Community Partnerships
Monument Crisis Center: a family resource center that provides food, education, and referrals to individuals, families, children, and seniors in need, regardless of legal status. Residents participate in a health education series called ‘The Doc is In!’ during Food Bank hours and provide blood pressure screenings and health education during the Senior Moments Programming. They also participate in a health education series, currently being run as ‘The Doc is In!’ sessions during Food Bank hours.
Connections House: an outpatient, community-based training site for adults in recovery or remission of mental illness where they can focus on interpersonal development, vocational skills, and assimilation into society. At this site, residents prepare relevant health education talks commensurate with the level of health literacy of the audience, followed by an “Ask the doc” session. Common health topics requested include diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress.
Trinity Center: serves people who are homeless or home insecure and those experiencing poverty in Contra Costa County. The center is an opportunity for community and a safe place off the street. It offers a safety net of basic human services, including meals, shower & laundry, clothing, case management, support groups, etc. Our partnership with Trinity Center is to provide general health assessments for their clients as well as the Happy Feet Program, through which we provide foot exams.
CLIMB: our near-peer mentorship program through which residents mentor medical students rotating as clerks, who in turn mentor local community college students who are pursuing careers in medicine and in turn mentor local high school students interested in health careers.
Special Olympics: is dedicated to promoting inclusion and empowering children and adults with intellectual disabilities- both on and off the field. Our residents conduct sports physicals.
MT. DIABLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: Our residents go to different elementrary, middle and high schools in the county to lead health education talk