Neighborhood Healthcare

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Neighborhood Healthcare in Lakeside is a Federally Qualified Health Center operating under NPI 1932384120 and HCAI community clinic license ID 306374164 at 10039 Vine Street. Founded in 1969 as a volunteer clinic in Escondido, the nonprofit now staffs this East County hub with family medicine physicians, behavioral health counselors, and a chiropractic department whose referral network includes preventive dental screenings at San Diego Healthy Smiles on Winter Gardens Boulevard. The Lakeside site serves more than 9,000 individuals annually, with over 90 percent of patients living below 200 percent of the federal poverty level and qualifying for the organization's sliding-scale fee program. Primary care, dental, and behavioral health occupy the same Vine Street building, reducing the fragmented-appointment burden common in underserved East County communities. A planned $7.8 million facility overhaul will expand capacity and modernize clinical space, complementing the vision-care access already provided by Lakeside Eyecare Optometry on Winter Gardens Boulevard. The center's integrated-care model includes CDC-listed HIV and STI screening, hepatitis vaccination, and PrEP navigation alongside standard primary care encounters.