Board selects Lehigh Valley Health Network as partner for Family & Community Resource Center
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After reviewing two bids, the board approved Lehigh Valley Health Network as the district's recommended health partner for the Bridgeview Family & Community Resource Center, citing comprehensive on-site clinical and behavioral health services and long-term commitments.
The Allentown School District board voted Jan. 22 to approve Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) as the recommended health-care partner for the new Family & Community Resource Center on the Bridgeview campus.
District staff said LVHN's proposal aligned most closely with the district's vision for an integrated, place-based clinic that combines on-site primary care, behavioral health and wraparound services, student and family supports, workforce-development pathways and longer-term financial and operational investment.
"Lehigh Valley Health Network demonstrated the strongest overall value through its commitment to a comprehensive on-site clinic, robust behavioral health and wrap around services," a district presenter said.
Board members thanked LVHN and also acknowledged Valley Health Partners (in partnership with Jefferson) for ongoing clinic operations at Hays Clinic and Sheridan Elementary School. After a motion, second and voice vote, the board approved the recommendation to move forward and asked administration to work with the solicitor to draft the agreement.
The approval sets the district to negotiate a formal contract specifying operational details, staffing, scope of services and reporting requirements for the clinic at the Family & Community Resource Center.