Venice Family Clinic
CEO & Executive Director
Elizabeth Benson Forer, MSW, MPH
Mission
The mission of Venice Family Clinic is to provide quality primary care to people in need.
History
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to people in need with compassion, dignity and respect. In November 2021, Venice Family Clinic merged with South Bay Family Health Care, uniting more than a century of experience helping patients regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status.
Venice Family Clinic has a network of 17 locations – including 7 sites in Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Redondo Beach and Carson – plus 2 mobile clinics and an extensive street medicine program. A team of more than 500 staff and 1400 volunteers delivers care to 45,000 patients with compassion, dignity and respect. Our service area spans from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay.
Since its inception, Venice Family Clinic has continued to expand the scope and comprehensiveness of our services to meet our community’s needs. Our innovative, integrated approach addresses the unique combination of clinical and social factors that impact our patients’ health.
Patients We Serve
In calendar year 2021, Venice Family Clinic provided comprehensive primary care to 40,154 patients through 166,622 total visits. The breakdown of our patient demographics are as follows:
Thirty-six percent of our patients were non-English speaking.
Seventeen percent were children under 12.
Services We Provide
- Preventive care
- Detection and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses
- Chronic disease management (diabetes, hypertension, and asthma)
- Women’s Health
- Gynecological exams
- Annual physicals
- Breast and cervical cancer screening
- STD screening and treatment
- Family planning services (education and birth control)
- CenteringParenting™ and CenteringPregnancy™.
- Prenatal care
- Pediatric care: well-child exams, physicals/checkups, immunizations, acute illness care, health education, nutrition counseling
- Dental: preventive, cleaning, x-rays, fluoride treatments, fillings, extractions adults and children age 5 and older)
- Behavioral health
- Health education: specialized classes on diet, exercise, disease management and healthy lifestyle choices
- Domestic violence prevention
- HIV treatment
- Case management: on-site services and referrals to community partners
- Lab services
- Pharmacy
Payment Accepted
- Medi-Cal
- Medicare
- Covered California
- My Health LA
- Private insurance
We offer a sliding fee discount program to all eligible patients. Eligibility is based on income and family size only.
Locations
For a list of clinic locations click here.
To Donate
Faye Norman
Development Manger
(310) 802-6177
vnorman@mednet.ucla.edu
venicefamilyclinic.org/donate
Social Media
To learn more about us visit our website: venicefamilyclinic.org