Mission
PENINSULA HEALTHCARE CONNECTION (PHC), A PALO ALTO BASED 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WAS FOUNDED IN 2005 AS A COLLABORATIVE VENTURE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP, PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION, AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. FORMERLY KNOWN AS OPPORTUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS, PHC OPENED ITS MEDICAL CLINIC IN 2006 AT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER IN PALO ALTO TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE TO UNDERSERVED AND AT-RISK MEN AND WOMEN, PARTICULARLY INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. IN 2011, PHC BECAME A CALIFORNIA STATE LICENSED CLINIC, AND IN 2019 WAS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER LOOKALIKE (FQHC-LAL). IN 2013, PHC PARTNERED WITH NEW DIRECTIONS, AN INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY OPERATED UNDER THE HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED, WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS.