Huston-Tillotson University’s Sandra Joy Anderson Community Health and Wellness Center is the first community health resource established on a historically black college campus.
Seeing about 50 patients a day, the center caters to an underserved and growing black and Hispanic population in Austin, Texas., and stands in the gap to give needed health assessment and consultation where cost for students and neighbors is an area of concern.
The Texas Observer profiles the center’s work.
Funded entirely by a $3 million contribution from Ada Cecilia Collins, a 94-year-old Huston-Tillotson alumna, the 12,000-square-foot clinic is operated by CommUnityCare, a network of 25 primary care centers serving uninsured and low-income Austinites. The clinic has 22 exam rooms and a large waiting area with soothing violet walls.
