Founded in May 2021, in response to inequities illuminated during the COVID-19 pandemic in San Francisco, the Roving Community Health Initiative was formed to improve access to care for marginalized communities in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco.
RCHI operates regular pop-up clinics in collaboration with community partners with on-site services complimented by mobile teams that bring care directly to people in the community, with a primary focus on unhoused and marginally housed individuals. We care for people on the streets, in tents, encampments, at community centers, in shelters, residential treatment programs, and single-room occupancy hotels.
Clinics and roving teams are staffed by a combination of UCSF clinicians, students, community volunteers and Code Tenderloin ambassadors.
- UCSF registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists and medical assistants working voluntary extra shifts
- Students from UCSF schools of nursing, pharmacy and medicine
- Community Volunteers
Services Provided
Vaccinations: Covid-19, Flu, M-Pox
Covid-19 Testing & Therapeutics
Wound Care: RCHI roving teams provide wound care, education and referrals.
Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention: RCHI Clinicians and trained volunteers distribute Narcan and Fentanyl Testing strips, each with one-on-one education for community members on how to respond to an overdose and minimize risks when consuming substances.
Referrals & Health Education: In collaboration with our primary partners, Code Tenderloin, GLIDE and Gubbio, we offer referrals for shelter, housing, substance use disorder treatment, healthcare, and other agencies as required.
RCHI Partners
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thank you to partners/donations: SF DPH (all supplies) and Moderna for providing vaccines (offered up to 5,000)
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