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The Care-A-Van is a mobile medical clinic that delivers health services to the uninsured and impoverished working families of the Antelope Valley and Eastern Kern County. This joint venture of Partners in Care and Visiting Nurse Community Services with support from United Way, California Community Foundation, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and other private charitable organizations annually ensures access to medical care for thousands of children and adults who would not otherwise have it.
In America today, more than 40 million people lack health insurance (equating to about 15 percent of the population), and four out of five of the uninsured are hard-working families with children. In the Antelope Valley and Eastern Kern County, many such families live in poverty and without access to medical care, and without resources to pay for care.
The Care-A-Van, under the sponsorship of Partners in Care and Visiting Nurse Community Services, is a mobile health clinic serving Antelope Valley and Eastern Kern County residents who live below 200 percent of the federally determined poverty level – $18,000 a year for a family of four. Since its start, it has served more than 15,000 people. Without this traveling medical facility, 3,000 children and adults in the Antelope Valley and Eastern Kern County would not have access to basic health care – basic care that keeps healthy children in school, and allows adults to work to support their families.
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