A South Bay community clinic is scrambling to secure alternative funding after federal grant cuts slashed more than $400,000 from a vital housing program, leaving 40 vulnerable patients at risk of losing their homes.
Bay Area Community Health, which operates clinics from Hayward to Gilroy, recently learned that its annual funding for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program has dried up.
Dr. Zettie Page, president and CEO of BACH, said the clinic only found out about the cuts a week ago. Noting that the health centers primarily serve uninsured, underinsured, and special populations cycling in and out of employment, Page emphasized that stable housing is a vital pillar of health care…