Our community partnerships

Patient referral sources

We partner with other health care organizations in the county to ensure that everyone in our community has access to essential health care services.

Local, State and National Healthcare Associations

• Redwood Community Health Coalition, serving Marin, Napa, Sonoma & Yolo Counties
• California Primary Care Association
• National Association of Community Health Centers
• Coastal Health Alliance, FQHC partner serving West Marin

Independent Organizations Provide Care at MCC

• Meritage Medical Network (formerly Marin IPA) — after-hours pediatric care at MCC’s Greenbrae Clinic and hospitalist coverage at Marin General Hospital for all Marin patients, including MCC patients
• Legal Aid of Marin — jointly operated “Medical Legal Project” provides legal services for patients weekly at the Novato and San Rafael clinics
• A.P.P.L.E. Family Works - provides free parenting Nurture Groups (support groups for new parents and expectant women)
• Women, Infants & Children Program (WIC) — provides advice, education and food vouchers to eligible community members through
  an on-site Dietician and a Lactation Consultant in MCC's Novato clinic every Monday

MCC Provides Care in the Community

• Marin County Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) — MCC provides primary health care services to patients receiving emergency psychiatric services
• Huckleberry Youth Programs — MCC provides health care services to teens at Teen Tuesdays drop-in clinics
• Novato Wellness Center — MCC provides health care services to youth and adults at drop-in clinics or by appointment

Partnerships with the Community

• Sutter’s Novato Community Hospital — refers low-income emergency room patients with urgent care needs to MCC
• Kaiser Permanente — provides retinal exams; funding and technical assistance to expand preventive health education
• Oakland Children’s Hospital — MCC refers patients for specialty care
• Marin Healthcare District Board and Marin General Hospital — contracts for laboratory and x-ray services; refers low-income emergency room patients with urgent care needs to MCC
• Marin County’s Public Assistance Information— Information on eligibility for public insurance
• Marin County Immunization and other health clinics — find hours and costs for immunizations and other special screening services provided by Marin County HHS
• Bay Area Regional Registry (BARR) — MCC utilizes 10-county tracking, reminder/recall system for immunizations
• Healthy Marin Partnership’s Children’s Health Insurance Access Committee — MCC serves as the largest enrollment source of public insurance enrollment for Marin
• MarinKids.org - an advocacy movement for Marin County children, building a community, through advocacy, education, research, mobilization and leadership, that believes caring for all of Marin's children is our collective responsibility.
• To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation - supports MCC's breast health program
• Operation Access - a non-profit organization that mobilizes a network of medical volunteers and hospitals to provide low-income uninsured patients access to donated outpatient surgeries and specialty care
• The San Francisco Foundation - supports MCC's Health Education and Lifestyle Program (HELP) and disaster planning and mobilization

• Canal Alliance
• Catholic Charities
• Family Service Agency of Marin
• First 5 Children and Families Commission
• Homeward Bound of Marin
• Community Institute for Psychotherapy
• Jewish Family and Children's Services
• Marin Head Start
• Matrix Parent Network and
  Resource Center
• Novato Human Needs Center
• Novato Youth Center
• Novato Youth Wellness Center
• Ritter Center
• RotaCare Bay Area, San Rafael Clinic
• Women, Infants, Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program