Community
SAN YSIDRO HEALTH
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The Need and the Plan
ach year more
and more
children arrive
at San Ysidro
Health in need of
critical health services. They come
for primary care, immunizations,
specialty care, nutrition education
and dental services. Children’s
health needs have been constantly
growing in our community since
1969, when San Ysidro Health’s
Dr. Indocochea
and patient
Founding Mothers created the first
casita to provide children living
in poverty quality, compassionate care. While the demand has
continued to grow year after year, capacity is limited. Maternal & Child Health Center
is a 25,000 square foot, state of
the art, full-service health facility
providing excellent health services
to all who need them. The center
opened in 2009 and immediately
reached patient capacity. Today
the clinic is seeing nearly 15,500
patients a year. Research shows
nearly 7,000 more young patients
are in need of health services.
Originally, a 6,000 square foot
section of the building was not
built out and has been sitting
empty, but San Ysidro Health made a commitment to complete
construction on the space this year.
A plan was needed to grow pediatric care services, so San Ysidro
Health committed to a capital expansion campaign. They have
chosen San Ysidro Health Maternal & Child Health Center as the
site to provide these services. The expansion will ensure 7,000
more children who live below the federal poverty level will be
provided excellent care and grow to be healthy and productive
members of our community. The entire project will include 13 additional exam rooms, 6 additional
full-time physicians, and has a build-out budget of $4 million.
Federal, county and private grants totaling nearly $1.5 million have
already been secured. San Ysidro Health is reaching out to the
community for support. They have developed naming opportunities,
donor engagement programs and more, and look forward to sharing
their campaign success stories as they unfold.
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San Ysidro Health Maternal &
Child Health Center