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The program will work to build the next generation of mental health clinicians needed to serve the District’s most vulnerable populations To assuage the shortage of mental health clinicians desperately needed in under-resourced communities, The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation has committed $2.3 million dollars over 2 years to Unity Health Care to establish The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Behavioral Health Development Fund.

After a national search, Unity Health Care welcomes Dr. Stephanie Cox-Baston as its new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Cox-Batson joins Unity Health Care from Chicago’s Near North Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center, where she also served as Chief Medical Officer. “I am excited and humbled to have been chosen as Unity Health's next Chief Medical Officer.

Unity believes that healthcare is a human right, and the autonomy over one’s body is integral to living a life with dignity. We take immense pride in partnering with our patients to help them make informed decisions about their health and the services they feel are right for them. Ending the constitutional right to abortion care will fall hardest on the populations that Unity serves, including those who already face significant barriers to health care, increased rates of infant and maternal mortality, and other adverse health risks.

The Unity Health Care (Unity) Board of Directors announced the appointment of Dr. Jessica Henderson Boyd to the position of President and CEO effective January 1, 2022.

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered remarks on the Build Back Better Agenda legislation that aims to lower health care costs and expand access to insurance coverage for millions of Americans during a visit to Unity Health Care's (Unity) Brentwood Health Center.

Following more than 30 years of dedicated service to Unity Health Care (Unity), President and CEO, Vincent A. Keane, has announced his intent to retire effective December 31, 2021.

Unity’s Healthcare for Homeless team has vaccinated 1200+ of patients experiencing homelessness

At Unity Health Care, we continue to play a vital role in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine throughout the District. In December, Brentwood Health Center, located in Northeast Washington, D.C., became one of our distribution sites.

Unity Health Care has been designated as a COVID-19 vaccine distribution partner to support continued COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the DC region and around the country.

Unity Health Care (Unity) proudly announces it has achieved accreditation through Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for the specialty pharmacies at Unity Parkside and Upper Cardozo Health Centers.

Southwest Health Center is moving back to its original location in a brand-new space at 850 Delaware Ave., SW, Washington, DC!

Nearly one year after the first case of COVID-19 was identified in the U.S., nine months into drastic changes to our living and working conditions, and after reaching more than 19 million confirmed cases across the country, we have witnessed a tremendous scientific breakthrough with the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

To continue to serve our patients and the community, Unity’s Minnesota Avenue Health Center will move a few doors down from its current location to 3946 Minnesota Ave, NE, Washington, DC. With the support of our patients, the new health center will open for services on December 24, 2020. 

When Health Care for the Homeless Project (HCHP) was founded in 1985, co-founder Dr. Janelle Goetcheus, said, "We must go where the homeless are – in the shelters, on the streets, and under bridges." For 35 years, this vision has inspired Unity Health Care in our mission to meet the health care needs of the most vulnerable members of our society where they are, regardless of their ability to pay, and this vision will continue to guide efforts to strengthen our outreach in the years to come.

Unity Health Care (Unity) is proudly celebrating 35 years of providing primary, specialty, and behavioral health care services to DC residents. Since our start in a small room of a local shelter as Health Care for the Homeless Project, we have been committed to delivering compassionate care to the District’s most vulnerable.

Willie Payden first started going for care at Unity when he was a teenager. Now 63, he values all it has done for him and believes it’s greatly changed his life for the better.

As we continue to recognize our 35th anniversary, this National Health Center Week carries especially significant meaning. Community health centers all over the country have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic response since early March, and our work to provide care to our patients and community continues to be more vital now than ever.

America has been reawakened to its lack of awareness that many in our communities are deprived of basic Human Rights.

Social determinants of health such as access to food, safe and reliable housing, transportation, and the environments in which we live and work, contribute significantly to overall health.

The senseless murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubery, and countless others illuminate long-standing issues of racism, racial inequality, and discrimination in this country.