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| About Us |
In the late 1960s, the Lutheran Church and Creighton University began to work with the local Native American community to provide health care, education, screenings and referrals at a free clinic known as The American Indian Center. Also during that time, major meat packing plants left South Omaha. This created an employment and financial crisis, especially for minority families, many of them Hispanic. The clinic was expanded in 1970 to include Hispanics and was renamed the Indian Chicano Health Center.
People speaking at least 17 different languages have been patients at the clinic and 37 countries have been represented. The clinic’s international population led to the name change in 2003 to OneWorld Community Health Centers.
In response to the rapidly growing population, the clinic has moved and expanded services four times. In September 2005, the health center moved into the historic Livestock Exchange Building at 4920 South 30th Street.
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OneWorld is a community health center funded by federal and state funds, grants from foundations, United Way of the Midlands, private contributions, and what patients are able to pay. Quality primary and preventive care is provided to patients for about a dollar a day for each patient served. All funds received are utilized to provide medical care to people who are often unable to pay for it.
Charges for Care
Charges for services are based on the patient’s ability to pay. Patients are asked to bring in one month’s pay stub so that charges can be determined for them and their families. Patients who are unemployed may be able to make special arrangements to receive services.
Financial Information
For more information, see our listing under OneWorld Omaha at
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