LEWISTON, ID — Snake River Community Clinic (SRCC) has received an $84,000 grant from the Lewis Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation to expand preventive healthcare access for uninsured and underinsured residents across a nine-county region in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, according to a press release.

The funding will support AMP up! The Safety-Net Clinic! — a new initiative focused on public outreach, added clinical capacity, and infrastructure upgrades aimed at increasing access to routine medical and dental care. The project builds on SRCC’s existing HEALER program, which has offered evidence-based services for underserved populations for the past five years.

“We know that prevention saves lives — but for many in our community, preventive care is out of reach due to cost,” Executive Director Heidi Burford-Bell said in the announcement. “With this generous support… we can reach more people with the education, services, and tools they need to stay healthy before problems become crises.”

The grant will fund expanded community education, additional part-time medical and dental providers, a new eight-line phone system to streamline patient communication, and enrollment in the Idaho Health Data Exchange to strengthen care coordination.

The effort will serve residents in five Idaho counties — Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, and Nez Perce — as well as Asotin, Garfield, and Whitman counties in Washington and Wallowa County in Oregon.

SRCC has provided free medical, dental, and behavioral health services for more than 25 years through volunteer healthcare professionals and support from local partners.

More information about SRCC and the AMP program is available at srccfreeclinic.org.