The problem with healthcare services in the Pasadena area is not one of availability, but of affordability and accessibility. One of the greatest obstacles to good health is poverty. In the Pasadena community, 33% of children are in need of the kind of care Young & Healthy provides. The majority of children under 18 (54.7%) enrolled in Pasadena Unified Schools live in the area of town that claims the lowest per capita income and the greatest concentration of poverty.
Young & Healthy’s mission is to provide access to high-quality health care for uninsured and underserved children and families and to improve the quality of life for all children in the greater Pasadena area through prevention, education, and enhanced health care services.