|  As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare facility, NECC has provided primary healthcare services to the low-income residents of Los Angeles County since 1971, creating a wide range of influence on the health and well-being of the people it serves.
To provide comprehensive, quality health care in a linguistically competent and culturally sensitive manner to residents of the poor and underserved communities of Los Angeles region, regardless of their ability to pay.
NECC provides a continuum of comprehensive health care through the promotion of health and disease prevention, education and coordination of services in medically underserved populations of Los Angeles, regardless of financial status. Services include primary health care, education, parenting, counseling, mental health, referrals and other supportive services.
In 1971, NECC opened its first clinic as one of Los Angeles County's original "free-clinics" in Highland Park to address problems of access to quality medical care for indigent residents of Los Angeles.
In 1989, NECC began providing immunizations to children in the Northeast area of Los Angeles through a contract with the City of Los Angeles. Today thousands of immunizations are provided by the County (Dept. of Health Services) immunization program.
In 1994, NECC was designated as a Federally Qualified Health Care (FQHC) Center by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Department of Health and Human Resources.
In 1995, NECC became a safety net provider through the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program ensuring medical services to the high risk, indigent and uninsured population of Los Angeles County.
In 1997, NECC expanded its medical services by providing mobile medical service to patients without access to primary care clinics through a State of California Department of Health Services grant
In 2003, NECC acquired two additional sites located in the South Los Angeles cities of Bell and Huntington Park, filling the gap in medical services left by Community Health Foundation of East Los Angeles.
In 2005, NECC acquired three primary clinics in downtown LA from Catholic HealthCare West; that same year, NECC opened a new clinic in Wilmington to ensure continuity of care during St. Mary's Hospital's divestiture in that area.
In 2006, NECC opened the Women's Health Center, the only facility specializing in women's health care in the Northeast LA area. With the closing of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in South Central LA, NECC became medical home for many displaced patients, stabilizing the highly volatile health system of a large, uninsured population.
In 2009, NECC was designated “330” status by the Federal Government’s Human Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), and, even during the nationwide recession that created a critical demand for healthcare for the uninsured, NECC emboldened its commitment by opening two additional sites, one in Hawthorne and one in Downtown Los Angeles.
The establishment of these clinics has created a wider sway of influence on the health and well-being of the people NECC serves and has opened more doors of opportunity to meet its goals in its mission towards a healthier population.
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