--- title: "Community health programs at Sutter Health" description: "Sutter Health works with many local community organizations to help meet the health-related needs of our neighbors." url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/community-health-programs" --- 1. [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) / 2. [About us](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us) / 3. [Community impact](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact) / 4. Community health programs # Community health programs **Section menu** - [About us](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us "About us") - [Advancing healthy outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/advancing-healthy-outcomes "Advancing healthy outcomes") - [Annual report](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/annual-report "Annual report") - [Awards and recognitions](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards "Awards and recognitions") - [Healthgrades](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards/healthgrades "Healthgrades") - [US News & World Report](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards/us-news-world-report "US News & World Report") - [Business programs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs "Business programs") - [Employer Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program "Employer Program") - [Executive Health Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program/executive-health-program "Executive Health Program") - [Health and wellness](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program/health-and-wellness "Health and wellness") - [Mobile Mammography](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program/mobile-mammography "Mobile Mammography") - [Surgery Center Division](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/surgery-center-division "Surgery Center Division") - [Financial assistance](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/surgery-center-division/financial-assistance "Financial assistance") - [Careers](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/careers "Careers") - [Community impact](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact "Community impact") - [Community health programs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/community-health-programs "Community health programs") - [Community Health Needs Assessment](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/community-health-needs-assessment "Community Health Needs Assessment") - [CHNA archive](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/community-health-needs-assessment/archive "CHNA archive") - [Financials](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/financials "Financials") - [Sponsorships](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/sponsorships "Sponsorships") - [Divisions](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/divisions "Divisions") - [Expanding access](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/expanding-access "Expanding access") - [Innovation](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/expanding-access/innovation "Innovation") - [Financials](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/financials "Financials") - [History](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/history "History") - [Inclusion and belonging](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/inclusion-and-belonging "Inclusion and belonging") - [Sutter Health leadership](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/leadership "Sutter Health leadership") - [Warner Thomas](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/leadership/warner-thomas "Warner Thomas") - [Mental health](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/mental-health "Mental health") - [Mission and vision](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/mission "Mission and vision") - [Our hospitals](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals "Our hospitals") - [Alta Bates Summit Medical Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals/alta-bates-summit-medical-center "Alta Bates Summit Medical Center") - [California Pacific Medical Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals/california-pacific-medical-center "California Pacific Medical Center") - [Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals/sutter-medical-center-sacramento "Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento") - [Quality care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care "Quality care") - [Hospital quality dashboard](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/hospital-quality-dashboard "Hospital quality dashboard") - [Service quality outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes "Service quality outcomes") - [Behavioral outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/behavioral-health-outcomes "Behavioral outcomes") - [Fertility outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/fertility-outcomes "Fertility outcomes") - [Gastroenterology outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/gastroenterology-outcomes "Gastroenterology outcomes") - [Liver outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/liver-outcomes "Liver outcomes") - [Neuroscience outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/neuroscience-outcomes "Neuroscience outcomes") - [Orthopedic outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/orthopedic-outcomes "Orthopedic outcomes") - [Physical therapy and rehabilitation outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/physical-therapy-rehabilitation-outcomes "Physical therapy and rehabilitation outcomes") - [Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/pregnancy-and-childbirth-outcomes "Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes") - [Sports partnerships](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/sports-partnerships "Sports partnerships") - [About us](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us "About us") - [Advancing healthy outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/advancing-healthy-outcomes "Advancing healthy outcomes") - [Annual report](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/annual-report "Annual report") - [Awards and recognitions](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards "Awards and recognitions") - [Healthgrades](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards/healthgrades "Healthgrades") - [US News & World Report](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards/us-news-world-report "US News & World Report") - [Business programs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs "Business programs") - [Employer Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program "Employer Program") - [Executive Health Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program/executive-health-program "Executive Health Program") - [Health and wellness](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program/health-and-wellness "Health and wellness") - [Mobile Mammography](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/employer-program/mobile-mammography "Mobile Mammography") - [Surgery Center Division](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/surgery-center-division "Surgery Center Division") - [Financial assistance](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/business-programs/surgery-center-division/financial-assistance "Financial assistance") - [Careers](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/careers "Careers") - [Community impact](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact "Community impact") - [Community health programs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/community-health-programs "Community health programs") - [Community Health Needs Assessment](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/community-health-needs-assessment "Community Health Needs Assessment") - [CHNA archive](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/community-health-needs-assessment/archive "CHNA archive") - [Financials](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/financials "Financials") - [Sponsorships](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/sponsorships "Sponsorships") - [Divisions](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/divisions "Divisions") - [Expanding access](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/expanding-access "Expanding access") - [Innovation](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/expanding-access/innovation "Innovation") - [Financials](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/financials "Financials") - [History](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/history "History") - [Inclusion and belonging](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/inclusion-and-belonging "Inclusion and belonging") - [Sutter Health leadership](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/leadership "Sutter Health leadership") - [Warner Thomas](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/leadership/warner-thomas "Warner Thomas") - [Mental health](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/mental-health "Mental health") - [Mission and vision](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/mission "Mission and vision") - [Our hospitals](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals "Our hospitals") - [Alta Bates Summit Medical Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals/alta-bates-summit-medical-center "Alta Bates Summit Medical Center") - [California Pacific Medical Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals/california-pacific-medical-center "California Pacific Medical Center") - [Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/our-hospitals/sutter-medical-center-sacramento "Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento") - [Quality care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care "Quality care") - [Hospital quality dashboard](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/hospital-quality-dashboard "Hospital quality dashboard") - [Service quality outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes "Service quality outcomes") - [Behavioral outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/behavioral-health-outcomes "Behavioral outcomes") - [Fertility outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/fertility-outcomes "Fertility outcomes") - [Gastroenterology outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/gastroenterology-outcomes "Gastroenterology outcomes") - [Liver outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/liver-outcomes "Liver outcomes") - [Neuroscience outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/neuroscience-outcomes "Neuroscience outcomes") - [Orthopedic outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/orthopedic-outcomes "Orthopedic outcomes") - [Physical therapy and rehabilitation outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/physical-therapy-rehabilitation-outcomes "Physical therapy and rehabilitation outcomes") - [Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/pregnancy-and-childbirth-outcomes "Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes") - [Sports partnerships](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/sports-partnerships "Sports partnerships") Sutter’s mission extends beyond the walls of our care facilities. We put our mission into action by investing in community-based services, mobile clinics, transportation services, prevention and wellness programs, and much more. **Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council** A community partnership with Mills-Peninsula Health Services, the Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (formerly the African American Community Health Advisory Committee) raises awareness of the major health concerns and issues affecting African Americans, and actively promotes a more healthful lifestyle. [Learn more about the Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council](https://www.bachac.org/ "Learn more about the Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council"). **Bayview Child Health Center | San Francisco** A comprehensive, community-based child and adolescent healthcare center, the Bayview Child Health Center provides high-quality pediatric primary care and serves as a hub for access to community resources. **Health Action in Sonoma County | Santa Rosa** Sutter Health is a part of Health Action, a partnership of local leaders, organizations and individuals dedicated to improving health and well-being and reducing disparities across Sonoma County. Its in-depth report, [A Portrait of Sonoma County](https://sonomahealthaction.org/why-we-do-it/portrait-of-sonoma-county), focuses on how county residents are faring in three fundamental areas: life expectancy, education and income. Based on the human development approach, it puts people at the center of an analysis to assess the opportunity each of us has to live up to our full potential. To that end, the report examines disparities within Sonoma County among neighborhoods and along the lines of race, ethnicity and gender, drawing connections between the multiple factors that influence health. It helps us identify specific places and populations in the county where we have the potential to positively affect health outcomes. **Healthcare workforce development | Santa Rosa** This consortium of more than 20 healthcare providers and educators throughout Sonoma County, including Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, encourages high school students of diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in healthcare. Through job shadowing, mentoring, financial aid and college application assistance, and other services, the unique program works to develop a more culturally competent workforce. **HealthFirst | San Francisco** Offered through the Mission Bernal campus of CPMC, HealthFirst provides preventive care and education for uninsured and underinsured patients with chronic illnesses, such as asthma or diabetes. This no-cost program empowers patients to self-manage chronic illnesses and improve their quality of life. It provides tailored information on nutrition, physical activity and taking medication. Community health workers who speak Spanish and English are also available to help patients access and navigate additional healthcare resources. **Contact us** 1580 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, by appointment only [415-641-2160](tel:+14156412160) 415-865-4159 fax **Referrals** HealthFirst accepts referrals from primary care physicians and specialists. We’re working to expand our patient base by partnering with other community-based primary care physicians. For providers: Fax completed referral form to [415-865-4159](tel:+14158654159): [Referral Form PDF](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-impact/-/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/PDF/about/healthfirst-referral-form.pdf "Referral Form PDF") For patients: Speak to your primary care provider or call our office at [415-641-2160](tel:+14156412160) **North east medical services | San Francisco** Through our partnership with this community resource, we help ensure that more than 16,000 underserved San Franciscans receive access to personalized healthcare. **Operation Access | Bay area** Across the Greater Bay Area, multiple Sutter Health locations partner with Operation Access to donate outpatient surgical and specialty care for uninsured and underserved people in our communities. **Peninsula Circle of Care | San Mateo** Peninsula Circle of Care, a partnership between Sutter Mills Peninsula Medical Center and Peninsula Family Service, started with a grant from an anonymous donor to Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation. The program connects patients to the services they need to transition from the hospital to their home or other care settings. Services include help with healthcare and medications, food, a medical alert system, home modifications like handrails, low-cost resources and more. The Sutter Mills Peninsula Medical Center staff includes a team of nurses, while Peninsula Family Service provides social workers and wellness coaches, who make home visits. **Samaritan House | San Mateo** Samaritan House improves access to primary and specialty care by providing screenings, radiology and labs to uninsured and underinsured people. It offers two free medical and dental clinics — in San Mateo and Redwood City — to about 2,500 uninsured or underinsured households throughout the county.  Sutter Mills Peninsula Medical Center has been a key supporter of the Samaritan House for more than 25 years. It supports the San Mateo Free Clinic with laboratory and radiology services, and several Mills-Peninsula doctors volunteer at the clinic. Sutter Mills Peninsula Medical Center also funds five medical respite beds at Samaritan House’s Safe Harbor Shelter for Sutter Mills Peninsula Medical Center patients who don’t have a safe place to recover after release from the hospital. Safe Harbor Shelter is a 90-bed, 10-cot homeless shelter in South San Francisco. [Learn more about the Samaritan House.](http://samaritanhousesanmateo.org/ "Learn more about the Samaritan House.")   **Santa Rosa Community Health Center - Vista Clinic | Santa Rosa** To help families in need access primary medical care and to nurture the next generation of physicians in Sonoma County, Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital supports the Santa Rosa Community Center's Residency Program. At Vista Clinic, family medicine doctors care for patients and receive outpatient training. More than half of all family medicine physicians practicing in Sonoma County have graduated from the residency program. [Learn more about the Santa Rosa Community Health Center.](https://srhealth.org/) **ED Navigator Program | Greater Sacramento** The Emergency Department Navigators are employees of WellSpace, a Federally Qualified Health Clinic. These individuals help interested patients find primary care physicians, medical homes and other services that provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time. **Food banks | Northern California** One of every six people in the United States goes hungry. To help fight hunger throughout Northern California, Sutter Health routinely donates to local food banks.  **Health Services Agency | Central Valley** Memorial Medical Center has provided monetary donations for the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency, a primary care safety net clinic, in support of its mental health program. The agency improves access to mental health resources and reduces emergency department visits and admissions. **Interim Care Program | Sacramento** In partnership with WellSpace Health, the Salvation Army, local healthcare systems and the County of Sacramento, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento provides the Interim Care Program, a temporary respite program for homeless clients who are discharged from one of the participating hospitals.  **MedShare | Northern California** Since 2008, Sutter Health has donated nearly 250,000 pounds of medical equipment and supplies to communities in need — locally and worldwide — through our partnership with MedShare. **Serial Inebriate Program | Sacramento** In partnership with the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, The Sacramento District Attorney’s Office, The Sacramento Police Department, Volunteers of America, The Downtown Sacramento Partnership and Sacramento Self Help Housing, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento helps provide homeless people with chronic substance use problems with care, counseling and additional resources. **T3 (triage, transport and treatment) Program | Sacramento and Sierra Foothills** The T3 (Triage, Transport and Treatment) program provides services to patients who seek emergency department care for needs that are best addressed through preventive measures and by primary care providers. Moving these patients from the emergency department improves the patients’ health by providing them with the appropriate care in the right setting while reducing the wait time in the emergency departments. **Tracy Family Practices (CMC) | Tracy** Sutter Tracy Hospital helped develop and fund the Tracy Family Practice to improve health and reduce the financial burden on uninsured local residents. The practice aims to reduce readmissions and overall inpatient length of stay to reduce emergency department impact. The Tracy Family Practice works with the Sutter Tracy Hospital pharmacy to do case management of uninsured people with chronic diseases. **Women’s Center – Youth & family services | Tracy** The Women’s Center – Youth & Family Services, located in Tracy and supported by Sutter Tracy Community Hospital and Tracy Hospital Foundation, provides support, counseling and shelter services for women and children who have experienced domestic violence and sexual assault. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"MedicalOrganization","name":"Sutter Health","@id":"https://www.sutterhealth.org/#medicalorganization","url":"https://www.sutterhealth.org","logo":"https://www.sutterhealth.org/static/images/sutter-health-logo.svg","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"2200 River Plaza 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