CALIFORNIA

Shasta Community Health Center

Organization Profile

Established in 1988, Shasta Community Health Center is a private-non-profit community health center. We have now expanded to employ 240 health professionals with five locations in Shasta County. Dental services were established in 1998.

Shasta Community Health Center is a dynamic organization known for its team-oriented work environment. We provide quality health services in a caring and compassionate environment. We are dedicated to serving the underserved population in our community.

Our main center is located in Redding, Californiaview map of Redding, California , where you can enjoy the best of city life and the great outdoors. Redding has a population of 92,000 and is located in Northern California right off Interstate 5. We are just a 2 hour drive form Sacramento, 3 hours to Reno, NV or Medford, OR, or a 3-1/2 hours from San Francisco or the north coastline of Eureka, CA. Redding is known as a recreational paradise. We offer a wonderful playground of an urban area with nearby mountains, rivers, and lakes. Whatever your pleasure, from skiing to sailing, you can find it here.

Dental site Profile

Our main dental center relocated to Shasta College’s brand new Health Sciences Buildingview map of Health Sciences Building in Downtown Redding in January 2008. Our Redding center is an 11 chair facility with 3 staff dentists, 2 hygienist, and 8 assistants. Our Anderson Centerview map of Anderson Center houses both medical and dental services with a 5 dental chair facility with 1 staff dentist, 1 hygienist and 3 assistants. Our Shasta Lake City Centerview map of Shasta Lake City Center currently houses medical services and we have planned to open dental services with 5 chairs in 2009. Our staff dentists are on faculty at UC San Francisco as we are an extern site for their fourth year dental student rotations. Our Dental Director is also the supervising DDS for the Shasta College Dental Hygiene program which is housed in the same building of our Redding facility.

Our focus here is on General Dentistry. Patients receive a broad range of general dentistry including restorative, oral surgery, endodontic, and prosthodontic care excluding orthodontics and implants. We serve all ages, however, our children patient population is approximately 40%. Our patient population is 74% insured with Medi-Cal and 10% Healthy Families and we offer a low income sliding fee discount.

Although our focus is on General Dentistry we have some additional experiences to offer. Having medical services in our organization we can offer the optional observational medical rotation. We have a Special Oral Health Improvement Program (SOHIP) that treats the developmental disabled population in the 9 counties of the North State. This SOHIP department also provided hospital dentistry under general anesthesia at the local community hospital of which we can offer you an optional observational rotation. We currently have a staff general dentist that provides advanced endodontic procedures, including molar endo, ½ half day a week who enjoys mentoring students and residents. We have a mobile van that provides dental services to the Homeless and to low income schools in the community.

CommuniCare Health Centers

CommuniCare Health Centers is a Federally Qualified Health Center providing high quality health care to those in need since 1972. CommuniCare offers comprehensive primary medical and dental services, substance abuse treatment, behavioral health services, health education and enabling services to the culturally diverse, low-income, uninsured and underinsured residents of Yolo County through five community clinic sites and outreach programs.

History

In 1972, Dr. John H. Jones founded the Davis Free Clinic, bringing to Yolo County his vision and philosophy of offering high quality, affordable health care services to those who traditionally did not have access to health care.

Dr. Jones grew up in Piggott, Arkansas, where his father, also a doctor, often received chickens or other food instead of money for his services. Dr. Jones came to Davis to work in a local family practice group and eventually became a provider at the UC Davis Cowell Student Health Center. During the day, he worked at the Student Health Center and at night, he volunteered at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco, treating those with addictions and sexually transmitted diseases.

Dr. Jones was quick to notice that the city of Davis also had a population of people with drug addictions who had no insurance to cover care for a variety of health problems. Dr. Jones opened the Davis Free Clinic at the Friends Meeting House of Davis at 345 L Street. Dr. Jones also visited farm labor camps and other encampments using a converted milk-delivery truck as a mobile clinic. Eventually, the Davis Free Clinic moved to a house on 4th Street in downtown Davis and continued to expand its reach.

In addition to general medicine, in 1973, the Davis Free Clinic established a women’s health program and also began to offer substance abuse treatment services. A perinatal program was added in 1980 and a pediatric program started treating children in the area in 1984. In 1990, a dental program was added to the clinic’s growing list of services.

In 1985, the Clinic moved into another downtown building, sharing the old Safeway site with the Davis Food Co-Op. That facility was designed to handle approximately 10,000 patient visits per year. When patient visits totaled over 30,000 per year in this facility, the Board of Directors of the Clinic turned to our community for support to build the new Davis Community Clinic, now located at 2051 John Jones Road. The community response was overwhelming and, as predicted, patient visits continued to climb significantly when the new clinic opened in March of 1997.

In 1994, the Davis Community Clinic responded to growing community needs by joining with Sutter Davis Hospital, Sutter West Medical Group, and the Yolo County Health Department to form the Yolo Health Alliance. This resulted in an expansion of services and number of sites to care for the indigent population of Yolo County. At the same time, the name “CommuniCare Health Centers” was adopted to describe the family of health centers that today includes the Davis Community Clinic, Peterson Clinic in Woodland, Salud Clinic in West Sacramento, Esparto Dental Clinic, An additional two clinics, the John H. Jones Community Clinics in West Sacramento and Woodland. In 2006, CommuniCare Health Centers became a Federally Qualified Health Center, and in 2008, the National Association of Community Health Centers selected CommuniCare Health Centers as the honored recipient of the Migrant Health Center Outstanding Service Award, recognizing CommuniCare’s excellence in the migrant health care field and the high level of commitment and innovation demonstrated in service to migrant farm workers and their families.

In service to our founding mission, we continue to strive to improve the availability and accessibility of health care services for those in need. We are committed to meeting the needs of the communities we serve by providing patient-centered health care with an emphasis on culturally competent services and preventive care.

Mission

CommuniCare Health Centers’ mission is to provide high quality health care to those in need. We carry out this mission in the following ways:

• We turn no one away based on inability to pay.
• We deliver health care in a supportive, safe, non-judgmental manner, emphasizing patient involvement and responsibility, health education, counseling and preventive health care in all of our programs.
• We continue to emphasize the importance of the volunteer in our organization.
• We continue our commitment to the underlying philosophy that health care is a right, not a privilege.

Dental Services

CommuniCare’s dental program establishes a sound basis for promoting a healthy lifestyle that includes adequate and proper dental care. The dental program provides comprehensive acute and preventive dental care for children and adults, including ongoing treatments and emergency treatments. Dental services include oral exams, x-rays, cleanings, sealants, fillings, root canals, urgent care, surgery, dental education and preventive care. Referrals are given for specialty care that is not otherwise available at the clinic.

Dental services are available at:

• Davis Community Clinic
• Peterson Clinic – Woodland
• Salud Clinic – West Sacramento
• Esparto Dental Clinic

Smile Savers Program
The Smile Savers staff provides dental screenings, fluoride, exams, application of sealants to prevent cavities, dental education, and referrals into dental treatment for children enrolled in Yolo County schools that have 50% or greater enrollment in the Federal School Lunch Program. This includes elementary and pre-schools throughout Yolo County. The Smile Savers program plans visits to classrooms twice every school year, arranging the schedule with school nurses and individual teachers. The program also includes a Parent Education component that teaches parents about the benefits of taking care of their children’s teeth as well as the basics of daily oral hygiene and nutrition to promote dental health.

Sonrisas Community Dental Center

Sonrisas Community Dental Center opened its doors in 2001 to provide access to affordable dental care for low-income San Mateo Coastside residents. Last year, we provided dental treatment to nearly 1,500 children and adults who might otherwise have gone without care. The dentists, hygienists, and other dental professionals who treat Sonrisas patients are creating a healthier life and a brighter future for families who live and work in our community.

About the Clinic

The first thing you notice when you enter Sonrisas Community Dental Center is how much it resembles a private practice. It is not what comes to mind when you hear the word “clinic.”

Our clinic’s waiting room is warm and welcoming, and the equipment in our three treatment rooms is the same high quality you would find in a private dental office. We make sure our volunteers have the diagnostic and treatment tools they need to do their work, including a bi-lingual dental assistant.

Most first-time volunteers are surprised to find how well-outfitted our treatment rooms are with the latest equipment and instruments at their fingertips, including:

• cavitrons
• panorex
• apex locators
• inter-oral cameras

Another wonderful thing volunteers find in our treatment rooms are patients, young and old, who are happy to see the dentist!

In addition to the latest equipment, and a clean, well-organized space, we also have dozens of brightly-colored drawings tacked to our walls. They are thank you notes from the young patients Sonrisas treats.

Services

We provide complete dental care for those who might otherwise go without.

Sonrisas offers a full range of general dental services, including:

• cleanings
• filings
• x-rays
• root canals
• bridges
• crowns
• dentures

For specialty care, we coordinate referrals for patients.

We also educate low-income families in our community on proper dental hygiene so they can maintain oral health throughout their lifetime. Our staff makes sure every patient we treat understands how to prevent problems from recurring, and how to avoid them from developing in infants and children.

Our services are in such demand that the average waiting period for an appointment at the Sonrisas Dental Center is 2 to 3 months—and this is for priority cases. This is why we are seeking new volunteers and charitable donations.

Asian Health Services

Services

We are a community health center that offers primary health care services with 36 exam rooms and a dental clinic with 7 chairs.

We serve over 20,000 patients and over 90,000 patient visits annually.

Our staff is fluent in English and nine Asian languages: Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Korean, Khmer (Cambodian), Mien, Mongolian, Tagalog and Lao.

Mission

To serve and advocate for the medically underserved, including the immigrant and refugee Asian community, and to assure equal access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status, language, or culture.

Patient Statistics

• 86% are served in a language other than English
• 98% earn an annual income that is less than 200% of the federal poverty level (about $42,000 a year for a family of four)
• 37% are uninsured
• 32% receive Medi-Cal
• 20% are under 15 years of age
• 21% are over 65 years of age

The Dental Clinic

Our dental clinic opened in 2003 and is equipped with state-of-the-art digital radiology and electronic dental records. We provide a full scope of primary oral health care with a strong emphasis on prevention and education. In recent years, the dental clinic has added several programs to expand its scope of services, and raise the quality of care to our patients.
These programs include:

• A partnership with USCF School of Dentistry and its student externship program
• A partnership with Lutheran Medical Center and its Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program
• In house advanced specialty care including on-site specialists in endodontics, and periodontics

These programs allow us access to high quality dental care by top dental students, dental residents, and skilled specialists. With the help of these providers, AHS dental clinic is able to provide our patients with advanced care that would not otherwise be available to them.

Native American Health Center

Profile

Native American Health Center assists American Indians and Alaska Natives to improve and maintain their physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being with respect for cultural traditions and to advocate for the needs of all Indian people, especially the most vulnerable members of our community.

Our clinical facilities provide a full range of community health care and prevention services including primary medical care, comprehensive dental care, family guidance counseling, HIV prevention and AIDS treatment, youth services, women, infants and children’s health, and general nutrition and fitness. Native American Health Center also maintains a satellite clinic at Alameda Point, a school-based clinic in Alameda and the Healthy Nations Wellness Center.

There are no tribal or ethnic requirements for use of the clinical facilities. We are open to everyone.

History

The 1970s: BUILDING A FOUNDATION

Native American Health Center was established in 1972 in San Francisco to meet the health care needs of one of the largest populations of American Indians in the country. American Indians had little access to mainstream health care systems motivating Indian community leaders to seek funding from the federal Indian Health Service to create the Native American Health Center.

The 1980s: DREAMING THE DREAM

The Indian population shifted from San Francisco to Oakland crowding newly leased clinic space in Oakland. With federal Indian Health Service funding comprising nearly 90% of the budget, a substantial turning point was the purchase of a four story, 16,000 square foot facility in the Fruitvale neighborhood. The dream was realized in the opening of the American Indian Human Services Building at 3124 East 14th Street. This visionary asset in the Indian community drove a movement in the organization for services and programs to be based upon needs in the community, not the needs of federal funders. This shift created new programs such as perinatal care and the establishment of the Family and Child Guidance Clinic.

The 1990s: REMEMBERING OUR YOUTH

Focusing on health care as a local issue, the organization created new programs, added new funding sources and expanded the scope of services provided. Native American Health Center focused its efforts on prevention and youth with the creation of the youth center, Tribal Athletics Program and working with a cluster of Indian youth service providers. The vision created by our youth challenged us to look to our history for strength, create a new vision for our future generations and respond to our youth’s call to action.

2004: BUILDING OUR FUTURE

Now is the time to seek a new interpreter of dreams and visions yet to be revealed. We’ve dreamed our dreams. We need to help guide the vision for future generations. As our doctors see the children of children who were first served when Native American Health Center began, we realize generations of patients return to the Native American Health Center. We are willing to pass the interpretation of the original dream to our brave youth.

Dental Services

NAHC provide patient education, prevention and general dentistry for adults and children of all ages. Children should visit a dentist between one and two years of age to start preventive care such as sealants and fluoride treatment.

• General dentistry for children and adults, including pregnant women and elders
• Prevention and pediatric dental services for children, ages 6 months – 18 years
• Exams and x-rays
• Cleanings, sealants and fluoride treatment
• Emergency services
• Fillings and extractions
• Root canals, braces, and implant restoration
• Dentures and partials
• Patient education Outreach to WIC, Head Start, and other community programs and events

Shasta Community Health Center

Organization Profile

Established in 1988, Shasta Community Health Center is a private-non-profit community health center. We have now expanded to employ 240 health professionals with five locations in Shasta County. Dental services were established in 1998.

Shasta Community Health Center is a dynamic organization known for its team-oriented work environment. We provide quality health services in a caring and compassionate environment. We are dedicated to serving the underserved population in our community.

Our main center is located in Redding, Californiaview map of Redding, California , where you can enjoy the best of city life and the great outdoors. Redding has a population of 92,000 and is located in Northern California right off Interstate 5. We are just a 2 hour drive form Sacramento, 3 hours to Reno, NV or Medford, OR, or a 3-1/2 hours from San Francisco or the north coastline of Eureka, CA. Redding is known as a recreational paradise. We offer a wonderful playground of an urban area with nearby mountains, rivers, and lakes. Whatever your pleasure, from skiing to sailing, you can find it here.

Dental site Profile

Our main dental center relocated to Shasta College’s brand new Health Sciences Buildingview map of Health Sciences Building in Downtown Redding in January 2008. Our Redding center is an 11 chair facility with 3 staff dentists, 2 hygienist, and 8 assistants. Our Anderson Centerview map of Anderson Center houses both medical and dental services with a 5 dental chair facility with 1 staff dentist, 1 hygienist and 3 assistants. Our Shasta Lake City Centerview map of Shasta Lake City Center currently houses medical services and we have planned to open dental services with 5 chairs in 2009. Our staff dentists are on faculty at UC San Francisco as we are an extern site for their fourth year dental student rotations. Our Dental Director is also the supervising DDS for the Shasta College Dental Hygiene program which is housed in the same building of our Redding facility.

Our focus here is on General Dentistry. Patients receive a broad range of general dentistry including restorative, oral surgery, endodontic, and prosthodontic care excluding orthodontics and implants. We serve all ages, however, our children patient population is approximately 40%. Our patient population is 74% insured with Medi-Cal and 10% Healthy Families and we offer a low income sliding fee discount.

Although our focus is on General Dentistry we have some additional experiences to offer. Having medical services in our organization we can offer the optional observational medical rotation. We have a Special Oral Health Improvement Program (SOHIP) that treats the developmental disabled population in the 9 counties of the North State. This SOHIP department also provided hospital dentistry under general anesthesia at the local community hospital of which we can offer you an optional observational rotation. We currently have a staff general dentist that provides advanced endodontic procedures, including molar endo, ½ half day a week who enjoys mentoring students and residents. We have a mobile van that provides dental services to the Homeless and to low income schools in the community.

Native American Health Center

Profile

Native American Health Center assists American Indians and Alaska Natives to improve and maintain their physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being with respect for cultural traditions and to advocate for the needs of all Indian people, especially the most vulnerable members of our community.

Our clinical facilities provide a full range of community health care and prevention services including primary medical care, comprehensive dental care, family guidance counseling, HIV prevention and AIDS treatment, youth services, women, infants and children’s health, and general nutrition and fitness. Native American Health Center also maintains a satellite clinic at Alameda Point, a school-based clinic in Alameda and the Healthy Nations Wellness Center.

There are no tribal or ethnic requirements for use of the clinical facilities. We are open to everyone.

History

The 1970s: BUILDING A FOUNDATION

Native American Health Center was established in 1972 in San Francisco to meet the health care needs of one of the largest populations of American Indians in the country. American Indians had little access to mainstream health care systems motivating Indian community leaders to seek funding from the federal Indian Health Service to create the Native American Health Center.

The 1980s: DREAMING THE DREAM

The Indian population shifted from San Francisco to Oakland crowding newly leased clinic space in Oakland. With federal Indian Health Service funding comprising nearly 90% of the budget, a substantial turning point was the purchase of a four story, 16,000 square foot facility in the Fruitvale neighborhood. The dream was realized in the opening of the American Indian Human Services Building at 3124 East 14th Street. This visionary asset in the Indian community drove a movement in the organization for services and programs to be based upon needs in the community, not the needs of federal funders. This shift created new programs such as perinatal care and the establishment of the Family and Child Guidance Clinic.

The 1990s: REMEMBERING OUR YOUTH

Focusing on health care as a local issue, the organization created new programs, added new funding sources and expanded the scope of services provided. Native American Health Center focused its efforts on prevention and youth with the creation of the youth center, Tribal Athletics Program and working with a cluster of Indian youth service providers. The vision created by our youth challenged us to look to our history for strength, create a new vision for our future generations and respond to our youth’s call to action.

2004: BUILDING OUR FUTURE

Now is the time to seek a new interpreter of dreams and visions yet to be revealed. We’ve dreamed our dreams. We need to help guide the vision for future generations. As our doctors see the children of children who were first served when Native American Health Center began, we realize generations of patients return to the Native American Health Center. We are willing to pass the interpretation of the original dream to our brave youth.

Dental Services

NAHC provide patient education, prevention and general dentistry for adults and children of all ages. Children should visit a dentist between one and two years of age to start preventive care such as sealants and fluoride treatment.

• General dentistry for children and adults, including pregnant women and elders
• Prevention and pediatric dental services for children, ages 6 months – 18 years
• Exams and x-rays
• Cleanings, sealants and fluoride treatment
• Emergency services
• Fillings and extractions
• Root canals, braces, and implant restoration
• Dentures and partials
• Patient education Outreach to WIC, Head Start, and other community programs and events

Gardner Health Services

Mission & Values

Gardner’s mission is to provide high quality comprehensive health and behavioral care – including prevention and education, early intervention and treatment, mental health, and advocacy services – which are affordable, respectful and linguistically and age appropriate.

Affordable, quality primary care and behavioral health services for all.

We believe that a sound, healthy mind and body helps everyone achieve their potential.

At Gardner, we are a group of professionals that are committed to providing a wide array of primary care and behavioral health services that are sensitive to your needs. We understand the needs, the cultural barriers, and the economic binds that impact your everyday living.
Our values

Our values are to provide care that is:

• Affordable
• Respectful
• Culturally appropriate
• Linguistically appropriate
• Age appropriate

Profile

Gardner Health Services consists of two non-profit organizations that are affiliated. The parent corporation: Gardner Family Health Network and the susbidiary: Gardner Family Care Corporation.

The two-corporation model allows Gardner Family Care Corporation to provide behavioral care services and the Gardner Family Health Network to provide primary care services. The Gardner Corporations are two (2) non-profit 501©3, community based organizations located in San Jose, CA. Both Corporations are governed by the same Board of Directors and have independently provided services to the community for over 40 years.

Through its seven sites, Gardner provides comprehensive primary health care and behavioral services dedicated to improving the lives and health status of low and moderate-income communities in Santa Clara County.

History

n 1967 members of the Alviso community with help from the Stanford Medical School and the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity started a small community clinic to address the pressing need for medical services that were non-existent for these people. This community initiative was first know as the Alviso Family Health Center, then the Family Health Foundation of Alviso. When services were expanded from Alviso into the city of San Jose, following the needs of its growing patient base, the name was changed to the Family Health Foundation.

In the following year a community group in the Gardner neighborhood of San Jose, again with the help of the Stanford Medical School and Sacred Heart Church began to organize another community clinic to address the same medical needs of that populace, who worked in the canneries found in that area of San Jose. This population, working in the fruit packing plants, shared the same demographics, race, culture and language with the same needs for non-existent medical care as the Alviso workers who picked the fruit. The clinic that this community created was called the Gardner Health Center.

In 1997 Gardner Health Center and the Family Health Foundation merged and became Gardner Family Health Network (today Gardner Health Services), providing primary medical care and Gardner Family Care Corporation, providing behavioral care/substance abuse services. The Gardner Corporations continue to be community established, focused and staffed, governed by one board of directors, one management team and one vision. Together, the Gardner Corporations provide comprehensive health care services dedicated to improving the health status of low and moderate-income communities in Santa Clara County, especially the disenfranchised, poor and most vulnerable members.

Our mission is to provide high quality primary medical, dental, behavioral and social care to include education, prevention, treatment, intervention, and advocacy services which are affordable, respectful, culturally, linguistically and age appropriate.

Eastside Family Dental Clinic

Eastside Family Dental Clinic is affiliated with the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics.

Mission

The Mission of the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics is to provide high quality, affordable medical care to all people, especially those uninsured and otherwise underserved, while maintaining a welcoming environment and treating patients with compassion, dignity, and respect. We strive to achieve excellence and to maximize the potential of each employee, volunteer, and board member through a respectful and supportive organization.

As the critical health safety net for the Santa Barbara Community, the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics is dedicated to providing the best possible medical and dental care regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. We encourage our patients and our community to partake in healthy living with preventative programs, services, and education. Above all we provide quality healthcare you can depend on, from our family to yours.

History

The Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) organization was formed in July of 1998 by merging three existing medical clinics that had provided care to low-income patients since the 1970s. The Isla Vista Health Projects opened in 1970, followed shortly by the Carrillo Clinic (originally the Freedom Clinic) in 1971, and the Westside Clinic in 1973.

All three clinics shared a common belief in providing medical services for families regardless of ability to pay, and were created on the philosophy that obtaining quality medical care is a fundamental right for all people. More than that, each of the clinics is, and has been an intrinsic part of its community and neighborhood. Because of their close relationships with the surrounding community and awareness of their neighborhood’s special needs, a strong bond of trust has been formed between patients and each of our clinics.
Throughout their individual existences, each clinic has had to struggle and scrape and be relentlessly inventive in their efforts to keep their heads above financial water. From the beginning, patients paid what they could afford, using a sliding fee scale based on income. They continued to do so, even as a gap grew between what patients could afford and what it cost to treat them. The clinics solicited public and private financial aid to cover negative balances, but by 1996 all three clinics were in financial trouble and in 1997 only an infusion of community donations allowed the Westside Clinic to continue operation.

In 1996, the directors of each clinic obtained a grant from the Santa Barbara Community Clinics Association for the purpose of studying a merger, and the following year a feasibility study funded by the James Irvine Foundation concluded the benefits of merging the clinics outweighed the costs. The idea was to leverage shared strengths, avoid duplication of effort, attract the support of funding agencies, and reduce expenses. In 1999 the merger was completed, and the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics was born.

The Santa Barbara Children/Family Dental Health Collaborative (CFDHC) created the Carrillo Family Dental Clinic (CFDC) in 1996. The Carrillo Medical Clinic was the fiscal agent and CFDC has operated under its California Department of Health Service license since then. The Carrillo Medical Clinic was one of 11 collaborative partners that formally ran the CFDC for seven years. The Collaborative included: Carpinteria Unified School District Healthy Start Project, Catholic Charities, Cornelia Moore Dental Foundation, Cottage Health System, County Department of Public Health (Dental Access Resource Team and Children’s Dental Disease Prevention Program), Direct Relief International, St. Francis Parish Nursing, Santa Barbara School District Healthy Start Project, Santa Barbara/Ventura County Dental Society, and Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC).

In 2002, SBNC raised $2.4 million to support the move of the Carrillo Medical Clinic to the Eastside of Santa Barbara, as the property on which the clinic had been located for the previous 20 years had been sold. To make sure our patients were guaranteed continuity of care, our goal was to make the move and establish a new Eastside Neighborhood Clinic and Health Program Center, located at 915 N. Milpas St. In 16 months, we completed the fundraising to purchase the land the clinic now sits on, and added square footage for a Health Program Center on the 2nd floor. The Eastside Neighborhood Clinic and Health Program Center opened as planned in April 2002 and has continued serving the community of Santa Barbara to meet health care and education needs of those who are uninsured or otherwise underserved.

In September of 2003, CFDC formalized their relationship with SBNC and was renamed the Eastside Family Dental Clinic (ESFDC). Thus began a $1 million Capital Campaign to purchase the building next to the Eastside Neighborhood Clinics with the intention of building a 5-chair operating dental clinic. The ESFDC opened its doors in 2004 and by October 2008 was seeing 960 people each month, 80% of those being children!

In 2006 we completed another Capital Campaign to renovate our Administrative offices and build a second Health Program Center on the 2nd floor over the Isla Vista Neighborhood Clinic. This increased the number of low-income residents receiving health and nutrition education services. Funding came in part from a state grant and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation giving a lead gift toward the completion of this capital project. Many individuals and foundations came together in support of this campaign, playing a crucial role in creating healthier communities in Goleta and Isla Vista.

The SBNC has an active and talented Board of Directors, drawn from the original clinics’ three separate Board of Directors; we have since augmented it with many more talented members of the professional and volunteer community.

Today, SBNC is THE critical health safety net for Santa Barbara County and provides care to nearly 17,000 unduplicated low-income patients a year. In FY 2010, SBNC was responsible for over 75,000 patient and health education visits. SBNC is fortunate in its ability to fill substantial funding gaps through fundraising events, donations, and public and private grants.

About the Eastside Family Dental Clinic

Programs Offered on an ongoing basis:

• HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis C Testing
• Cancer Detection Program (CDP)
• Talking About Health Series
• Diabetes Prevention and Management Program
• Teen Health Advocates
• Promotores de Salud

Our Health Program Centers Outreach: Our Outreach Coordinators work with various community organizations and individuals, such as local churches, schools and businesses to assist community members to access all the programs and services SBNC has to offer. With Our Person-to-Person “Promotores” Program, the HPC Outreach Coordinator invites small groups of primarily Hispanic women (10-12 persons) to attend evening talks on SBNC’s low-cost health services. Presentations focus on breast health, well-child exams, children’s health insurance, smoking cessation, women’s health, HIV/AIDS, diabetes management and nutrition education.

HIV / Hepatitis C SERVICES: HIV & HCV TESTING

• Who is Eligible?

The tests are free, anonymous and available to persons 13 years of age and older.

• What is Offered?

1. All three Clinics offer HIV Antibody Testing at various hours (see below) without an appointment. It includes a risk assessment counseling before the test specimen is taken. It takes one week to get the results back. Patients are asked for a donation of their choosing to cover the costs of the test and the counselor time. No One is turned away for inability to donate. There is a disclosure session during which the counselor gives the results to the client and answers any questions. If referrals are needed or further testing is indicated it is done at the disclosure session. Follow-up counseling is available if needed.
2. Hepatitis C testing is also offered at the same clinic times and locations as the HIV testing. The same procedure is followed as with the HIV testing. Both tests can be drawn and performed at the same time when needed.
3. The times for these tests is available on their website: Link to Eastside Health Promotion Center

Shasta Community Health Center

Organization Profile

Established in 1988, Shasta Community Health Center is a private-non-profit community health center. We have now expanded to employ 240 health professionals with five locations in Shasta County. Dental services were established in 1998.

Shasta Community Health Center is a dynamic organization known for its team-oriented work environment. We provide quality health services in a caring and compassionate environment. We are dedicated to serving the underserved population in our community.

Our main center is located in Redding, Californiaview map of Redding, California , where you can enjoy the best of city life and the great outdoors. Redding has a population of 92,000 and is located in Northern California right off Interstate 5. We are just a 2 hour drive form Sacramento, 3 hours to Reno, NV or Medford, OR, or a 3-1/2 hours from San Francisco or the north coastline of Eureka, CA. Redding is known as a recreational paradise. We offer a wonderful playground of an urban area with nearby mountains, rivers, and lakes. Whatever your pleasure, from skiing to sailing, you can find it here.

Dental site Profile

Our main dental center relocated to Shasta College’s brand new Health Sciences Buildingview map of Health Sciences Building in Downtown Redding in January 2008. Our Redding center is an 11 chair facility with 3 staff dentists, 2 hygienist, and 8 assistants. Our Anderson Centerview map of Anderson Center houses both medical and dental services with a 5 dental chair facility with 1 staff dentist, 1 hygienist and 3 assistants. Our Shasta Lake City Centerview map of Shasta Lake City Center currently houses medical services and we have planned to open dental services with 5 chairs in 2009. Our staff dentists are on faculty at UC San Francisco as we are an extern site for their fourth year dental student rotations. Our Dental Director is also the supervising DDS for the Shasta College Dental Hygiene program which is housed in the same building of our Redding facility.

Our focus here is on General Dentistry. Patients receive a broad range of general dentistry including restorative, oral surgery, endodontic, and prosthodontic care excluding orthodontics and implants. We serve all ages, however, our children patient population is approximately 40%. Our patient population is 74% insured with Medi-Cal and 10% Healthy Families and we offer a low income sliding fee discount.

Although our focus is on General Dentistry we have some additional experiences to offer. Having medical services in our organization we can offer the optional observational medical rotation. We have a Special Oral Health Improvement Program (SOHIP) that treats the developmental disabled population in the 9 counties of the North State. This SOHIP department also provided hospital dentistry under general anesthesia at the local community hospital of which we can offer you an optional observational rotation. We currently have a staff general dentist that provides advanced endodontic procedures, including molar endo, ½ half day a week who enjoys mentoring students and residents. We have a mobile van that provides dental services to the Homeless and to low income schools in the community.