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Gardner Health Services Receives Emergency Grant from Direct Relief to Bolster the Healthcare Safety Net in Santa Clara County
Gardner Health Services today announced an infusion of $50,000 in emergency grant funding from the medical aid organization Direct Relief, in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers. Gardner Health Services was among 518 federally qualified health centers to receive funding this week through Direct Relief’s $25 million COVID-19 Fund for Community Health, […]
South Bay Community Health Centers Struggle Through COVID-19
Community health centers across Santa Clara County have served some of the poorest neighborhoods for decades, often as an entryway into health care for those who lack access, money or are undocumented and hesitate to visit larger clinics and hospitals…A product of civil rights movements in the 1960s and 70s, the organizations are often “one stop […]
Sail Internet and Gardner Family Health Collaborate to Address the Digital Divide in Alviso, CA
For many years, the residents of Summerset Mobile Home Park in Alviso, CA, have been struggling with subpar internet service. Through their familiarity with the community in Alviso, Gardner Family Health understood it was underserved by traditional service providers. Sail Internet collaborated with Gardner to improve Summerset’s internet access significantly. Gardner volunteered their rooftop as […]
Clínicas Que Atienden a Hispanos en California Están en Crisis por el Coronavirus
Las clínicas Gardner que atienden a hispanos y personas necesitadas han tenido una caída de un 50% en sus ingresos por la pandemia y han tenido que seguir las consultas a distancia.
Coronavirus: Bay Area Community Health Centers Struggle As Patient Visits Plummet
Community health clinics that serve some of the Bay Area’s poorest residents have furloughed or laid off staff as patient visits and revenue plummet during the pandemic. Coronavirus: Bay Area community health centers struggle as patient visits plummet
Why California’s Community Health Clinics Are Vital, but Hurting
A look at the clinics that care for some of California’s most vulnerable patients. While there are nearly 13,000 community health center clinics in the United States, they play an especially important role in California, providing routine medical services for one in six Californians, including one third of the state’s Medicaid patients, nearly 500,000 migrant […]
Op-Ed: Already Cash-Strapped Community Clinics Struggle to Access Enough COVID-19 Tests
At the periphery of the healthcare industry are community health centers, the safety net for vulnerable populations and the uninsured, many of whom are racial and ethnic minorities with multiple serious health issues. Yet these centers are struggling to maintain equitable access for the people they serve. When a patient comes into a health center […]
Coronavirus: Our Community Responds
Even in challenging times, good things are happening all around us. We celebrate the people doing something good in the Bay Area and raise money to help those hit the hardest. NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 in partnerships with Bay Area community leaders are coming together to raise funds for the Silicon Valley Strong Fund, […]Get in Touch
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