The merger of Lancaster Health Center & Welsh Mountain Health Centers was built on the foundation of unity. Our two Federally Qualified Health Centers believed that together, we would stand stronger for our communities by uniting our missions, roots, and services so that we can provide accessible, affordable, and equitable healthcare.

on Strawberry Street as a part-time, volunteer-run medical center, seeing those who needed care and support. As they grew, they were able to add paid staff to their team. By 1980, they began providing dental care in addition to medical care. Also in 1980, they moved to an office on Rockland Street, merged with Lancaster Neighborhood Health Center and SACA Health Center and renamed the newly fashioned organization 'SouthEast Lancaster Health Services.' In 2018, the organization transitioned to the name 'Lancaster Health Center' to better reflect their growing services and locations in the community.

through the leadership of then-mayor Janice Stork, the City of Lancaster gifted SouthEast Lancaster Health Services with land at 625 South Duke Street. By 1996, they had raised enough money to build a brand new health center on the donated land. The building originally included 14 medical exam rooms and 6 dental operatories and a new partnership with HACCs Nursing Program to enhance patient education. In 2011, a major renovation of the Duke Street health center took place expanding capacity from 6 to 13 dental operatories, including a Pediatric Dental area tailored to providing comfortable and pleasant dental care for children.

Lancaster Health Center opened a health center in the Bright Side Opportunities Center on the Southwestern side of Lancaster City in November, 2006. The health center includes 6 medical exam rooms. There was a time when their Bright Side center was a hub for families who were newcomers to our community.

Lancaster Health Center purchased one of Thomas Edisons original Power Plants in downtown Lancaster. Over the next two years, Lancaster Health Center undertook a successful Capital Campaign, Project Health Equality and Access for Lancaster (HEAL) to renovate the historic site into a progressive health center with 24 medical exam rooms. The Water Street center was opened to the public in the summer of 2010.

In 2016, Lancaster Health Center partnered with Reynolds Middle School to open a school-based health center inside of the middle school providing primary care for Reynolds students, their families, and school faculty.

Lancaster Health Center expanded their services to meet the growing healthcare needs of our community by adding a 5th health center on New Holland Avenue. As their second largest building, this site added 18 exam rooms, totaling 64 medical exam rooms throughout 5 sites.

Welsh Mountain Medical Center was established as a project of CAP, the Christian Medical Society of Lancaster County, the Visiting Nurse Association & the Office of Economic Opportunity in the former Mt. Airy one-room schoolhouse.

Welsh Mountain Medical Center moved to a new building, incorporated as a non-profit organization, introduced their first board of directors, brought their first full-time physician on board, and expanded services to include dental care.

The health centers name changed to 'Welsh Mountain Medical & Dental Center' to better represent their recent addition of dental care. In addition, they introduced their Horse & Buggy Program, which provided immunizations, well-child screenings, lead poisoning prevention, and health and parenting education to Plain Clothes communities each year.

By the 1990s, Welsh Mountain Medical & Dental Center had grown from an old schoolhouse to a modern, 4,400 square foot health center serving over 4,000 medical and dental patients a year. Along with an expanded facility, they also expanded their mission to provide comprehensive, quality healthcare for everyone.

Though Welsh Mountain Medical & Dental Center had changed drastically from their humble beginnings, they remained focused on their mission of providing quality, comprehensive healthcare to all patients throughout the 2000s.

In early 2016, under the guidance of then CEO Jackie Concepcion, the health center changed their name to 'Welsh Mountain Health Centers' to unify the brand and bring clarity to their mission and vision, which had projected growth on the horizon.

In the summer months of 2018, Welsh Mountain Health Centers began construction on a new, state-of-the-art facility on Church Street in Lebanon. The new location replaced an existing health center already in Lebanon. The new location was more accessible to their patients and community.