A Special Day for the Whole Family: Day of the Farm Worker – FREE! We honor our Farm Workers for their hard work in providing the food we put on our tables! Sunday, May 21, 2023 11:00am to 4:00pm at Santa Maria High School: 901 S Broadway, Santa Maria.

FREE Health Screenings
• COVID-19 Vaccinations
• Oral Health checks
• Blood pressure/glucose checks
• Talk with a doctor to answer your health questions

FREE Resource Fair
• Information on education, nutrition & mental health
• Legal help/Labor rights
• Games & face painting for the kids

For more information: email: [email protected] or call: 1-805-361-8400

¡GRATIS! Un día especial para toda la familia… DIA DEL CAMPESINO. ¡Honramos a nuestros Campesinos por su arduo trabajo proveyendo la comida que ponemos en nuestra mesa! Domingo, 21 de mayo, 11:00am a 4:00pm, Santa Maria High School 901 S Broadway.
• Feria de Recursos GRATIS
• Información sobre educación, nutrición y salud mental
• Ayuda legal/Derechos laborales
• Juegos y pintacaras para los niños

Exámenes de salud GRATIS
• Vacunas de COVID-19
• Exámenes dentales
• Pruebas de la presión arterial y glucosa en la sangre
• Hable con un médico para responder sus preguntas de salud

Para obtener más información envié un correo electrónico a: [email protected]
o llame al: 1-805-361-8400

The newest pediatrician at Community Health Centers of the Central Coast's Arroyo Grande clinic, Dr. Alaa Shaban, was invited to call into WILD 106.1 FM's morning show: Wild Wakeup With Doughboy. Here's a quick snippet of their conversation on RSV for parents. Thanks to Doughboy and everyone at the station for allowing CHC to help inform our community.

Over $1.63 million in grants was announced for local efforts to get people vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. Local health officials, including CHC's CEO Ronald Castle, gathered in Santa Barbara to hear Rep. Salud Carbajal announce four new grants totaling $1,634,218. These were created to increase the number of Central Coast residents who have received the new bivalent COVID-19 booster shot designed to combat current variants virus. With RSV and flu so strong this season, people must do all they can to protect themselves. While 70% of SB County residents got their initial COVID-19 vaccination series, only 20% have received the newer, bivalent booster. Health officials would like to see that number rise to 95%.

Filmed during National Health Centers Week in August, this episode of Healthcare For Life features CHC's Navigation Center Manager: Gracie Vasquez. Gracie took some time to share the ways CHC is trying to make it easier for patients to reach our agents to schedule, change or cancel their medical appointments without long wait times while holding on the phone.The addition of texting for medical appointments is the primary focus of this episode. Learn more at: https://www.communityhealthcenters.org/about/schedule-an-appointment/

The 2nd week of August marks National Health Center Week to celebrate the efforts and patients of community health centers nationwide. We decided to jump right into the world of live streaming and try out some brand new equipment for dynamic, live-streaming discussions with our staff. We are continuing to learn how to improve these videos, so while the video on this interview is choppy, the audio is intact and the supporting images look great and the content discussed is even better and very informative. We promise that these will be better very soon. We still wanted to share these with our community and celebrate the amazing CHC staff, our local agricultural workers and… most importantly… our patients. CHC's own Health Center Manager for the Guadalupe and New Cuyama clinic locations, Juanita Pineda was kind enough to sit down with us and be one of our first (brave) guests for our new video talks: "Healthcare For Life."

As Community Health Centers of the Central Coast celebrated its 44th anniversary since being founded in 1978, it seemed appropriate to get some insights from some of the staff. CHC's Chief Executive Officer, Ronald E. Castle also reflects on his time with the organization and shares some thoughts on his 'why' related to caring for the community in the now 31-plus locations across San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties.

To learn more about CHC visit: http://chccc.org

We at CHCCC want to thank ACEs Aware, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, and Aurrera Health for the impact they have had on our organization and community throughout the Round 1 ACEs Aware grants. The provider engagement grants have empowered us to engage our providers, support staff, and care coordinators in activities to create not only a trauma-informed but a trauma-responsive team. Thank you ACEs Aware for helping us and all California network partners to prevent ACEs and create healthier generations.