NVHC Community Voice

Sunshine Community Health Center is striving to expand resources and services to our Northern Valley community members. As we all know, housing is limited in our communities and it is sometimes difficult to recruit employees, host specialty services, and train healthcare students due to the lack of housing. A significant housing shortage in the Northern Valley communities presents considerable challenges for filling and retaining critical positions for healthcare professionals, educators, and public safety officers. When these positions go unfilled, the well-being of our communities is negatively impacted. Increasing access to professional housing is an effective solution for addressing workforce shortages in our Northern Valley communities.  

Our organization is working towards expanding our Talkeetna Clinic property, located at 34300 South Talkeetna Spur Road, to include a Provider Housing unit by requesting project funds from the Denali Commission. This housing would be used in collaboration with our local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and…

We are looking to create a list of non-profits that have an impact on our northern valley communities. Please comment below if you know of others we should add!

Alaska Assistance Dogs

Alaska Prehospital Education Consortium

Alaska Primary Care Association

Alaska PTA

Welcome to the group! You can connect with other members, get updates and share videos. We ask that you keep the conversations clean and respectful to your fellow community members. This group discussion platform is designed to discuss community needs and ideas on how we can work together to meet those needs. The NVHC will use this forum to identify potential coalition goals and projects. We appreciate YOUR voice.