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Dear Elica Patient: We know that this is a difficult time and that you have concerns about coronavirus (COVID-19), your healthcare and your family and loved ones. The staff at Elica wants to reassure you ...

March 11, 2020 Background With commercial laboratories becoming available to conduct testing for COVID-19, Sacramento County Public Health (SCPH) is focusing its limited testing resources on the at-risk population (see prioritization matrix below). Health care ...

Video: How to Talk to Kids About the Coronavirus March 6, 2020 - Chief Medical Officer of Elica Health Centers, Dr. Scott Needle, was interviewed to speak on how to talk to kids about the ...

Coronavirus FAQ What is the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-2019)? The 2019 novel coronavirus is a newly discovered coronavirus that has not been detected before in animals or humans. The origin of the COVID-2019 is not ...

Note: this post was published on February 25, 2020. As of April 2, 2020, there are 341 confirmed cases in Sacramento County. Please visit Sacramento County's website for more information. Note: Post written on February ...

On January 16, 2020, Elica Health Centers was awarded 2019 Business of the Year by the West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. Elica was awarded during the 73rd Annual Awards and Installation Dinner, which is the ...

It’s 2020. It is a new year, a new decade, and of course, a new month. This month, we are excited to announce that our Marysville location will be offering dental services! Expanding our dental ...

Elica Health Centers was invited by Capital Public Radio to talk on their show, Insight with Beth Ruyak, to talk about the homeless during this cold winter. Click here to listen to the specific segment ...

“I really feel strongly that now with social media that is increasing concern about fake vaccine exemptions that [are] putting all children at risk. We have seen this, especially now, recently, we have had this ...

Yellow walls, purple walls, and purple chairs. These are some of the views at Halyard, one of Elica’s clinics that opened in 2018, and the only Elica clinic with Dental services in West Sacramento. As ...

“I personally believe and professionally believe all children should be immunized. Not only to protect themselves but protect those vulnerable kids in our community that have Cancer who have other immune compromising illnesses. So without ...

Sacramento, California-based clinic receives grant that will further improve mobile medicine units’ technical systems  SACRAMENTO, Ca. (September, 2019) – Elica Health Centers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) received a Jerry McLarty Connectivity ...

Sacramento, California-based health center launches first-of-its-kind program to support patients in taking their medications through video BALTIMORE, Md. (August, 2019) – emocha Mobile Health announced today that Elica Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center ...

  Did you see us at the Yolo County Children’s Alliance Health Fair? We were there alongside many amazing organizations, educating the West Sacramento community about our services. The West Sacramento community is one we ...

"It's so hard to come back from being homeless — people give up. It made a huge difference that the Pathways team kept talking to me."   In the fall of 2018, Jimmie was living outside ...

Jimmie found himself in Sacramento, a new and foreign city to him and not knowing what to do. In 2017 he was a regular at Loaves and Fishes area where he met Abram Nunn, PA ...

Stationed near the duck pond and close enough to hear the performances near the William A. Carroll amphitheater, Elica was at the International Kids’ Fest on May 25th to educate the community about our clinics ...

On May 21st, Elica arrived at the West Steps of the State Capitol to educate the children about our clinics and services. At our booth we gave away dental kits, hand sanitizers, cups, and magnets. ...

On May 18th, Afisha Media hosted its multicultural event Yarmarka. The rain was expected, but Elica Health Centers was there, despite the weather, to educate the community about our services. Elica Health Centers is an organization ...

On April 11th, it was a cloudy Thursday with a slight breeze in the air. Elica Health Centers participated in Walk With Friends, a community health fair, hosted by the Health Education Council. The event ...

On March 14th, Elica Health Centers participated in St. Hope’s Public School Health Fair, located at Sacramento High School. Elica’s Dental team was there to provide knowledge about Elica’s dental and medical services. We informed ...

During the last days of February, our Street Medicine team trekked along the levees, rivers, and walked the streets of Sacramento to treat patients. On February 21st, they went to follow up with a patient ...

Rain. Wind. Cold weather in the morning and freezing temperatures at night. These are the elements the homeless have to face every day. It is no easy feat to be out on the streets, but ...

On January 23rd, Elica Health Centers held a grand opening for our Halyard location in West Sacramento. During the event, a letter was presented from one of Matsui’s representatives. Here is the letter for viewing. ...

On January 23rd, our Outreach team had to travel by boat to see a patient. Yes, a boat. It was an aluminum boat that perfectly fit three people. Terry, our Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and ...

Happy New Year! 2019 has arrived and a new year calls for a moment to reflect and review the previous year. At Elica, there are some moments and changes we’d like to share with you. In ...

WHO:             Women needing screenings for breast and cervical cancer WHAT:          Mammograms and Pap Tests WHEN:          Friday, September 15, 2017 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm WHERE:       Elica Health Centers, 1750 Wright Street, Sacramento, CA 95825 ...

Elica Adds New Health Center Site Today marks the addition of a new location, the 5th of the year, to the network of Elica Health Centers in the Sacramento region, bringing our total number of ...

Join us at Elica's Franklin/Fruitridge Health Center for an Open House event on Saturday, June 10th from 11 am to 2 pm. Located at 5385 Franklin Blvd, the event will include food, fun for the ...

During this past month, there has been a significant expansion in physical space for Elica Health Centers, including the addition of three new clinic facilities in Sacramento, which were acquired following the closure of another ...

Veterinary Services You may be asking why Elica Health Centers, which provides a variety of health-related services for people, offers veterinary services as part of its Wellness Outside Walls (WOW) initiative. The answer is that ...

The Stories Tell the Story Today's post continues our focus on Elica Health Center's Wellness Outside Walls (WOW) initiative, which includes programs that make it possible for our providers and clinical staff to deliver care ...

There is a strong tradition at Elica Health Centers of delivering care outside its clinic walls to those individuals who face some of the greatest barriers to accessing health care, including poverty, homelessness, mental health ...