OIHCD is excited to support the Orcas Island Caregiver Project, a community initiative working to strengthen professional caregivers and connect them with island families.

In April of this year, voters approved Proposition 1, a temporary 10-year levy lid lift proposed by the Orcas Island Health Care District board. During our levy town hall meetings, the board committed to three key work areas as the basis for our levy request: long-term stability in clinic operations, clinic expansion and expanding primary care services. Since April, we’ve made significant progress on each of these areas, including signing a 10-plus year contract with Island Health to operate the clinic, finalizing a long-term strategic facilities plan, which will be the basis for architecture and design of a clinic expansion, and convening work groups with community organizations around primary care expansion. We are excited to share updates on those work areas and more, while providing an outlook on how the levy dollars will be utilized in 2026 and beyond.