Founded in 2008, Roots Community Health Center is a 501(c) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the status of health in of East Bay residents. Roots implement its mission by providing high-quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate healthcare, by implementing direct service models to increase access to care and thereby prevent the need for emergency services and by coordinating cross-agency liaisons to ensure a more efficient continuum of care in East Oakland. Roots Community Health Center was founded to address the growing need for accessible, culturally appropriate, community responsive, comprehensive health care in Oakland, California. Specially, Roots aims to eliminate wide health disparities and improve health outcomes for uninsured and low-income residents of East Oakland.