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About Us
CommuniCare Health Centers is a private, non-profit community health organization providing health care services to the culturally diverse, low-income, uninsured and under-insured population of Yolo County for over 37 years. The mission of CommuniCare Health Centers is to provide high quality health care to those in need. Since our founding in 1972 by Dr. John H. Jones as the Davis Free Clinic, CommuniCare has grown to a network of five clinic sites located throughout Yolo County providing primary medical and dental care, behavioral health services, health education and outreach. Three primary care community clinics - Davis Community Clinic in Davis, Peterson Clinic in Woodland, and Salud Clinic in West Sacramento - provide primary medical and dental services in the county’s three main population centers. The Esparto Dental Clinic provides dental care to the residents of the rural northwestern portion of the county. Behavioral health services, including adult and adolescent outpatient substance abuse treatment programs, are offered at John H. Jones Community Clinic in Woodland and at John H. Jones Community Clinic in West Sacramento. CommuniCare Health Centers is a Federally Qualified Health Center.
CommuniCare’s primary care services include general medicine, pediatrics, immunizations, women’s health services, perinatal care, chronic disease management, vision care, and HIV services. Our dental program provides services at four clinic sites and our Smile Saver dental outreach program provides screenings and oral health education for preschool and elementary school students throughout the county. Our behavioral health services include substance abuse treatment outpatient services for adults and youths, and integrated mental health services. Our health education and outreach services include a Teen Program, chronic disease education and self-management programs, HIV case management, pediatric immunization outreach, and a Promotores outreach program to seasonal and migrant farm workers.
In 2008, CommuniCare provided 92,582 patient visits to 23,128 patients – more than 1 in every nine residents of Yolo County – and an additional 40,197 health education and community outreach encounters. In 2008, 97% of CommuniCare’s patients were at or below 200% of the poverty level, over 40% were uninsured, almost 60% were Latino, and nearly 40% are under age 19. Almost half of our patients speak a primary language other than English with the majority speaking Spanish. We also serve a significant number of immigrants not only from Mexico and Central America, but also Russia, Southeast Asia and Pakistan. Many of the patients we serve are members of seasonal and migrant farm-worker families.
CommuniCare received the Migrant Health Center Outstanding Service Award in 2008, a prestigious national recognition given by the National Association of Community Health Centers. CommuniCare was honored for demonstrating an outstanding level of excellence in the migrant health care field and a high level of commitment and innovation in service to migrant farmworkers and their families.
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