All around the Ozarks, seasonal workers take on the hourly jobs that make the community work--bussing tables, cleaning hotel rooms, working behind the scenes in thousands of different tourism related jobs.  These hard-working area residents suffer from a lack of healthcare mostly due to no insurance or inadequate access to traditional healthcare.  

Individuals and organizations in Stone and Taney Counties, MO recognized the need and decided a plan was essential to provide health care to the area's working uninsured.  A partnership with the Ozark Mountain Family YMCA provides a model for health and wellness.

Faith Community Health Center provides a whole-person health model for patients, which includes medical, optometry, dental and pharmacy services.  Additionally, patients get the opportunity to participate in the YMCS's Healthy lifestyles Program  which includes classes focusing on nutrition, exercise, faith, emotions, relationships, and stress management. model for health and wellness.