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Jwch Institute, Inc.

Jwch Institute, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Los Angeles, CA, with 37 clinic locations in 11 cities. It served 76,196 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

76,196patients in 2025
7%uninsured patients
76%at or below the poverty line
1,071full-time-equivalent staff

Care offered: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth.

Who Jwch Institute, Inc. serves

76% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 96% are at or below twice that level. 7% have no insurance, 81% have Medicaid or CHIP, 7% have Medicare and 5% have private insurance. 13,476 patients were experiencing homelessness. 168 were veterans.

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Patients at or below the poverty line	76%	75%	65%	+1 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	96%	95%	92%	In line

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Uninsured patients	7%	8%	14%	−1 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	81%	71%	42%	+10 pts
Medicare patients	7%	8%	11%	−2 pts
Privately insured patients	5%	10%	24%	−4 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	34,782	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	14,961	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	1,322	patients in treatment
Eye exams	4,976	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	8,623	children had checkups
Flu shots	10,309	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	7,154	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	9,930	patients screened
Family planning	2,226	patients served
Diabetes care	11,267	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	13,034	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	2,962	patients with asthma
HIV testing	20,103	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	18,455	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	2,047	children tested

Quality of care

Jwch Institute, Inc. is at or above the California median on 4 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	67%	68%	68%	−1 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	64%	59%	54%	+4 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	57%	60%	54%	−3 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	44%	44%	44%	In line
Patients 12+ screened for depression	81%	68%	77%	+12 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	87%	86%	86%	+1 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	70%	79%	79%	−9 pts

Staffing

1,071 full-time-equivalent staff work at Jwch Institute, Inc., including 82 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 928 patients per clinical provider, against the California median of 869 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Jwch Institute, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
93550	6,784	3%
93535	6,159	4%
90650	4,152	4%
93534	3,860	4%
90013	3,641	16%
90201	3,580	9%
90262	3,241	5%
93552	2,717	3%

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How fees work: the sliding-fee guide.