Who We Are
Founded in Oakland, California, the mission of Roots Community Health Center is to uplift those impacted by systemic inequities and poverty. We accomplish this through medical and behavioral health care, health navigation, workforce enterprises, housing, outreach, and advocacy.
Cultivating health and hope through care and empowerment.
Oakland, September 3, 2020 – Roots Community Health Center is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year by By Senator Nancy Skinner.
Roots Community Health Center is one of over a hundred other nonprofits that will be honored by their state senators and assemblymembers for their tremendous contributions to the communities they serve.
In the News: Our Mobile Care
STOMP; Our Street Team Outreach Medical Program (STOMP), which brings health care and resources to the homeless, was featured in the East Bay Times! STOMP goes to homeless encampments throughout Oakland on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.Full Article
In the News: Our Emancipators Initiative
Roots has a soap-making social enterprise, Clean360, that serves as a training ground for our workforce development initiative, Emancipators. This program was featured in the Oakland Tribune and the East Bay Times!Full Article
Main Campus
9925 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94603Visit our main clinic and headquarters in East Oakland for primary care, mental health care, health navigation, enrollment and renewal for Medi-Cal and CalFresh, job training, immigration physical exams and much more. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
510-777-1177
admin@rootsclinic.org
Headquarters
7272 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605Visit our beautiful new clinic providing adult & pediatric care, enrollment and renewal for Medi-Cal and CalFresh, immigration physical exams and more. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
510-533-1248
admin@rootsclinic.org
South Bay Clinic
1898 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126Visit our South Bay Clinic in San Jose for primary care. Open Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm.
408-490-4710
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Emancipators Initiative at Clean360
4107 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611Come to apply, tour or shop at Clean360, our soapmaking social enterprise where Roots Emancipators receive paid, on-the-job training and wraparound support to become workforce ready. Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 11am-5pm.
510-451-0570
admin@rootsclinic.org
DreamCatcher Youth Services/Covenant House
200 Harrison St, Oakland, CA 94607Since 2000, DreamCatcher Youth Services has been the only safe landing for homeless and trafficked at-risk youth in Alameda County who are between the ages of 13-18. We are open for drop-in and walk-in appointments Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 9:30-2pm with hours expanding soon!
510-379-1010
admin@rootsclinic.org
Dream Youth Clinic
583 5th Street, Oakland, CA 94607In partnership with DreamCatcher Youth Services providing services to marginalized adolescents. We are open for drop-in and walk-in appointments Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays between 1:00pm-5:00pm with hours expanding soon!
510-839-0929 ext. 3
admin@rootsclinic.org
Laney College Health Center
900 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94607Due to the campus closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Laney Health Services will be temporarily closed until further notice. All comprehensive health services will be offered either remotely or provided at our partner location at Roots Community Health Center HQ.
510-464-3134
admin@rootsclinic.org
Berkeley City College Wellness Center
2000 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704To further limit the potential of COVID-19 spreading within our local community, Berkeley City College temporarily suspended face-to-face student services and instruction effective Monday, March 16, 2020.
Our Health Services partner, Roots Community Health Center, will offer services at their 7272 MacArthur Blvd site in Oakland.
510-981-2996
admin@rootsclinic.org
Merritt College Health Center
12500 Campus Dr, Oakland, CA 94619As a Merritt College student, you are welcome to a full range of physical and mental health services, FREE of charge!
510-633-7007 ext. 3
admin@rootsclinic.org
College of Alameda Health Center
555 Ralph Appezzato Memorial Pkwy, Alameda, CA 94501Due to the current coronavirus crisis, some of our services are offered remotely, off campus, or are unavailable.
510-633-7077
admin@rootsclinic.org
Hamilton Broadway Signs
4119 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611Graphic design and printing of high-quality traditional signage. Includes didactic instruction, basic skills training, job experience and removal of barriers to employment
(510) 654-4754
admin@rootsclinic.org
We’re Changing the Odds
Roots Community Health Center brings preventive and comprehensive primary care, wraparound services and empowerment programs to residents in and around the “B-Ville” zip code described in this video. We’re changing the odds – advancing health equity for all East Oaklanders
News & Events
The Rockefeller Foundation Launches $20 Million Initiative to Increase Covid-19 Vaccination Rates Among Communities of Color
April 13, 2021
Op-Ed: Black Birthing People and Babies are Dying at Higher Rates
April 12, 2021