About Us
FROM THE CEO AND BOARD CHAIR
As we look back on our first fifty years of service from this moment of unique turmoil and uncertainty, we are compelled to remember that Sun River Health was made for times like these.
Our community health center was founded to provide quality health care to everyone who needs it, regardless of their background or income. Since the day we opened the doors of the Peekskill Area Health Center in 1975, we have done three things with incredible consistency: adapt, grow, and hold fast.
We have adapted to incredible national crises, from economic recessions to COVID-19. We have grown from one health center to fifty, including mobile health centers that serve each region and meet patients where they are.
And through all the changes that have made the world so different than it was before the internet, before cell phones—before telemedicine left science fiction and became part of daily life—we have held fast to the mission our four Founding Mothers set before us, with the vision and wisdom we have come to cherish more and more over the decades.
Our patients have been at the center of all we do since the beginning. This has not changed—nor will it in our next fifty years of service.
Today, we face new challenges in a world and circumstance you know as well as we do. We look forward with clear eyes and full hearts, knowing that even though the challenges are great, our mission empowers us to meet and overcome them.
With your continued partnership, we have no doubt, only conviction.
Thank you for being part of this journey with us as we continue to build healthier, stronger communities for all.
Mission and vision
The story of Sun River Health began in 1975 when four African American mothers led efforts to open our first health center in Peekskill, New York to deliver accessible, high-quality health care to everyone in the community.
Today, after 50 years of service, Sun River Health has grown into a network of 50 community health centers, providing comprehensive primary and preventive health care to over 250,000 patients throughout the Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island.
With a dedicated staff of nearly 2,000 doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals, we are one of the largest community health centers in the country.
At Sun River Health, we pride ourselves on increasing access to high-quality, affordable health care and improving the health status of our communities, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. As we look to the future, we will continue to deliver on the promise of our Founding Mothers by providing access to our award-winning care in even more communities across lower New York State.
SERVICES
Patient populations
Patients by insurance type
- Medicaid 47%
- Public Insurance 4%
- Medicare 8%
- Private Insurance 16%
- Uninsured 25%
Patients Visits by Service
- Medicaid 47%
- Public Insurance 4%
- Medicare 8%
- Private Insurance 16%
- Uninsured 25%
Our Affiliate Partners
