BACHC Kensington Shelter — Lancaster, CA
BACHC Kensington Shelter is a community health center clinic at 45338 32nd St W, Lancaster, CA 93536, open 16 hours a week. The typical California clinic is open 40 hours a week. It is run by Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center, which serves 21,289 patients across 6 clinic locations.
- Address: 45338 32nd St W, Lancaster, CA 93536 · Directions
- Phone: (661) 874-4050
- Weekly hours: 16 (California clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center
Patients came to Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 4,391 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 220 | patients in treatment |
| Eye exams | 327 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 2,268 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 514 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 1,868 | patients tested |
| Family planning | 1,010 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 2,913 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 3,888 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 1,433 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 5,241 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 5,127 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 297 | children tested |
Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center serves
21,289 patients used Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center in 2025. 77% live at or below the poverty line and 94% are at or below twice the poverty line. 875 patients were experiencing homelessness and 93 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 77% | 75% | 65% | +2 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 94% | 95% | 92% | −1 pts |
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 3% | 8% | 14% | −5 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 80% | 71% | 42% | +9 pts |
| Medicare patients | 8% | 8% | 11% | In line |
| Privately insured patients | 9% | 10% | 24% | −1 pts |
Quality of care at Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center
Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center is at or above the California median on 0 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 57% | 68% | 68% | −11 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 43% | 59% | 54% | −16 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 47% | 60% | 54% | −13 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 25% | 44% | 44% | −19 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 65% | 68% | 77% | −3 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 75% | 86% | 86% | −11 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 78% | 79% | 79% | −1 pts |
Staffing at Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center
The health center employs 159 full-time-equivalent staff, including 18 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 4 mental health staff. That is 1,160 patients per clinical provider against the California median of 869 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 87,465 visits, about 4.1 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 93536
2,173 Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 93536, and 3% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Jwch Institute, Inc. — 2,450 patients from 93536
- Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. — 713 patients from 93536
- Northeast Valley Health Corporation — 479 patients from 93536
- Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers, Inc. — 46 patients from 93536
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