Healthy Births

Antelope Valley Partners for Health (AVPH), is a community based organization for local public health planning and intervention in the Antelope Valley. It is our vision that all children and families in the Antelope Valley will have optimal psychological, physical and environmental health. Our mission is to serve as a catalyst that enhances community health wellness and quality of life in the Antelope Valley through the collaboration of local residents, agencies, faith based organizations and government entities.

Citrus Valley Health Partners, through its three hospitals campuses and hospice, serves a community of 930,000 people in the San Gabriel Valley. Our mission is lived through the work of our 3,000+ staff members and more than 1,000 physicians. Our mission is to help people keep well in body, mind and spirit by improving quality health care services in a compassionate environment.

The City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was established in 1906 to address public health and human service needs in the City of Long Beach. These services focus on the promotion of wellness and the prevention of communicable disease. Our mission for over one hundred years has been to improve the quality of life of the residents of Long Beach by addressing public health and human service needs and by promoting a heatlhy environment in which to live, work and play. The Health Department offers many services such as Birth and Death records, Laboratory and Environmental Health services, Clinics (Immunization, Travel, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Family Planning & STD), Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health programs (Foster Care, Public Health Nurses, Best Babies Collaborative, Medi-Cal Outreach, African-American Infant Health Program, Smile Bright-Dental Health), Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP), Family and Social Services, Animal Care Services, Community Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

South Los Angeles Health Projects (SLAHP) is the Community Health Services division of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. La BioMed fulfills one of its missions of community outreach by sponsoring a number of community serivces and outreach programs. Among these are: South Los Angeles Best Babies Collaborative, Immunize LA Kids, Newborn Screening Program, South Bay Perinatal Access Project and Women's Health Care Clinic.

The LA Best Babies Network brings together the faculty, staff and community stakeholders to form the infrastructure to support and coordinate the activities of the multiple components of the Healthy Births Initiative. It is dedicated to achieving healthy pregnancies and births in Los Angeles County by providing the infrastructure, programs, advocacy and support to increase the capacity of community partners to succeed in these efforts.

Northeast Valley Health Corporation (NEVHC) is a private non-profit, JCAHO accredited, community health center that provides comprehensive health services to the medically uninsured and underserved residents of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys. Programs and services include Dental, Pharmacy, Radiology, Women's Health and Prenatal Services, Pediatric Services, Immunizations, Case Management, Behavioral Health and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program.

St. John's clinic has grown to become a major nonprofit network of federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and school based clinics throughout downtown, south and northeast Los Angeles. St. John's Well Child and Family Center provides medical, dental, mental health services, case management, health education and social support to more than 100,000 patient visits in south Los Angeles. We operate eleven sites - including five comprehensive community health centers and six school based clinics spanning the breadth of downtown and south central Los Angeles and Compton. In addition, St. John's operates many community health, social service and school readiness programs. These programs are designed to improve birth outcomes and reduce high-risk pregnancies and improve readiness for school among pre-school children and their families. We also provide child care and early childhood development services, parenting workshops, workforce readiness trainings and parent/child literacy projects. Our Mission is to eliminate health disparities and foster community well being by providing and promoting the highest quality care in South Los Angeles. The vision of St. John's Well Child and Family Center is to deliver high-quality primary and preventative medical, dental and mental health services that go beyond the borders of tradition to the uninsured, underserved and economically disadvantaged persons in Los Angeles. We are devoted to instilling the value of well being to our communities, resulting in self-advocacy, self esteem and self sustenance, through innovative and devleopmental programs and collaborative endeavors.