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- EIN 95-2931931
- (310) 450-4773
- 1711 Ocean Park Blvd Santa Monica CA 90405 USA
- www.wfhcenter.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community Clinics, Community Health Systems, Family Planning, Health, Reproductive Rights
Mission: In 1974 a small group of dedicated feminists and mid-level clinicians came together and started the Women's Health Care Project as part of a larger social change movement in Santa Monica, California. Using the Boston Women's Health Book Collaborative's ''Our Bodies, Ourselves'' as inspiration and guidance, the Women?s Health Care Project helped women learn more about their bodies and their health, share experiences and empowered them through knowledge.Throughout the years, the Women's Health Care Project expanded. As a natural development of our reproductive health services, the Prenatal Clinic opened in 1990. Then in 1992, the Pediatric Program was started in response to alarming statistics on the growing number of uninsured children living in our community. With the rise of teen pregnancies and health issues relating to young women and men, WFHC began an Adolescent Health Services program to raise awareness and meet the needs of teens. The latest to join the agenda is the Family Practice program, established in 1999 to provide care for general medical problems not covered by our other programs.Our name has changed but our commitment is the same. We remain strong to our roots in empowering clients and the community with an extensive community health education and outreach program.
Programs: The clinic provided 9,593 medical visits to indigent patients through the family practice program.
the clinic provided 5,452 medical visits to indigent patients through the reproductive health services program.
the clinic provided 4,298 medical visits to indigent patients through the pediatrics health services program.