Shasta Community Health Center (SCHC) is a nonprofit, Section 330, Federally Qualified Health Center that has been providing comprehensive, affordable primary health care and dental care to residents of all income levels in Shasta County since 1988. Operating out of 7 locations in the region, SCHC currently employs a total staff of approximately 450 FTE employees, including over 85 clinicians that provided over 150,000 visits to over 34,800 patients in 2021.

The Shasta Community Maternity Center Project consists of the development of a new, two-story 31,400 sq. ft. medical clinic that will increase capacity for maternity services and create additional administrative space. The first floor is anticipated to house a 9,272 sq. ft. pediatrics clinic, lobby, support spaces, and approximately 2,041 sq. ft. of shell space with 20 exam rooms. The second floor will house a 7,135 sq. ft. women’s health clinic, a 4,852 sq. ft. administration suite, a lobby, and support spaces with 11 exam rooms. Both floors will increase the total number of exam rooms to thirty-one. The Maternity Center offers prenatal, post-partum, and newborn care, as well as additional services based on patients’ needs such as, supplemental services covered by the State of California, programs for gestational diabetes, case management, smoking cessation classes, and SUD and MH services.

Shasta has outreach and enrollment workers that will assess eligibility for Medi-Cal, and Covered California; plus Path to Health insurance coverage for undocumented moms. This is the only service in Shasta County that provides maternity care and follow-up, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. The Center also provides training for residents in our Family Medicine Residency program. Patient educators and Certified Drug and Alcohol counselors are available for patients with nutrition or substance abuse issues. Substance abuse is a major problem in Shasta County, and although available data does not differentiate between women and men, County Health Rankings 2019 indicates that Shasta County has higher rates of excessive drinking, smoking, substance use disorder than the State as a whole, all of which pose a risk to unborn children.