West Baltimore Primary Care Access Collaboration

The West Baltimore Primary Care Access Collaboration (WBPCAC) is a group of sixteen organizations that aim to improve the overall health of the residents of west Baltimore. The mission of the Collaborative is to create a sustainable, replicable system of care, reduce costs and expand the primary care and community health workforce. In January 2013, the WBPCAC was awarded a five million dollar grant from the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to reduce cardiovascular disease in west Baltimore in the four zip codes with the highest disease burden and most intense social needs of any other community in Maryland. To date, this is being accomplished by improving access to and the quality of healthcare by hiring 23 health care providers and providing training to many others. The WBPCAC has also deployed 11 Community Health Workers into these neighborhoods to partner with 172 community members to maximize their utilization of health and social services. To read more about this innovative program, see this brief summary [link]