COMMUNITY
South County Community Health Center Dba As Ravenswood Family Health Clinic
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he South County Community Health Center, popularly known as the Ravenswood Family Health Clinic was founded in 2001. It is a federally qualified health center headquartered in East Palo Alto. It provides a full scope of health care services, including pediatrics, women’s health, family practice, behavioral health, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, ultrasound, mammography, X-ray, lab, health education and referrals, to underserved individuals, children, and families in parts of San Mateo County and since April 1 to some communities in Santa Clara County. The primary service area in San Mateo County includes East Palo Alto, Belle Haven in Menlo Park, and North Fair Oaks in Redwood City. With the creation of the Ravenswood Family Health Network, the primary service area in Santa Clara County
includes Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
Center 270 Grant Avenue Palo Alto CA 94306
5 clinical sites in RFHN: • Ravenswood Family Health Center -1885 Bay Road, East Palo Alto
• MayView Community Health Center 900 Miramonte Avenue, 2nd Floor Mountain View CA 94040
• Ravenswood Family Dentistry – 1807 Bay Road, East Palo Alto • MayView Community Health
• MayView Community Health Center Columbia Neighborhood Center, 785 Morse Avenue, CA 94085
MCHC AND RFHC- A COMPARISON (2018 FORM IRS 990) Contribution and Grants Program Service Revenue Investment Income Other Revenue Total Revenue Board Membership Number of Employees Volunteers
MCHC $ 3,398,228 $ 2,328,089 $ 986 $ 409,694 $ 6,136,997 11 45 2
RFHC $ 8,493,302 $ 19,499,363 $ 337,277 $ 137,329 $ 28,467,271 12 299 20
Mayview Community Health Center MayView Community Health Center (MCHC) was founded in Palo Alto in July of 1972. Initially called Our Health Center inc. and part of the Free Clinic tradition with the goal from the very start to provide free health care to everyone. At its inception however, its initial purpose was to provide health care primarily to young underserved women in Silicon Valley. It later changed its name to Mayview Clinic expanding its services to include all low-income individuals. The original clinic is still located at the Palo Alto Courthouse. MayField Clinic merged with the the Mountain View Clinic to form MayView
Community Health Center and later a third MayView clinic was opened in Sunnyvale as part of the Columbia Neighborhood Center. MCHC eventually expanded its services to include pre/post-natal and pediatric care. MayView has developed strategic partnerships with El Camino Hospital, El Camino Healthcare District, Stanford Healthcare and the County of Santa Clara with each partner augmenting the Center’s myriad of health services or funding specific programs or projects.
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