Garfield Health Center

Garfield Health Center, a tax-exempt nonprofit founded in 2004, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to deliver primary care services and health center expansion programs to low-income and medically underserved communities in Los Angeles County, California. The organization holds HRSA-designated Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) look-alike status and operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no contract prime or subcontractor presence in recent federal procurement activity.

The organization's service model targets low-income individuals and families living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level across 25 ZIP codes in the San Gabriel Valley, with primary focus on Asian and Latino populations experiencing documented health disparities including asthma, diabetes, obesity, chronic liver disease, viral hepatitis, and mental health challenges. Social determinants of health affecting the service area include poverty, language and transportation barriers, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and environmental challenges; approximately 50.65 percent of eligible residents do not currently access primary care services.

Garfield Health Center's recent federal grant portfolio consists of six awards, all from HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care, totaling $5.5 million obligated across activity spanning 2020 through August 2026. The most recent award (August 1, 2026) was a $650,000 Health Center Program grant (CFDA 93.224) to establish a new access point serving the San Gabriel Valley through July 31, 2027. Prior awards include a congressionally directed spending grant for construction projects (September 2023, completion September 2026), a FY 2023 Bridge Access Program grant (September 2023, completion December 2024), and a FY 2023 Expanding COVID-19 Vaccination grant (December 2022, completion December 2023). One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization serves a service area population of 1,265,937 residents, with 564,644 classified as low-income.