Due to NAM’s patient demo- graphics and low-income status, SBCHC was selected, which Carr said allowed NCHC to qualify for federal
health insurance. Trujillo said SBCHC provides health care to any vulnerable community member who may not qualify for Medicaid or private insurance. Individuals and families at 200% and below federal poverty levels are able to qualify for health care on a sliding fee scale with a nominal fee of $30. Carr added that 2 in every 5 families in NAM’s service area are uninsured. “There’s so much to do in the area of prevention, in our health centers,” Trujillo said. “I think the biggest priority is the health education component and making sure people can take better care of themselves and giving them the tools and the resources to do that which are not always as accessible to some of the population.”
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