Coordinating Community Care in the North Coast
Findings from interviews with safety net providers across the North Coast region, including Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, and Trinity counties, gathered between March and October 2026.
A regional report prepared by California Coverage and Health Initiatives (CCHI), funded in part by the California Wellness Foundation
Who We Heard From
Adult Day Health Care of Mad River ↗
Alexander Valley Healthcare ↗
Aliados Health ↗
Center for Healthy Communities ↗
Centro Laboral de Graton ↗
Disability Action Center ↗
First 5 Sonoma County ↗
Food for People ↗
Health Alliance of Northern California (HANC) ↗
Humboldt Area Foundation and Wild Rivers Community Foundation ↗
Humboldt Del Norte County Medical Society ↗
Humboldt NeuroHealth ↗
Mattole Valley Resource Center
McKinleyville Family Resource Center ↗
North Coast Growers' Association ↗
North Coast Health Improvement & Information Network (NCHIIN) ↗
North Coast Opportunities Inc ↗
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service ↗
Open Door Community Health Centers ↗
Partnership HealthPlan of California ↗
Queer Humboldt ↗
Redwood Community Action Agency ↗
Redwood Empire Food Bank ↗
Redwood Region RISE ↗
Scott Valley Unified School District ↗
Shasta Community Health Center ↗
Shasta County Public Health ↗
Sierra Health Foundation ↗
Siskiyou County Office of Education ↗
Trinidad Rancheria ↗
United Indian Health Services (UIHS) ↗
Westside Community Improvement Association ↗
YAI, Inc. ↗
Youth Options Shasta (Youth Violence Prevention Council of Shasta County) ↗
Regional
Priorities
Embed frontier needs into program and funding design.
Replace risk shifting and micromanagement with structural trust.
Fund dedicated, long-term regional coordinating capacity.
Invest in communications, education and advocacy capacity.
