Clinicas del Camino Real + Mexican Consulate Oxnard Launch 'Ventanilla de Salud' — Replicable Consular-FQHC Model for Chilling-Effect Response

Clínicas del Camino Real (16 health centers + 2 CAREPLUS urgent care across Ventura County since 1971) signed MOU with the Mexican Consulate of Oxnard for a 'Ventanilla de Salud' (Health Window) program — free preventive medicine delivered directly at the Consulate. Strategic context: this is a replicable consular-FQHC model responding to chilling effects from federal immigration enforcement and the UIS Medi-Cal enrollment freeze. Patients who avoid clinic visits due to fear of immigration consequences can access care at a venue where they already feel safe and trust the institution (visa renewals, passport services). Replicates models from CA FQHCs in past decades (e.g., Mexican Consulate Los Angeles, San Francisco). Strategic implication for CA FQHCs in high-immigrant catchments: (1) Engage local Mexican / Salvadoran / Guatemalan / Honduran consulates for similar MOUs; (2) Model the staffing cost (typically 1-2 days/week consular presence); (3) Use consular health windows as enrollment + screening entry points (Medi-Cal navigation if eligible, sliding-fee referrals if not); (4) Position consular partnership as a 'safe-venue' counter-narrative to federal enforcement chilling effect.