Santa Clarita Health Care Association Inc history

CAHF began in January 1950 as the California Association of Nursing Homes, Sanitariums, Rest Homes, and Homes for the Aged, or CANH, pronounced “can.” It was an era of long-term care virtually unrecognizable to modern caregivers.

"Santa Clarita hospital opened its doors in June of 1960; at that time, there were 19 beds, 1 surgery and 24 employees.

1. "125 beds" includes 62 convalescent beds in the hospital's convalescent wing, which opened in 1964.

Northeast Valley Health Corporation was incorporated in 1971 by a group of San Fernando Valley civic leaders who envisioned establishing a healthcare system that catered to the medical needs of the local community.

The Auxiliary made the move to Valencia when Henry Mayo opened in 1975.

HASC plays an important role in the highly successful 1984 Olympics by organizing an emergency health care and first-aid system for athletes and spectators.

NEVHC expanded once again to include healthcare services for HIV positive patients in 1991.

In 1994, our HIV services outgrew its space, and relocated to a new and expanded HIV treatment program in Panorama City.

A high point of public exposure came at the Associations’s May 1999 Legislative Conference, when facility residents, many of them in wheelchairs, joined caregivers and CAHF members and associate members for a Challenges '99 rally on the steps of the state Capitol.

A health center on the campus of Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar opened in 2000.

After the attacks of September 11, 2001, federal and state agencies provide for increased funding to prepare for bioterrorism or mass casualty events.

The Reach Out and Read literacy program was launched at four of our primary care sites in 2003.

In 2010, NEVHC opened the Santa Clarita Health Center to expand access to residents of the Santa Clarita Valley.