Northpoint Health & Wellness Center recently broke ground on what is expected to be a 30-month project, culminating in the first quarter of 2024. When this ground-breaking project is complete the center expects to have expanded wings in its medical, dental, and behavioral services divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur building will be a reflection of the needs of past, present and future generations,\u201d said Kimberly Spates, Chief Operations Officer, Human Services. \u201cWe will basically have a one-stop-shop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While under construction, NorthPoint will continue to serve community via their WIC program, Senior program, food shelf, (located at Penn Avenue and Golden Valley Road) as well as, medical, dental, and behavioral services (located at Penn and Plymouth Avenues). All programs move to promote self-sufficiency by focusing on client-centered plans that promote health initiatives and remove disparities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 testing is also provided at the Plymouth location in the lower level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Northpoint\u2019s updated building will also to include: a larger pharmacy, a wellness facility where community can pray, meditate and host healing events; a drop-in childcare center for patients who have appointments or who are attending classes; a community garden and courtyard; the \u2018Bistro Caf\u00e9\u2019 that will provide access to food and beverages; and a social enterprise job training program (in conjunction with Hennepin County and the Urban League).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur community board drives our work. Half of the board is made up of patients,\u201d said Spates. With NorthPoint serving over 100,000 people per year, improving the quality of care, that is delivered in one place- the expansion is necessary. Representation and expansion have always mattered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Formerly named Pilot City Neighborhood Services, The 2000s brought about more change including mergers that created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2006, the community clinic was approved for funding as a public entity community health center. Through a unique co-applicant agreement, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners began sharing governance of NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center with NorthPoint, Inc., (formerly Pilot City Neighborhood Services) while maintaining fiscal responsibility for the health care operations. (Northpointhealth.org).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current building, built in 2018-2019, is an independent nonprofit social\/human services agency co-located with the NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During its construction and growth phase, NorthPoint has partnerships with Hennepin County and Urban League to hire community workers for construction on the project. Set to start mid to late September, the project includes numerous minority contractors. Community partnerships will continue even after project completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a rich, 50-year, community-driven history, growth is imminent. When told about the updates, community member Tanisha Cummings said, \u201cthis is exciting, and much needed. I am looking forward to the new building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To stay updated on the progress of the renovated care clinic our to obtain medical, dental services call (612) 543-2500<\/a>. To connect with human services programs, call (612) 767-9500. More information is also available at www.northpointhealth.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Northpoint Health & Wellness Center recently broke ground on what is expected to be a 30-month project, culminating in the first quarter of 2024. When this ground-breaking project is complete the center expects to have expanded wings in its medical, dental, and behavioral services divisions. \u201cOur building will be a reflection of the needs of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[378,1760,1759],"class_list":["post-2755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-covid-19","tag-kimberly-spates","tag-northpoint-health-wellness-center","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2756,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions\/2756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} <\/del> <\/ins>\u201cMost on [our] board have ties to North Minneapolis- they live, work or receive services here, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/del> <\/ins>the original location, according to the NorthPoint\u2019s website<\/a>, \u201cWas designed to pave the way for future programs. The model combined public health and clinical medicine under one roof. It was noted at the time, that \u201cthe problems of health are closely inter-related to the problems of poverty, education, housing, employment, human relations, and community disorganization.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/del> <\/ins>When this project is over, all services will be in the same building, providing the whole-person integrated care desired by the community. <\/del> <\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n