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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEM ENT
Item No.A.i.
For Meeting of:August 5, 2019
ITEM TITLE: National Health Center Week proclamation
SUBMITTED BY: Cally Price,Assistant to the City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Don Hinman, chairman, and Anita Monoian, CEO, will be accepting on behalf of YNHS.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR
SUBMITTAL: City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
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E1REAS, Yakima Weighborhood health Services community clinics are a vital pan of
our community's health care systems; and
BERMS, our community's health centers expand access to quality health care for alt
people, helping to contain costs by encouraging prevention andintegrating the delivery of
primary care with outreach, patient education, translation, and other enabling services; and
WHEREAS, during National-Community Iealth Center Week, we annually recognize
the importance of these health centers for their role in providing affordable and accessible care;
and
ERMS, community health centers also play a significant role as major local
employers and an important source of economic growth; and
WI-PERMS, Yakima Neighborhood Wealth Services, partnering with the other
community health centers and many agencies in (Yakima County, has led the effort to help
uninsuredresidents enroll in a health insurance plan that meets their needs and their budget;
and
WHEREAS, Yakima.lreighforhood.Ilealth Services has grown from a staff of five caring
for about 20 patients to more than 90,000 patient visits a year up and down the Yakima 'Valley,
NOW, 2.*K�E CE'FOR E, I, Kathy Coffey, I4layor of the City of(Yakima and on behalf of
the Yakima City Council, do hereby proclaim the weekoffugust 4-10, 2019 as
"NATIONAL WEAL CEYFE12 fl"
in the city of(Yakima and urge our community to recognize the multitude of ways in which
community health centers help those in need.
Dated this 5th day of August, 2019
Kathy Coffey, *tayor