Valley Family Health Care

Valley Family Health Care follows a family practice model to provide primary health care services to migrant and seasonal farm workers and other medically underserved persons in western Idaho and eastern Oregon.

We provide comprehensive services through family practice physicians, family nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, clinical social workers, dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants.

Ancillary care is provided through registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nurses aides, and lay health promoters. Each provider practices within the scope of his/her professional training and licensure.

Valley Family Health Care’s clinics are in health professional shortage areas. A portion of our funding comes from the federal government so that we may provide services to these underserved areas. The clinic system is governed by a Board of Directors made up of community members, who are also patients of the clinic system. This Board of Directors sets strategy and policy for the organization, which are then carried out by the administrative staff of the clinic.

Valley Family Health Care, Inc. (VFHC), is a private, non-profit organization, providing primary health care services since January of 1982. It is incorporated within the State of Idaho and licensed to do business in Oregon.

VFHC has an impressive history of expanding patient services and access:

1982 – Payette, ID clinic is the first to start operations in January

1987 – Nyssa, OR clinic is opened

1988 – Dental services added in Payette

1991 - Dental services expanded with the remodel of Payette offices

1991 - Third clinic added in Vale, OR

1993 - Fourth primary care clinic added in Emmett, ID

1994 - An after-hours/Saturday clinic opened in Ontario, OR

1995 - Ontario, OR clinic expanded to full day services

1998 - Second dental operation opened just a few blocks from the medical clinic in

Nyssa, OR

1998 – Vale, OR clinic remodeled and expanded

2000 - Emmett clinic expanded to all new facility

2002 - New Plymouth, ID clinic opened

2003 - Third dental clinic added at Ontario, OR location.

The Vale primary care clinic, the Ontario after-hours clinic, the dental program, and the mental health programs were all initiated with internally generated resources. No additional grant funds were received for these expanded services.

Additionally, VFHC has a community outreach program stationed in Nyssa, OR. This program is known as the La Familia Sana project and provides health education to migrant and seasonal farm workers in several different categories ranging from pesticide education to parenting classes.

Mission Statement:

Valley Family Health Care offers accessible, quality, comprehensive health and social services to all people in the upper Treasure Valley area regardless of ability to pay. We endeavor to provide a safe, comfortable, educational working environment for employees to provide quality services.

We offer a broad range of services including but not limited to:

• Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions
• Complete Family Dentistry
• Preventive Medical/Dental Care
• Prenatal/Delivery Care
• Family Planning
• Immunizations
• School/DOT Physicals
• Obstetrical Ultrasound
• Diagnostic Labs
• Fetal Stress Testing
• CHIP Program Eligibility
• Drug Assistance Program Eligibility
• Translation (Spanish)
• 24 hour on-call coverage