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About Us

Background

Established in 1995, Valley Care Community Consortium (VCCC) is the health and mental health planning collaborative for Los Angeles County's Service Planning Area 2 (SPA 2), representing the 2 million plus residents of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys.

Vision Statement

All residents of Service Planning Area 2 (SPA 2) of Los Angeles County will have access to coordinated and comprehensive physical, mental and environmental health systems to allow them to live and work as active participants in their communities.

Mission Statement

Valley Care Community Consortium creates healthier communities in Service Planning Area 2 (SPA 2) of Los Angeles County through collaboration, partnership, and implementation of innovative programs, with emphasis on vulnerable populations.

Values Statement

ACCESS: We strive to ensure coverage and ease of navigating the local physical, mental, and environmental health systems for residents of Service Planning Area 2 (SPA 2) of Los Angeles County.

LEADERSHIP:We work to strengthen our role as the health and mental health planning group for Service Planning Area 2 (SPA 2) of Los Angeles County, the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys, gathering input from a broad range of stakeholders and community residents.

COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP:We provide opportunities to meet, communicate, collaborate, and partner with SPA 2 agencies and residents.

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT:We believe in the right to health care and value input from all stakeholders through outreach and education, which results in community-driven services and products.

DIVERSITY:We respect the differences in language, culture, race and ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation among SPA 2 residents and the members of VCCC, aiming to create a culturally and linguistically competent system of care that eliminates health care disparities.

INNOVATION:We address health care access and delivery system issues through our joint research, planning, and projects, advancing models for other areas in Los Angeles County and beyond. We strive to share, learn, and implement best practices and evidence-based care from the field.

POLICY ADVOCACY:Through planning, strategizing, and implementation of our shared vision and mission, we address systems issues on local and regional levels to have a broad, long-lasting impact.

Operational Support

As part of its mission to strengthen and support community-based organizations, Partners in Care Foundation provides VCCC with administrative and advisory services, along with fiscal management. Fiscal sponsors are selected on a project-by-project basis in order to access grant opportunities. VCCC’s membership has also made significant in-kind contributions that have been essential to many successful joint endeavors since its inception.

Goals and Objectives

PROMOTE access to affordable, high quality health and mental health services for low-income persons, and promote the health and well being of all residents, in the Service Planning Area 2 region (San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valley) of Los Angeles County, through joint planning and collaboration.

ASSESS the community’s health needs by evaluating data on the population and the community. Utilize this information in planning for health care delivery in the Valley.

COLLABORATE in the development of a coordinated, culturally relevant, accessible system of care with appropriate capacity to meet the health needs of low-income, uninsured and other medically indigent patients with no other access to health care. The system of care should include public and private health care delivery partners and provide a range of medically necessary health services: primary, secondary and tertiary, including preventive health care, alcohol and drug, mental health and dental services.

ADVOCATE for the maintenance of emergency and trauma capacity sufficient to support the countywide and Valley EMS system, in partnership with other private providers.

WORK IN partnership with Public Health Programs and Services, supporting their efforts to promote health and control disease to benefit all Valley residents.

PROMOTE the development and use of a uniform system of patient identification, uniform ability to pay standards, a streamlined system of referrals with sufficient treatment and follow up capacity, an integrated medical and financial data system, and an integrated method for evaluation and monitoring of services and performance.

ENGAGE in collaboration with community partners toward the end of sharing information regarding the needs, resources and effective mechanisms for delivering health and health-related services.

Roles

To achieve its vision, VCCC performs several functions:

Organizational Structure

In 2007 VCCC obtained its own 501 (c) (3) status. For over a decade VCCC founders and partners have realized the importance and value of collaboration and partnership to effect positive change. As a result of this philosophy we have grown from the original 11 partners to over 265 partners representing nearly 100 agencies. A Board of Directors is elected each January for staggered terms from each of the four areas listed below.

• County health facilities
• Providers in the Public Private Partner (PPP) program
• Independent providers and agencies
• Consumer advocacy agencies and consumers of health services

Partners

Our partners contribute significant time and resources to carry out the work of VCCC's projects. Over 200 stakeholders are actively involved, including the SPA 2 provider network of ValleyCare Health Centers and participation from a community network representing multiple disciplines and institutions:

Project Areas

VCCC has a proven track record of implementing health care access and delivery improvement projects. The following priority areas have been identified:

News

PIAC Newsletter article from November 2005

Get Involved

A diverse and committed partnership has been a key factor in VCCC's achievements. To find out how to join VCCC in order to improve the health and mental health system for our communities, please contact us.

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