Valley Health Partners to open new facility in Easton’s South Side

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Valley Health Partners (VHP) is expanding access to health care to Easton’s South Side. 

The Community Health Center said it will offer services, along with a walk-in retail pharmacy, in a new facility at 440 West Lincoln Street this fall. 

 The South Side neighborhood has long been considered a medically underserved area, making it a perfect fit for Valley Health Partners’ Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC-LA) model, designed to provide essential care to vulnerable members of the community, the organization said. The neighborhood is also classified as a “food desert,” where affordable, healthy food options are scarce within walking distance. 

Valley Health Partners’ South Side expansion plan encompasses a wide range of services, including extensions to its existing primary care, dental, vision, and pediatrics practices based in Allentown.  

VHP Family Health Center, VHP Children’s Clinic, VHP Community Vision Center, VHP Community Smiles, all with integrated behavioral health and social services, along with an entity-owned pharmacy will all open at the new site. 

 VHP Centro de Salud, the health center’s internal medicine practice dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of the Hispanic community will also expand to the South Side.  

“Valley Health Partners at West Lincoln Street” demonstrates the health center’s commitment to extending their mission to the Easton community. 

 In the three years since opening, Valley Health Partners said it has expanded various areas of the health center. The demand for services in the community continues to grow, and “VHP at West Lincoln Street” will help meet that demand more effectively. 

With redevelopment assistance capital funding support from the Governor’s Budget Office, a public-private partnership between the City of Easton and Stewart Silk Mill Redevelopment Partners, L.P. soon will complete Phase II of the Mill at Easton redevelopment project, which includes the health center’s new facilities, along with a recently opened Dollar General “DG Marketplace” store offering a full line of groceries, aimed at addressing the food scarcity issue. Valley Health Partners’ satellite location will be situated adjacent to the grocer. 

While specific timelines are still being finalized, a soft opening for “VHP at West Lincoln Street” is targeted for fall of 2024.