Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

Program: Current Services

Program Description:

The following is a list of our current services:

1. Preventative and critical medical care
2. Preventative, Comprehensive and Emergency Dental Care for children and adults. Dental services are also provided for the Homeless.
3. Mental health and counseling services
4. Chronic care management for illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, etc.
5. Cancer Detection Program and Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program
6. Family Planning Services
7. HIV, HepC and STD education, counseling and testing
8. Application assistance for health coverage, such as Medi-Cal and Healthy Families
9. Bi-lingual health education
10. Community outreach and presentations
11. Advance Education in General Dentistry Residency Program
12. CalWorks Welfare to Work Program, internships, work-study and other work training programs
13. Links patients with a broader community network of services and organizations

Program Long-Term Success:

SBNC is at a critical point in developing financial stability, improved technology and increased sustainability while simultaneously serving an unprecedented number of patients and encounters. Additional funding support at this time will help SBNC maintain programs and services while putting into action a strategic plan to increase long-term revenue and organizational sustainability.  Over the last year, SBNC has been working with various consultants to identify ways to increase revenue, improve efficiencies and productivity, and decrease expenses. SBNC is in the process of developing many new ways of increasing and diversifying revenue sources through various means, including a new practice management system, applying for FQHC status, increased PPS rate, increasing the number of insurance companies who consider SBNC a provider; increased reimbursements through improved billing functions, clinical coding and efficiencies and patient per hour ratio; and improved administrative function.

Program Short-Term Success:

SBNC provides care to at least 17,000 unduplicated patients with 75,000 total patient and health education visits. Supporting a health safety net, such as SBNC, not only assists underserved populations, but increases the health and financial stability of the entire community. 

Program Success Monitored by:

Program Success Examples:

Thanks to the generosity and collaboration of our many dental and medical partners in Santa Barbara, a little girl in our community received the treatment of a lifetime.

During a visit to the Eastside Family Dental Clinic, a resident dentist discovered Selena had destructive cysts. Dental Director Dr. Quynh Nguyen responded quickly to the discovery, and asserted the necessary work would be covered. Selena, her family, SBNC and the Eastside Family Dental Clinic deeply appreciate the following individuals and organizations for such extensive work to remove Selena’s cysts and involved teeth. An SBNC resident dentist examined and referred the patient, and doctors and staff performed pre-surgical physical and blood work free of charge; Dr Wallace, a local oral surgeon, performed Selena’s surgery pro bono; Cottage Health System donated the use of their surgical center and pathologists donated their services, facilitated by SBNC Board Member Kathleen Rodriguez; St. Cecilia’s Society paid for the technical pathology services; and last but not least, a local foundation awarded a grant to cover the fees of the anesthesiologists.

Undetected, the destructive cysts would have fractured Selena’s jaw, given her permanent nerve injury, and required multiple bone grafting procedures among other surgeries and excessive pain throughout. We thank the people and organizations who have touched Selena’s life in an incredible way. After the surgery and many procedures were successfully performed, her pathological report found that her cysts were thankfully benign.