Fiscal year 2025 expanded hours. - north county health project, INC., D.B.A. Truecare grant #H80CS00228) was established in 1971 and incorporated as a federally qualified health center (fqhc) in 1973

Our mission is "to improve the health status of our diverse communities by providing quality healthcare that is comprehensive, affordable, and culturally sensitive." over the past 53 years, truecare has played a vital role in the community as a safety net for primarily traditionally underserved individuals and their families, catching them before they fall through the cracks of the traditional healthcare system. Truecare serves the large northern region of SAN diego county and perris in riverside county, california. Truecare currently operates 17 health centers located in SAN marcos, oceanside, carlsbad, encinitas, ramona, and perris, and four mobile medical/dental clinics. Truecare serves more than 60,000 patients annually. Our patients are predominately low income (94.1% below 200% federal poverty level (FPL) and 61.6% at or below 100% FPL), uninsured (20.5%), and underserved. We offer a full range of comprehensive services, including primary care, dental care, behavioral health, pediatric care, women's health, quickcare (urgent care), older adult health, pharmacy, chiropractic, acupuncture, virtual health, and other specialty services. We offer programs and resources for our patients, including WIC, uber health transportation to appointments, interpreter services, health insurance assistance, calfresh, and HIV/aids case management. Through this hrsa-25-084 expanded hours funding opportunity, truecare proposes to increase hours of operation at three of our health center locations in SAN marcos, perris, and ramona. These three locations were identified because they are spread out across our service area, with the community of ramona being a rural community. Extended hours will include both evening availability, as well as saturdays. These increases in hours will result in improved access to healthcare services for traditionally underserved individuals living within and around each of these communities.