THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC 'SERVING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES'

PRIMARY HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE: TCC's multi-disciplinary team of caring MD's, DO's, NP's, LCSW's, LMFT's, PsyD, DDS's, MPH's and health educators tailor and deliver the following services in a manner that meets the specific needs of each patient and family: pediatric, adolescent, adult, and senior comprehensive primary and preventative health care services promoting health, wellness, and healing; gynecological, obstetrics, maternal, and prenatal health care; dental health care; optometry services; chronic disease management services for asthma, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and depression; walk-in immunizations; lab testing; mental/behavioral health services, and medically assisted treatment for substance misuse. TCC provides approximately 175,000 medical, behavioral health, dental, optometric, enabling services and health education visits annually to almost 40,000 patients in the community via telehealth and in-person visits at our 13 sites and mobile medical clinic. TCC also served 1700 individuals experiencing homelessness, distributed over 30,000 lbs. of produce per month totaling 402,000 lbs. per year of fresh food and vegetables and distributed diapers, baby clothing, and other necessities. Additionally, TCC is responding to the housing crisis by offering health and wellness services to the unhoused in our service area through the following collocated sites: (1) TCC at the City of Long Beach Multi-Service Center, (2) TCC at Century Villages at Cabrillo Gateway, and (3) TCC at Mental Health America, (4) TCC's Mobile Medical Clinic, and (5) TCC Family Health and Wellness which included planning, building, and partnering with BRIDGE Housing to bring housing and health services to the Cambodia Town Neighborhood in Long Beach. TCC aims to break down barriers to accessing healthcare by offering comprehensive, community-based services close to our patients' homes through our sites located in low-income neighborhoods. TCC also offers extended hours on-site and through telehealth appointments, care coordination, social and behavioral health services, health education, and enabling services including health coverage linkage, enrollment, and retention. TCC staff conduct consistent in-reach and outreach to assess the current circumstances of patients and their families in order to connect them back to health and wellness services as needed.

PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH: * Expanded Mental/Behavioral Health Services TCC provides critically needed services for behavioral health issues including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, educational challenges, increased drug and alcohol use, adverse childhood events, and post-traumatic stress disorder. TCC has specially trained physicians and nurse practitioners to serve unique populations with mental health issues such as children and people experiencing homelessness with support from a consulting psychiatrist. * Patient Centered Behavioral Health Approach TCC provides care in a trauma-informed and healing manner and was the first health center in Los Angeles County to obtain Trauma Informed Care certification from the National Council of Behavioral Health. TCC administers multiple developmental and behavioral screenings devoted to early prevention and identification of traumas and protective factors.