Overview
Incorporated in 1998, the Central Valley Health Network (CVHN) is a consortium of 13 Federally Qualified Health Center corporations that provide comprehensive preventive primary care services and advocate on behalf of low-income and medically underserved families throughout the northern, Central Valley and Inland Empire areas of California. In most Central Valley communities, CVHN members are the only safety net provider.

CVHN has 116 sites in 20 counties that provide 2.1 million encounters to 530,000 patients annually of whom 77% are at or below 100% of federal poverty level, 49% Medi-Cal, 35% uninsured, 74% Latino, and 40% farmworkers. CVHN members provide services in urban disadvantaged areas and rural and remote areas throughout California and are active at the local, state, and federal level advocacy for low-income families partnering with local and regional agencies to ensure low-income families have access to health care services.

CVHN’s mission is to facilitate community health centers’ strength in the marketplace and to support member community health centers’ effective delivery of high quality accessible health care to residents of their respective communities with special focus on advocacy for attaining optimal health for the medically underserved. CVHN staff support members through advocacy, technical assistance, program development and administration, and training. CVHN supports workforce and community development through the Oral Health and HealthCorps Programs, provides nutrition and physical activity education through the Nutrition Education Program, promotes food stamps through the Food Stamp Outreach Program, and administers several Quality Improvement and Health Information Exchange programs through training and technical assistance.