Welcome to Community Health Development, Inc.
|
I can go anywhere but I choose to make CHDI my place of choice because of the excellent care I receive here.”
 Olga Charles, Patient |
Your Health . . . Our Mission
 |
“I believe 2012 will be a year of bright promise. With meaningful advances in medical/dental care and prevention occurring almost daily, we have much to be thankful for. We sincerely value and cherish the community's support of our mission to continuously improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve through awareness, education, and the highest possible quality of care. To the almost 11,000 patients we served during 2011, we say "Gracias" for allowing us to be your medical and dental care home. We look forward to improving and transforming more lives in 2012.” |
 |
Heartfelt assistance from our professional staff. |
|
Rachel A. Gonzales-Hanson
Chief Executive Officer |
MISSION
Community Health Development, Inc.’s mission is to
continuously improve the Nuestro Bienestar (Health and Well Being)
of the community we serve.
VISION
To be the premiere Patient-Centered Health Care Home of choice and the Employer of Choice in the service area.
PRINCIPLES
CHDI is guided by the following principles:
- Access to quality health care services is a right, not a privilege;
- Every individual that walks through our doors deserves to be treated with respect;
- We believe that every individual is capable of assuming an appropriate/reasonable level of responsibility for their own health;
- We are committed to guiding, healing, advocating for and supporting our Members to achieve wellness; and,
- Every day we influence people’s lives - we must, therefore, be responsible for using our own knowledge and compassion to serve others.
PHILOSOPHY
CHDI believes the community’s well being, health and client safety, to
be the primary concern in planning and operating all agency activities.
CHDI is dedicated to serving its clients without regard to race, sex, age, color,
religion, national origin, disability, or ability to pay for services. |
|
|
| News |
• November 22, 2011 - Community Health Development, Inc. Successfully Meets Terms Of Kresge Foundation Challenge Grant
UVALDE, TEXAS - Community Health Development, Inc. (CHDI) proudly announces it has successfully met the terms of the Kresge Foundation Challenge Grant awarded in 2008 and has received full payment of the $1,000,000 grant. CHDI’s “Our Community … Our Health” Capital Campaign raised a total of $1,726,647 from Private sources to meet the terms of the Kresge challenge grant. Click here to read the full article.
• November 16, 2011 - COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT, INC. ANNOUNCES WINNERS
UVALDE, TEXAS - Community Health Development, Inc. announces the winners of the drawing held for the custom-built barbeque pit & trailer! The drawing was held at the 30th annual Hunter’s Round Up on Friday, November 4, 2011 at the Uvalde Municipal Airport in the Sierra Industry’s Hanger on Garner Field Road in Uvalde. Click here to read the full article.
• November 3, 2011 - AEP Foundation Contributes $50,000 To Help Fund Exercise And Fitness Center At Community Health Development, Inc. In Uvalde
UVALDE, TEXAS – The American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation on Thursday announced a $50,000 contribution to Community Health Development, Inc. (CHDI) to help fund the construction of the new exercise and fitness center located at their Center for Community Wellness Campus at 908 South Evans Street in Uvalde. Click here to read the full article.
• September 19, 2011 - Rachel A. Gonzales-Hanson, CEO of CHDI, named Geiger Gibson Distinguished Visitor in Community Health Policy
WASHINGTON, DC – Rachel A. Gonzales-Hanson, Chief Executive Officer of Community Health Development, Inc., has been named the 2011-2012 Geiger Gibson Distinguished Visitor in Community Health Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy. Click here to read the full article. |
|
|
