Good Neighbor Community Health Center provides primary preventative health care for all ages.
04/14/2026
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month.
Oral cancers are primarily diagnosed in older adults, particularly those with a history of to***co and alcohol use. To***co use includes smoking products such as ci******es and pipes, and smokeless products like chewing to***co and betel nut.
To help prevent cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, limit alcohol and do not use to***co. Visit your doctor and dentist regularly. Cancers detected at earlier stages have better survival rates.
Symptoms of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx can include:
--A sore that does not heal.
--Swelling or unusual bleeding.
--Difficulty performing daily functions like breathing, speaking, chewing, or swallowing food.
--Pain in the mouth or throat that won't go away.
04/10/2026
April is Stress Awareness Month. Stress may contribute to poor health behaviors linked to increased risk for heart disease and stroke, such as:
❣️Smoking
❣️Overeating
❣️Lack of physical activity
❣️Unhealthy diet
❣️Being overweight
❣️Not taking medications as prescribed
Check out the Stress-Buster ideas below to help you focus on your mental and physical health!
04/09/2026
Healthcare innovation does not only happen in big hospitals or well-funded healthcare startups. It is happening right here in community health centers.
At Good Neighbor Community Health Center, we are proud to serve Columbus, Fremont, and all communities around the Hwy 30 corridor by:
• Expanding access to care
• Bringing medical, behavioral health, dental, and public health together
• Focusing on real outcomes for the people we serve
This is what community-based care looks like.
We are grateful to be part of it.
April is STI (sexually transmitted infections) Awareness Month. Most STIs have no signs or symptoms. You or your partner could be positive and not know it. The only way to know your status is to get tested.
Both Good Neighbor Columbus and Fremont locations:
--Test for all STDs, including HIV. All testing is confidential.
--Do expedited partner tests and treatments for gonorrhea and chlamydia.
--Offer free testing and treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia for you and your partner.
--Treat all other STDs (except HIV) with prescription drug therapy.
--Refer HIV positive patients to specialists for treatment.
--Offer the HPV vaccine for persons up to 45 years old.
Call (402) 562-7500 in Columbus or (402)721-0951 in Fremont to make your appointment for confidential testing.
04/03/2026
03/31/2026
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03/30/2026
Happy National Doctors Day to the many physicians who provide excellent, compassionate and high quality care to our communities.
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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.
