Your donation goes to support the core mission of:
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Background: In 1982, the executive directors of 9 community clinics in the bay area came together to form the Consortium as a leadership organization that would preserve the role of community clinics as safety-net providers in a new era of escalating health care costs and diminished public funding. Since its creation, the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium (SFCCC) has become a cornerstone of San Francisco's health care delivery system. A recipient of the Primary Care Achievement Award for Excellence in Patient Care in 1996 (an award funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts), the Consortium has been distinguished for providing direct services as well as managing multi-site grant projects for our partner clinics.
The Consortium works for the common good of its partner clinics and their patients by providing a spectrum of centralized programs and management services that enhance and expand the delivery of care. By integrating their shared needs into one agency, the Consortium helps its partners to reduce clinic overhead costs and the duplication of services. This streamlined approach not only better serves patients, but also creates a cohesive, cost-effective network that helps to strengthen and stabilize the safety net.
The Consortium returns nearly 90% of its total funding to partner clinics for direct services, and supports its partnerships in six principal areas:
* Program design and grant administration
* Health policy leadership and advocacy
* Recruitment and retention of health professionals and volunteers
* Training and technical assistance
* Partnership coordination and advancement
* Resource and community development
The community health centers that make up the SFCCC have been providing high quality, culturally appropriate, cost effective health care services to their communities for years. The relationships these clinics have developed with their patients, neighborhoods and the Bay Area at large are strong and long lasting. In order to preserve and nurture these relationships, and to continue to provide excellent services, the community health centers realize that they must meet the challenges presented by an evolving health care market place. With this in mind, SFCCC clinics are eager to explore opportunities and partnerships that will enable them to continue to meet their missions and further empower them to grow and prosper in the new health care environment.
The SFCCC and its partner clinics have a clear understanding of how San Francisco's health care delivery system is evolving. Recent reforms in health care legislation and market forces require that all health care providers critically examine their position in the changing environment. The goals of SFCCC therefore include maintaining access for all San Franciscans to the high quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate patient services provided by its Network of clinics.
