Brighter Beginnings Family Health Center Antioch Downtown — Antioch, CA
Brighter Beginnings Family Health Center Antioch Downtown is a community health center clinic at 512 W 5th St, Antioch, CA 94509, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical California clinic. It is run by Brighter Beginnings, which serves 2,874 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 512 W 5th St, Antioch, CA 94509 · Directions
- Phone: (510) 236-6990
- Website: www.brighter-beginnings.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (California clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Brighter Beginnings (FQHC look-alike)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Brighter Beginnings
Patients came to Brighter Beginnings for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 764 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 316 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 537 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 250 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 296 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 221 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 419 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 532 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 158 | patients with asthma |
| Childhood lead tests | 107 | children tested |
Brighter Beginnings also provides care by telehealth.
Who Brighter Beginnings serves
2,874 patients used Brighter Beginnings in 2025. 69% live at or below the poverty line and 93% are at or below twice the poverty line. 74 patients were experiencing homelessness.
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 69% | 75% | 65% | −6 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 93% | 95% | 92% | −2 pts |
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 21% | 8% | 14% | +13 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 72% | 71% | 42% | In line |
| Medicare patients | 4% | 8% | 11% | −4 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 3% | 10% | 24% | −6 pts |
Quality of care at Brighter Beginnings
Brighter Beginnings 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 | 68% | 68% | 68% | In line |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 47% | 59% | 54% | −13 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 52% | 60% | 54% | −8 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 24% | 44% | 44% | −20 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 35% | 68% | 77% | −33 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 41% | 86% | 86% | −45 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 72% | 79% | 79% | −6 pts |
Patients from ZIP 94509
580 Brighter Beginnings patients live in ZIP 94509, and 18% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Contra Costa County Health Services Dept — 3,063 patients from 94509
- La Clinica de la Raza Inc. — 2,641 patients from 94509
- Lifelong Medical Care — 167 patients from 94509
- Children's Hospital & Research Center of Oakland — 72 patients from 94509
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