Fundraising Goal Met for New Clinics at 1500 Capitola Road: Fed Government to Fund $1M for Dental Equipment

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Fundraising Goal Met for New Clinics at 1500 Capitola Road

Fed. Government to Fund $1M for Dental Equipment

Santa Cruz Community Health and Dientes Community Dental Care, with Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, announce they have met their goal to raise $20.5 million for their new health centers in Live Oak opening this fall.

Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) provided more exciting news: $1 million to cover dental equipment costs for Dientes’ new clinic was approved March 15 as part of the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill.

The health centers at 1500 Capitola Road will include a new 11-chair dental clinic to serve 6,000 low-income patients a year and a 20,000-square-foot primary care center to serve 10,000 patients a year.

“New Clinics” page 23 Laura Marcus and Leslie Conner, CEOs, respectively at Dientes and Santa Cruz Community Health, are all smiles at Capitola Road clinic site.

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