1. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA.
A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER is a not-for-profit,
consumer-directed healthcare organization that provides
access to high quality, affordable, and comprehensive primary
and preventive medical, dental, and mental health care.
Community health centers have a unique mission of
ensuring access for underserved, underinsured and
uninsured patients.
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY
HEALTH CENTER?

2. CAN ANYONE SEEK HEALTHCARE SERVICES
FROM A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER?
YES, anyone can become a patient of a community health center, regardless of his
or her ability to pay. Insured or uninsured, low-income or high-income – all can
receive primary and preventive health care from a community health center.
Male
2,202,742
Primary Language Not English
Language
Gender
Ethnicity
3,186,184 Hispanic
2,351,904 Non-Hispanic
458,549 Unknown
Encounters
18,224,644
Patients
5,996,637
38%
Female
3,793,895
1 OUT OF 7
CALIFORNIANS
SERVED
6.0 MILLION
PATIENTS
63% FEMALE
37% MALE
GENDER
Male
2,202,742
Primary Language Not English
Language
Gender
Ethnicity
3,186,184 Hispanic
2,351,904 Non-Hispanic
458,549 Unknown
Encounters
18,224,644
Patients
5,996,637
38%
Female
3,793,895
DENTAL
HEALTH
MENTAL
67%
12%
8%
13%
M
E
D
IC
AL
OTHER
Other Available Services Include: Womens Health
Pharmacy • Urgent Care • Radiology • Laboratory
Vision • DomesticViolence & Substance Abuse Counseling
WHATYOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
COMMUNITY SERVICES:
• Outreach
• Education
• Nutrition
• Social Services
7%
8%
ISLANDER
U
N
KNOWN
ASIAN/PACIFIC
WHITE
2%
1%
MIXEDRACE
NATIVE
AMERICAN
53%
12%17%
H
IS
PA
N
IC
BLACK
BY RACE:
GET INVOLVED
www.californiahealthplus.com
To become more involved with your local health
center, please visit localclinic.net.
• Homeless
• Transportation
• Adult Day Care
• Disaster Relief
SERVICES OFFERED: