Timeline

Model Cities Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center opens at 2310 Linwood Boulevard

Moved to a larger location at 4900 Swope Parkway.

Community Mental Health Center added.

Accredited by (then) Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals.

A Health Maintenance Organization established and Swope Parkway Health Foundation established.

Community Health Project initiated to combat increases in infant mortality and low birth weight babies.

Clinic renamed Swope Parkway Health Center and Swope Parkway Health Center becomes a United Way agency.

Health Care for the Homeless program begins.

SPROUTS volunteer auxiliary is established.

Health Ministry Project launched with grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Kanzetta Harris House and Curtis Franklin Lodge established to provide services for chronically and persistently mentally ill patients.

Community Builders of Kansas City established and Northland Health Clinic opens.

Five-county mobile immunization project initiated and Applied Urban Research Institute founded.

A Capital Campaign is completed and the new facility is opened. Model Cities is awarded an HMO license and establishes FirstGuard Health Plan.

Merger with Douglas Community Health Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

Substance abuse treatment services for adolescents are added to the continuum of care.

Swope Parkway Health Foundation launches $10 million Campaign for Continuity.

Talks begin to open another clinic in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas to serve patients in need in the Quindaro area. Healthy Steps and Health Care for the Homeless services begin at the Northland Clinic.

The Brown Avenue Clinic opens. Model Cities Health Corporation receives the Ewing Marion Kauffman REACH award as a non-profit organization providing exemplary entrepreneurial leadership. Talks begin to expand services to eastern Jackson County by adding another site. Dental services begin at the Northland Clinic.

The Northwest Community Health Center opens. The Pediatric Department receives an award for achieving 100% immunization rate for our one-year old and two-year old patients. The Swope Parkway Health Foundation successfully completes the Campaign for Continuity.

A significant expansion of behavioral health services is launched, adding mental health court services, faith and school-based substance abuse prevention, children's psychiatric rehabilitation services, and behavioral health in primary care.

Swope Parkway Health Center changes its name to Swope Health Services. Satellite clinics undergo a name change as well:

Swope Health Services remains committed to improving the health and well-being of the underserved.