The Virginia Health Care Foundation is one of the key elements of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s strategy to buttress local primary care delivery systems and strengthen the health safety net.

VHCF was initiated in 1992 by the Virginia General Assembly and its Joint Commission on Health Care to promote and fund innovative public-private partnerships that increase access to primary care for Virginia's uninsured and medically underserved.

As a public/private partnership, VHCF combines the flexibility and nimble nature of the private sector with the resources and institutional wherewithal of the public sector. Operating with an entrepreneurial spirit, VHCF works on multiple fronts to increase access to care for Virginia’s uninsured and medically underserved.

To see the kind of difference VHCF is making in the lives of the people of Virginia, watch this video:

Since 1992, VHCF's partnerships and programs have:

	Invested nearly $28 million in Virginia's health care safety net, increasing the number of providers from 33 to 194;
	Enrolled more than 44,500 children in state-sponsored health insurance;
	Made more than 1.7 million patient visits possible;
	Obtained over $555 million in free medications for more than 160,600 uninsured Virginians; and
	Leveraged an average of $11 in cash, health services, and other in-kind contributions for each dollar expended.

We could not have accomplished this much without the support of Virginia's General Assembly and our many private partners.