Regional Community Advisory Committees

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At the Regional Community Advisory Committee (RCAC) meetings, you can share your ideas about health care and the services you receive through the Medi-Cal, Healthy Families and Healthy Kids programs. You can be part of an important group that meets in your neighborhood to talk about health care in the community and make suggestions to L.A. Care about ways to improve services. As a RCAC member, you can help improve health care for your community.

If you are interested in joining one of L.A. Care's Regional Community Advisory Committees, please click here for an application.

How Do Regional Community Advisory Committees Work?

The Regional Community Advisory Committees (RCACs) meet once a month for about an hour and a half to share ideas and concerns. The RCACs are made up of L.A. Care members, advocates, doctors and other health care providers. They give advice to L.A. Care Health Plan about how to serve L.A. Care members and their communities. The RCACs also plan events such as health fairs and health care forums to help people in their neighborhoods learn about services that are available. The RCACs do good work in their communities.

L.A. Care members who serve on the RCACs also vote for a Member Representative and a Member Advocate Representative to be part of L.A. Care Health Plan's Board of Governors. The Board of Governors makes important decisions about how L.A. Care will operate.

There are 11 RCACs throughout Los Angeles County. The RCACs meet in different places, including community centers, libraries and community clinics. To find the RCAC in your area, call L.A. Care's Community Outreach and Education Department at (888) 522-2732.

Who can join a Regional Community Advisory Committee?

		Members of L.A. Care Health Plan
		Parents or legal guardians of L.A. Care members
		Advocates (these are people who either work for or volunteer for a community organization or agency that helps L.A. Care members
		Doctors, nurses and other health care providers who care for L.A. Care members

Is there any help with transportation and child care expenses if you join a RCAC?

L.A. Care members serve on RCACs in a voluntary capacity and without compensation.  RCAC members do receive an expense allocation of $30 (grocery gift certificate) per meeting.  They may also receive assistance with transportation and child care expenses related to attending the RCAC meetings on a case to case basis.

Where can you learn more about the RCACs?

To learn more about the RCAC meetings in your area, please call the L.A. Care Community Outreach and Education Department at (888) 522-2732.