Good Neighbor Community Health Center

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Good Neighbor Community Health Center

Good Neighbor Community Health Center provides primary preventative health care for all ages.

03/06/2026

Bring your resume and stop by our event!

03/05/2026

Happy Week! 🎉 Join the nationwide celebration of literacy and grab a book to share with a young reader. Visit https://imaginationlibrary.com/usa/affiliate/NECOLUMBUS/ to join Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. This program is open to children under the age of five whose parent/guardian lives in Platte, Colfax, Boone or Nance County, or works in Columbus, Schuyler, or works at Sentinel Building Systems in Albion. The Columbus Library has programs for children. Learn more at https://www.columbusne.us/168/Childrens-Room

03/03/2026

Colorectal cancer is a leading cancer killer in the United States. But it doesn’t have to be. Routine screening for colorectal cancer beginning at age 45 can save lives! Talk to your health care provider about which type of test is right for you.

02/27/2026

Algunos ataques al corazón son repentinos. Otros empiezan lentamente. El dolor y otros signos pueden desaparecer de inmediato y volver a aparecer. Es posible que no esté seguro si está sufriendo un ataque al corazón. En esta hoja informativa aprenderá cuáles son los signos de advertencia de un ataque al corazón y cómo actuar si tiene síntomas. Actúe rápido. Llame al 9-1-1.

Llame al 9-1-1 si cree que puede estar teniendo un ataque al corazón. ¡No espere! Si no puede llamar, pida a un familiar o amigo que llame al 9-1-1.

No se conduzca usted mismo al hospital. La ambulancia es la mejor y más segura manera de llegar. Los trabajadores de los servicios médicos de emergencia comenzarán los tratamientos para salvarle la vida de inmediato.

02/26/2026

02/25/2026

Learn what a heart attack feels like. Heart attacks are NOT all the same. Some are sudden, some pain and other signs may come and go. Don't wait. Act fast. Call 9-1-1.
If you are unable to call, ask a family member to call for you. Do not drive yourself to the hospital. The ambulance is the safest way to get there. Emergency medical service workers will start lifesaving treatments right away.

02/24/2026

Make sure you are aware of possible prenatal infections and how to help protect you and your baby!

02/23/2026

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Seeing your health care provider regularly is an important way to live your healthiest life.

02/21/2026

Watch for warning signs of a heart problem, including high blood pressure, during and after pregnancy.

Signs include: worsening headache, overwhelming tiredness, dizziness, trouble breathing, chest or belly pain, swelling, nausea. If you feel like something is wrong, get medical care right away.

02/20/2026

It's National Children's Dental Health Month🪥
One of the best ways to protect your child's teeth is with dental sealants.
Children of all ages can benefit from dental sealants. They can be applied to both baby (primary) teeth and adult (permanent) teeth, starting from the age of 2 and continuing throughout adulthood. Call your Good Neighbor dental clinic today to learn more! In Fremont, (402) 721-0951 and in Columbus, (402) 562-7500.

Address

4321 41st Avenue
Columbus, NE
68602

Telephone

+14025627500

Website

https://goodneighborcommunityhealthcenter.com/

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A Brief History of Good Neighbor...

The East Central District Health Department (ECDHD) is a state-approved district health department that provides public health services to its four-county service area of Boone, Colfax, Nance and Platte counties in Nebraska. The ECDHD was formed in 1999 as the Platte-Colfax County District Health Department and at that time only served Platte and Colfax counties.

In December of 2002, ECDHD applied for a Community Health Center grant and was awarded Community Health Center status in April of 2003. Good Neighbor Community Health Center was formed and is considered a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Nebraska. FQHC is a federal designation given by the Bureau of Primary Health Care at the federal Department of Health and Human Services. FQHCs are located in, or serve, a federally designated medically underserved area/population. The Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1992 and 1995 granted medical malpractice liability protection through the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) to HRSA-supported health centers. Good Neighbor Community Health Center is an FTCA Deemed Agency.

For more than 10 years Good Neighbor Community Health Center, together with East Central District Health Department, operated out of the original site at 2282 East 32nd Ave. on the eastern edge of Columbus. By 2007, the growth in patient numbers necessitated that the original facility be expanded or replaced. The eight-year process that followed resulted in the construction of the current facility at 4321 41st. Ave.

Columbus: New Building Timeline

2007 ECDHD and GNCHC Boards of Directors begin to explore options for expanding their facility, either by putting on a sizeable addition or building from the ground up.

2009 It is decided to build a new facility rather than add on due to a variety of factors. A Building Committee is formed, the board of directors begin to save for a capital development project and bids are let for the project. (The bid is ultimately awarded to Leuder Construction Company of Omaha, NE).

2011 After an extensive search for property, the East Central District Health Department purchases 8.6 acres of a former cornfield near the Columbus Community Hospital.

2012 ECDHD/GNCHC learn they have been awarded a $5 million grant from HRSA to fund 80% of the construction costs for the new site.

2013 Construction on the new building begins.

2015 The 29,400 square foot, $6.7 million project is completed. The new building doubles the size of the previous facility and allows staff and programs, which had been housed in three different Columbus locations, to be together in one building. The majority of the new building is devoted to patient space, including medical and behavioral health care, dental care and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program along with x-ray facilities, dental operatories and a FEMA safe room.

New Access Point: Fremont

By 2012 the need for a new health care access point was clearly indicated by data that had been gathered as part of the Three Rivers Health Department’s Community Health Improvement Process in 2003, 2007 and in 2012. In Spring 2012 Good Neighbor Community Health Center was petitioned by 25 community agencies to consider expanding services to the tri-county Dodge, Saunders and Washington area to address the health care needs of low-income and uninsured individuals who had no access to care. The decision was made to locate the proposed Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Fremont, the largest municipality in the three-county service area.