Student Health Options

What Student Health Options does

The Health Center (referred to as Student Health Options in firmographic data) is a Washington-state nonprofit founded in 2009 that provides free primary medical care and mental health therapy to K-12 students in the Walla Walla Public Schools district. Its core offering is integrated, school-embedded healthcare: medical services and behavioral health therapy delivered alongside care coordination and social support within on-site clinics on four public school campuses (Garrison Middle School, Pioneer Middle School, Lincoln High School, and Walla Walla High School), with clinic hours aligned to the school day. The model is designed to remove cost and transportation barriers for students in need, with services accessed through scheduled appointments or walk-ins during school hours and parental permission forms required for new patients.

The underlying operating model is a co-located, partnership-driven service delivery network rather than a technology platform. There are no disclosed software products, APIs, or proprietary technology components; the technical backbone is clinic operations, scheduling, and care coordination. The revenue model is donation- and community-funded rather than fee-based: services are free to students, and the organization relies on individual donations (including via PayPal), volunteers, and community support, supplemented by its long-standing strategic partnership with Walla Walla Public Schools. The customer base is a single vertical segment (students in one public school district), with operational scale of 2,454 students served and 3,620 appointments during the 2024-2025 school year, and go-to-market is anchored by the school-district relationship, a Joomla-based website, and Facebook/Instagram community engagement channels.

Strategic activity in the past three years has been incremental and concentrated on footprint expansion within the same district, headlined by the 2023 announcement and December 2023 opening of the Garrison Middle School clinic. No funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership changes, or new product lines are disclosed in the available source material. Governance is via a board referenced on the website, with no detailed executive team disclosed in scraped content.

Name

Student Health Options

Legal name

The Health Center

Website

https://thehealthcenterww.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Health Center is a Walla Walla, Washington nonprofit founded in 2009 that provides free primary medical care and mental health therapy to K-12 students through on-site clinics embedded in four Walla Walla Public Schools campuses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School-Based Healthcare Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

School-Based Health Centers (HLAFAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA), Primary Care & General Medical Services (EDALAFAA), Campus/School-Based Urgent Care & Student Health Centers (HLAFADAI)

Keywords

• School-based healthcare
• Student medical services
• Youth mental health
• Primary care clinics
• School health centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Walla Walla

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donation-funded healthcare services: The Health Center provides free healthcare services to students, funded through donations and community support rather than patient fees. Services are provided at no cost to students, indicating a grant or donation-based funding model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Student Health Options (dba The Health Center) provides free primary medical care and mental health therapy to K-12 students in the Walla Walla Public Schools district. Services are delivered through on-site clinics embedded within four school campuses, integrating medical, behavioral health, care coordination, and social support into a single school-embedded offering provided at no cost to students.

Product overview

The Health Center is a school-based health center providing integrated primary medical care and mental health therapy services for students in Walla Walla Public Schools. The organization operates on-site clinics embedded within four schools: Garrison Middle School, Pioneer Middle School, Lincoln High School, and Walla Walla High School. Services are delivered as a unified offering combining medical and behavioral health care, care coordination, and social support. No distinct technology products, SaaS offerings, or software modules are offered by this organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Medical Care

Quantifiable outcome

• Served 2,454 students with over 3,620 appointments during the 2024-2025 school year

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Walla Walla Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Long-standing partnership with Walla Walla Public Schools to provide on-site health clinics at four schools within the district. The organization has operated since 2009 serving students in the school district.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• School-Based Health Alliance: National membership and advocacy organization supporting school-based health centers across the U.S.; not a direct operator but the closest ecosystem peer defining standards for clinics like The Health Center.

Broad incumbents

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Major pediatric system with school-based health initiatives and community pediatric services targeting underserved youth in its region; comparable integrated pediatric and behavioral health offerings.
• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Pediatric hospital system that runs school and community-based health programs, including mental health services for students; similar school-linked integrated care mission at a much larger scale.
• Denver Health Community Health Services: Operates a network of school-based health centers across Denver Public Schools, combining primary care and behavioral health; a larger, urban incumbent with a directly analogous service model.
• Atlantic Health System: Regional health system that runs school-based health centers and pediatric community programs, offering comparable integrated student health services within public school districts.
• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Large pediatric health system that operates school-based health clinics and community pediatric programs; broader portfolio but directly comparable school-embedded pediatric care delivery.
• Kaiser Permanente School Health Programs: Operates school-based health partnerships and telebehavioral health services in multiple states, delivering integrated primary and mental health care to K-12 students through district partnerships.

Direct peers

• Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center: Comprehensive adolescent health center providing integrated medical, mental health, and social support services to youth, comparable in mission and integrated care delivery to The Health Center.
• Children's Health Fund: National nonprofit that operates mobile and school-based health clinics delivering primary care and mental health services to medically underserved children, directly mirroring The Health Center's school-embedded model.

Emerging players

• Adolescent Health Initiative: Initiative focused on improving adolescent primary care through provider training and resources; thematically aligned with The Health Center's mission of increasing youth access to integrated care.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thehealthcenterww
• Instagraminstagram.com/thehealthcenterww
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-health-center-ww

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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