About SFCCC

OUR VISION

SFCCC envisions a San Francisco where every individual has access to high-quality, culturally sensitive healthcare, setting a national standard for compassionate and equitable care.

we are sfccc

In 1982, a group of community health centers, recognizing their shared values and concerns, came together to form the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium (SFCCC). The creation of SFCCC allowed these clinics to pool their collective resources to address their needs and interests, and those of their patients on a larger scale.

Since then, SFCCC has grown to represent 12 community health centers in San Francisco, operating from almost 30 sites, providing care to over 110,000 patients in our city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. 

For over 40 years, SFCCC has supported our member clinics with programing, funding and organization of policy and advocacy efforts that benefit a broad and diverse swath of San Francisco’s most vulnerable residents.

What is a community health center?

Born out of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, community health centers (CHCs) are nonprofit, often federally funded clinics designed to serve low-income, underserved populations with culturally and linguistically appropriate care at low to no cost.

With majority consumer-led boards, CHCs operate on a patient-led, patient-centered model. In contrast to the “one size fits all” model of care delivery favored by larger medical systems, CHCs cater their services to meet the needs of the unique communities they serve.

CHCs go beyond the clinic walls, providing not only primary, dental, and behavioral health care, but also enabling services such as case management, transportation, food support, and more.

Learn more about CHCs by watching this video from the National Association of Community Health Centers