Growing our community impact
Today, The Wright Center nonprofit enterprise is a mission-driven organization with more than 650 employees. Its humble origins remain a point of pride. However, it increasingly is active far beyond Greater Scranton, advocating at the state and national levels for needed improvements to both the U.S. medical education system and health care delivery system.
In 2019, HRSA designated The Wright Center as a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike. This designation has allowed The Wright Center to access federal resources and expertise so that it can better meet community needs. It continues to expand access to affordable, nondiscriminatory, high-quality health care to the region’s residents, including those from rural and other medically underserved areas.
The Wright Center has health centers in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. Its integrated care model offers patients the convenience of going to a single site to receive medical, dental, and behavioral health care, including addiction treatment and recovery support services for opioid and substance use disorders.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wright Center acquired a mobile medical vehicle called Driving Better Health. A care team uses the vehicle to extend primary and preventive services, such as immunizations, to historically marginalized and hard-to-reach populations, meeting patients where they live and work.
The Wright Center provides care to all patients regardless of income level or whether they are underinsured or uninsured. No patient is turned away due to an inability to pay. Eligible individuals may qualify, based on family size and income, for a sliding-fee discount program.
The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement, a subsidiary of The Wright Center for Community Health, was formalized in the 2020s. It focuses on expanding access to care and addressing the socioeconomic determinants of health – including food insecurity, homelessness and poverty – that can adversely affect underserved patients.
The Wright Center’s complementary organizations all are working in tandem to fulfill the enterprise’s mission. Read more about its mission, values, and a bold 10-year vision.