United Health Services of St. Joseph County

Formed 1966 — the health agencies' federation

Founding and course: United Health Services is the health field's version of the federated idea: "a family of agencies founded to coordinate the efforts of local not-for-profit health organizations," in its own site's words. Its Form 990 gives its year of formation as 1966 and the federal exemption record is dated March 1968; the United Way's published legacy history likewise names United Health Services among the agencies established in its mid-century decades. Its five active programs, in its own listing, are the Breast Health programs, Community Services with All Deaf, Covering Kids and Families, the Diabetes Resource Center, and the Suicide Prevention Center; it is the Indiana Department of Health's designated grant recipient for the Indiana Breast and Cervical Cancer Program and the WISEWOMAN program. Its offices now stand at 6910 North Main Street, Building 9, in Granger — that community's ground, printed at the boundary; the body is St. Joseph County's, as its legal name says.

Sources:

1. United Health Services (uhs-in.org) — the "family of agencies" description; the five programs; the state grant designations; the Granger address.
2. United Health Services of St. Joseph County Inc., Form 990 (tax year 2020) — the year of formation, 1966; the mission statement.
3. Internal Revenue Service exempt-organizations record — the March 1968 exemption.
4. United Way of St. Joseph County, legacy history — United Health Services named among the agencies established in its mid-twentieth-century decades.