Annual Reports

Dear Friends & Supporters,
With deep gratitude, I am proud to share highlights from a year defined by action, partnerships, and bold steps toward improved health for our patients and community.

In 2024, we developed our 2025-2027 Strategic Plan with collaborative input from our staff, patients, community and governing board of directors. This plan lays the foundation for expanding access to whole-person, integrated care as we approach our 60th anniversary. It is both a roadmap and a call to reimagine what's possible in community health.

To build a future of 100% access and zero health disparities, we invested in our greatest strength: our people. We launched a Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Roadmap to help staff grow and succeed in team-based care. We also introduced a new People Leader Orientation to foster confident and supportive leaders and a trusting work culture.

Career pathways remain a central part of our work. Our no-cost Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program combines classroom and hands-on learning, with guaranteed employment, creating opportunities for community members to enter the health care field. Our Dental Residency Program continues to offer mentorship and advanced training to early-career dentists. And through our partnership with Seattle Central College, we also sustained our Dental Assistant and Hygienist training program at our Pacific Tower clinic.

At the same time, we face growing uncertainty around federal funding and health policy. While these challenges threaten the health of the communities we serve, we never stand still. Neighborcare Health continues to lead with advocacy, joining hundreds of other community health centers across the country who believe, as you and I do, that everyone, no matter their circumstances, deserves quality health care.

Together, we are not just responding to the need - we are shaping the future of community health.

Rashad A. Collins
Chief Executive Officer