1977
San Diego County Community Clinics (now Health Center Partners of Southern California) is established by community clinics in San Diego County

1978
Developed our first agency goals and objectives "to improve the quantity and quality of health care to the poor" 

1979
Formed a Medical and Lab Supply Co-Op (later Council Connections and today CNECT) 

1981
Obtained Wholesale Pharmacy Permit which allowed drug orders to be delivered directly to the SDCCC (now HCP) 

1982
Executed contract with Scripps to provide services to clinic-referred patients

1983
Expanded Co-Op membership (now CNECT) to organizations located in Imperial and Orange Counties

1984
Developed 5-year Strategic Plan with goals including cooperative purchasing, advocacy, technical assistance, shared services, data collection and analysis, and information and referral

1984
Received funding for Hypertension Control Agency (HCA 7) for San Diego and Imperial Counties

1987
Established HIV prevention program

1988
Employed 22 staff and operated 9 programs

1989
Implementation of Tobacco Tax funding (AB 75)

1990
Established the HIV Planning Council in conjunction the San Diego Board of Supervisors 

1991
Began the Kaiser Permanente-Community Clinic Partnership 

1991 
Began long-term contract with County of San Diego to administer the Ryan White Specialty Pool

1993
Established Community Clinics Health Network (today Health Quality Partners of Southern California)

1994
Changed organization name from San Diego Council of Community Clinics to Council of Community Clinics (CCC)

1995 
Joined the California Primary Care Association (CPCA)  

1996
Completed Medi-Cal health plan contracts for Sharp, CHG, Foundation, Great American, and CompCare

1997
Obtained first out-of-state contract for group purchasing when Planned Parenthood Southwest Oregon joined

1998
Created the Physician Council with clinic medical directors 

1999
Began contract with the County of San Diego for telephone triage services

2000
Developed Quality Management Plan to standardize QM activities across clinics

2001
Advocacy activities of clinic consortia statewide coordinated through funding from The California Endowment

2002
Technical Services Organization (TSO) established to provide IT services to clinics

2003
Established community clinic emergency preparedness program

2003
Received federal funding from HRSA for 3-year HCAP diabetes care coordination program

2004
Implemented disease registries in 12 clinics

2005
Received funding from the First 5 Commission of San Diego for a multi-year countywide oral healthcare initiative

2006
Council Connections (now CNECT) established as a Premier Contracted Affiliate

2006
Awarded a multi-year contract for Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63) from the County of San Diego

2007
Received federal funding from HRSA for a 3-year project for countywide health information exchange

2007
Council Connections (now CNECT) eliminated member service fees

2010
Convened the 1st Annual San Diego Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration Summit

2011

2012
IHP members record the "best ever" HEDIS measures for Molina Healthcare in California. 

2013
More than 1,100 organizations joined CNECT. Its overall sales grew by more than 20%. 

2015
HCP launched Integrated Health Partners of Southern California (IHP) a clinically integrated network (CIN) 

2015
HCP started the Strategic Planning Framework (2015-2020) 

2016
Council of Community Clinics became Health Center Partners of Southern California (HCP) and Community Clinics Health Network became Health Quality Partners of Southern California (HQP) via major rebranding initiative, which included news logos, new websites and brand identity

2016
IHP members record the "best ever" HEDIS measures for Molina Healthcare in California. 

2016
More than 1,100 organizations joined CNECT. Its overall sales grew by more than 20%. 

2017
Celebrated our 40th Anniversary with a celebration at Petco Park

2017
CNECT (formerly Council Connections) launched a major rebranding initiative, which included a new name, logo, and brand identity