Harbor Community Clinic, Inc.

Harbor Community Clinic (HCC) is a Health Center Program award recipient, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing primary health care services to impoverished residents in Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) within the San Pedro, Wilmington, and Long Beach neighborhoods. HCC serves the families and residents that live adjacent to the most active shipping port of the country, the Port of Los Angeles. HCC was established as the Harbor Free Clinic in 1970.

By providing primary care, behavioral health, pediatric care to over 7,000 patients annually and providing over 27,000 visits.

Board approved policies and procedures have been developed for recruiting, retaining and training key management staff and health care providers. The plan outlines competitive salary ranges, provides for a competitive benefit package, and provides details about the recruitment process based on each position.

According to the Uniform Data System (UDS), Community Health Centers in HCC's proposed service area served 26,241 patients in 2014, corresponding to 21.4 percent of the target population (those at or below 200 percent FPL). Therefore, 78.6 percent of the target population (about 96,500 individuals) is without a source of primary care. HCC's target population struggles with high levels of poverty and unemployment, and low levels of educational attainment and health insurance coverage. HCC's service area experiences deep health disparities, with higher than average rates of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, stroke, asthma, mental illness, low birth weight, births to teen mothers, and tooth decay, to name a few. In response, HCC is applying for a New Access Point opportunity in order to expand its impact in the community through the addition of a third site in San Pedro and by adding dental services to its scope.