began as the SutterYuba Farmworkers Health Project. a medical care project for migrant farmworkers. funded by the Farmworkers Health Service and Migrant Health Act. In 1973. at the suggestion of the U.S. Department of Health. Education and Welfare. the project was incorporated as a nonprofit organizationthe Northern Sacramento Valley Rural Health Project. The NSVRHP has come a long way. It has evolved from a night clinic in Sutter County General Hospital to a provider of comprehensive. quality primary and preventive health care for underserved valley residents in five counties. Today. the NSVRHP serves northern California migrant and seasonal farmworkers. as well as other rural populations. to the tune of over 100.000 patient visits per year.
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