The Alachua County Safety Net Collaborative
VISION, MISSION, LEADERSHIP
Vision
SNC Shares Alachua County’s Vision Statement. To make Alachua County a place where each person can achieve their most optimal health and well-being.
Mission
SNC members unite to work across silos, remove barriers, and close holes in the healthcare and social services safety nets. Through trusting relationships with one another, we seek to ensure that the needs of priority populations are explicitly identified, understood, and addressed by fair and inclusive policy, programs, and services to the extent possible.
Leadership
SNC is an independent, egalitarian, nonpartisan, interprofessional, and interdisciplinary organization with no formal leadership structure by design. We meet as a community of equals to build relationships with one another, work collaboratively across community silos, provide mutual support, and maintain the integrity of Alachua County’s healthcare and social services safety nets.
WHAT IS OUR SAFETY NET?
The Oxford Dictionary defines a safety net as “a safeguard against possible hardship or adversity.” In 2000, the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine) identified healthcare safety net providers as the institutions and professionals who, by mandate or mission, deliver a significant amount of health care and other services to uninsured, Medicaid and other patients with unmet socio-economic needs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recognizes social safety net programs that provide critical support to people during times of economic hardship and recognizes that hardship and economic instability often require support from more than one program or service.
OUR HISTORY
SNC is an independent, voluntary organization with no formal leadership structure by design. We have met monthly since 2015 or 2016 as a community of equals and have shared the responsibility for providing a meeting venue, moderating meetings, and collaborating to meet one another’s needs within the safety net community. Our goal is to build relationships, communicate about new programs and services and maintain the integrity of Alachua County’s healthcare safety net. Our members have represented medical, oral health, mental health, and social service agencies.
SNC wishes to thank and recognize the donors whose generous financial contributions made this website possible.
Grace Healthcare Services 2025 domain name and website hosting sponsor
UF Mobile Outreach Clinic 2025 website language access sponsor
Abigail Perret-Gentil created the site and led the Design Team (Cherisse Britton MPH, Kate Clement, Adriana Menendez, Ethan Maia de Needell), who tested and evaluated the content.