Esperanza California — Chicago, IL
Esperanza California is a community health center clinic at 2001 S California Ave, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60608, open 57.8 hours a week. That is 12.8 more hours than the typical Illinois clinic (45 a week). It is run by Esperanza Health Centers, which serves 57,221 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 2001 S California Ave, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60608 · Directions
- Phone: (773) 584-6200
- Website: www.esperanzachicago.org
- Weekly hours: 57.8 (Illinois clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Esperanza Health Centers (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Esperanza Health Centers
Patients came to Esperanza Health Centers for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 8,501 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 170 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 13,307 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 16,498 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 5,186 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 3,892 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 13,284 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 7,255 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 7,787 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 2,858 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 15,924 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 12,451 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 4,768 | children tested |
Esperanza Health Centers also provides care by telehealth.
Who Esperanza Health Centers serves
57,221 patients used Esperanza Health Centers in 2025. 72% live at or below the poverty line and 99% are at or below twice the poverty line. 772 patients were experiencing homelessness.
| Measure | This center | IL median | U.S. median | vs IL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 72% | 73% | 65% | −1 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 99% | 95% | 92% | +4 pts |
| Measure | This center | IL median | U.S. median | vs IL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 21% | 17% | 14% | +5 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 57% | 56% | 42% | +1 pts |
| Medicare patients | 3% | 7% | 11% | −3 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 18% | 16% | 24% | +3 pts |
Quality of care at Esperanza Health Centers
Esperanza Health Centers is at or above the Illinois median on 7 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | IL median | U.S. median | vs IL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 78% | 67% | 68% | +11 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 68% | 48% | 54% | +21 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 77% | 57% | 54% | +20 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 56% | 37% | 44% | +19 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 93% | 84% | 77% | +9 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 92% | 86% | 86% | +6 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 85% | 80% | 79% | +5 pts |
Staffing at Esperanza Health Centers
The health center employs 369 full-time-equivalent staff, including 69 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 17 mental health staff. That is 828 patients per clinical provider against the Illinois median of 964 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 214,159 visits, about 3.7 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 60608
2,359 Esperanza Health Centers patients live in ZIP 60608, and 21% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois — 4,097 patients from 60608
- Access Community Health Network — 3,925 patients from 60608
- Alivio Medical Center, Inc. — 3,097 patients from 60608
- Lawndale Christian Health Center — 1,303 patients from 60608
Community health centers near Esperanza California
ACCESS Plaza Family Health Center
ACCESS at Sinai
Alivio Medical Center
ACCESS Servicios Medicos la Villita
LCHC at 3401
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