St Jude Neighborhood Health Centers

Through our faith-based centers, we improve the health and well-being of low-income persons in the communities we serve.

St. Jude Neighborhood Health Centers was formed in 2011 by St. Jude Medical Center whose clinic programs to serve the poor began in 1988 with a mobile prenatal care clinic. In 1989, a mobile pediatric clinic began serving the community and in 1999 a mobile was launched to provide care to adults.  Also in 1999, we partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of Buena Park to operate their dental clinic.  In 2006, the St. Jude Neighborhood Health Center, in partnership with the City of Fullerton, was opened in Richman Park, a City of Fullerton park. The clinic was opened in response to the request of low-income residents who stated that they needed a clinic in their neighborhood.  St. Jude Neighborhood Health Centers was formed as a separate non-profit corporation in 2011 in order to ensure long-term sustainability.  The health center applied for and received designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center in November 2013.  In May 2015 the St. Joseph Hospital community clinics, La Amistad Health Center and Puente A La Salud Mobile Clinics were merged under St. Jude Neighborhood Health Centers and an affiliation with St. Joseph Hospital was added. The Board of Directors was expanded to include patients and community members representing the clinics in Orange. In 2021 we opened a Health Center at Anaheim's Ponderosa Park that brings affordable, high-qualify medical (prenatal, pediatric and adult care) and dental service to the Ponderosa neighborhood. In Spring 2024, St. Jude Neighborhood Health Centers introduced a new look and three logos. To highlight collaboration and hospital investment in local care, our clinic names now reflect their partner hospitals: St. Jude Neighborhood Health, St. Joseph Neighborhood Health, and St. Mary Neighborhood Health. As an organization, we remain St. Jude Neighborhood Health Centers, with the same vision and mission.

Annually, we provided care to approximately 11,000 unique patients. Care is provided through approximately 50,000 patient visits annually. Services include medical (pediatrics, adult, pre-natal), comprehensive dental, optometry, and behavioral health care.

We are recognized by the National Council on Quality Assurance as a Patient Centered Medical Home and the U. S. Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) has recognized us as a Healthcare Leader annually since 2018; the recognition evidences the quality of the care we provide is in the top 30% nationally for community health centers.

Our most pressing needs are:
1)  Resources to expand access to care for more uninsured and under-insured individuals.  Estimated cost: $650,000.
2)  Patient access to certain specialties for free consultation - ENT, Neurology, Urology. 
3)  Funding to purchase/ upgrade medical and dental equipment.

Our clinics primarily serve residents of the cities of: Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, Yorba Linda, Santa Ana, Orange, Garden Grove, Westminster, Stanton, Tustin.

We rely on support and engaging partnerships to ensure our most vulnerable neighbors continue to have access to our high-quality primary medical, dental, vision and mental health care.

Our team of professional and volunteer caregivers along with our partnership with St. Jude Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital of Orange and St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group make us one of the largest providers of low-cost health care services in Orange County, California.

Thank you for your on-going support and trust in our work,
Timothy J. Brown, MA
Chief Executive Officer