The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits (OKCNP) will host the 2021 Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards on April 24, 2021, in Tulsa, with limited attendance. The event will be livestreamed on OKCNP’s website as well. Leading up to the event, we are celebrating the 21 Oklahoma nonprofit finalists in seven categories. Shortgrass Community Health Center (Shortgrass) is a finalist in the Health category.

Located in Hollis, Shortgrass has been providing medical, dental and behavioral health services to their community since 2012. They service 2,900 people through approximately 6,000 visits annually in Jackson, Green and Harmon counties.

Their services are open to anyone in their communities, however, their largest population, 75% of those served, are those at or below the poverty level and are uninsured.

Shortgrass provides stationary medical and dental care in Hollis, and provides telemedicine through their mobile unit, collaborating with Operation CARE in Altus. Shortgrass assists clients with transportation to their medical facilities in Hollis, if needed.

“I could not manage my health condition without shortgrass and the mobile unit,” said Roddy Rodriguez, client, Shortgrass.

Shortgrass also provides mental health services for women in recovery through a collaboration with Amethyst House, located in Altus. Other mental health services are provided through telehealth to the schools.

They have made it their mission to find the needs of their community and find creative solutions in meeting basic medical and dental needs. They are working to add optometry and medication assisted opioid addiction treatment.

To learn more about Shortgrass Community Health Center, visit their website: http://shortgrasschc.com/.

The ONE Awards is dedicated to honoring the outstanding work of Oklahoma nonprofits statewide. The ONE Awards also serves as the primary fundraising event for OKCNP. Proceeds from the ONE Awards enable OKCNP to serve communities throughout Oklahoma.

To learn more about the OKCNP ONE Awards or to watch the event, visit: https://okcnp.org/page/one-awards.