El Rio Cherrybell Health Clinic
Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Construction of new health care facility to serve Tucson’s predominately low-income, minority population and expand specialized homeless and HIV/AID services.
The Project
Two of El Rio’s existing clinics had grown obsolete and needed replacement. After comprehensive planning and community input, El Rio designed a state of the art, 48,990 SF medical facility, increasing both services and patient capacity.
With the creation of the Cherrybell clinic, El Rio’s integrated health care team now provides a breadth of services including primary health care services (pediatric and adult), mental health and substance abuse treatment, as well as enabling services such as clinical case management and assistance with housing and other social service needs. In addition, it provides special programs to engage and treat a large homeless population and HIV/AIDS patients.
Community Impact
- 14,190 unique patients treated across 48,122 visits.
- 140 jobs created, many accessible to low income individuals through strong partnerships with area workforce training and development organizations.
- 65 construction jobs created.
- Cherrybell is a teaching and training facility including direct training programs for medical and dental students as well as residency training in family medicine.
Financing
- Total Project Costs: $16.7 million
- Total New Markets Allocation Secured: $16.0 million
Project Partners
- Corporation for Supportive Housing
- Wells Fargo Community Investment Holdings
- El Rio Health
