LA CLINICA TO CELEBRATE OPENING OF NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART HEALTH CLINIC WITH COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

La Clínica de la Raza will hold a Community Open House on April 12th at 5:30 pm to celebrate the opening of its new health care facility in Concord. The new facility will provide quality health care for low-income and uninsured children and adults in Contra Costa County. The 17,000-square-foot clinic – La Clínica Monument – replaces a 5,000-square-foot facility in Pleasant Hill and is expected to serve more than 15,000 patients annually.

The Community Open House Celebration will include a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by a community celebration featuring food, live entertainment and tours of the new facility.

The facility includes expanded medical, dental and vision services as well as health education, chronic disease management and senior services. The clinic also provides preventive care to the uninsured and underinsured population to help reduce unnecessary and non-reimbursable emergency room visits.

Funding for the new clinic was provided through the support of various community partners, including UnitedHealthcare ($4.6 million), the John Muir Mount Diablo Community Health Fund ($800,000) and Kaiser Permanente ($400,000). La Clínica was also awarded approximately $1 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

WHO: Jane Garcia, Chief Executive Officer, La Clinica de la Raza 

Hon. George Miller, U.S. Representative (D-CA)

Hon. Mark DeSaulnier, California State Senator

Karen Mitchoff, Supervisor Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors

David Livingston, Sheriff Contra Costa County

Bill Shinn, Vice Mayor City of Concord

Representatives from the major funders of the project: UnitedHealthcare, the John Muir/Mount Diablo Community Health Fund and Kaiser Permanente

WHERE: La Clinica Monument

2000 Sierra Road, Concord, CA