Community Health Alliance of Pasadena Partners with Ridesharing Service Lyft

Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (ChapCare) has announced a new partnership with Lyft, the fastest growing rideshare company in the U.S.

The partnership will help provide free or discounted rides to first-time users of the Lyft app who use the ChapCare promotional code.

In the large and disparate San Gabriel Valley, ChapCare has identified transportation as a key barrier to accessing primary healthcare services. Of Los Angeles County’s eight services planning areas, SPA 3 (the San Gabriel Valley) has the greatest number of adult residents who have transportation problems that keep them from obtaining needed healthcare services.

As a result, ChapCare is constantly looking for ways to make our health centers more accessible for the communities we serve. The organization currently provides taxi vouchers and bus tokens to indigent patients who access primary healthcare services at our facilities in Pasadena, Monrovia, and El Monte/South El Monte. However, with the increased use of ridesharing apps, ChapCare established a relationship with Lyft to ensure that we remain responsive to the communities we serve.

“With the proliferation of smartphones among our patient population, it became apparent that partnering with a ridesharing service like Lyft was a logical next step to broaden the array of cost-effective transportation options we make available to our patients,” said Margaret B. Martinez MPH, ChapCare’s CEO. “While this new opportunity will be made available to all community members, we expect it to have the most significant impact with hard-to-reach college students, young adults, and young professionals, who are major users of ridesharing services like Lyft.”

For first-time Lyft users looking to access free or discounted rides with the ChapCare promo code, the process is simple and easy:
1) Visit https://www.lyft.com/invited/chapcare, and enter your cell phone number,
2) You will receive a link on your cell phone prompting you to download the Lyft app with the CHAPCARE promo code offer pre-populated into the account, and
3) Download the app and you are ready to go!

About ChapCare

Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (ChapCare) was founded in 1995 by a group of community residents, city officials, and healthcare agencies to establish primary healthcare services for low-income, uninsured residents in Pasadena. ChapCare began providing medical services in 1998 and dental services in 2001. Today, ChapCare is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides primary healthcare services to countless residents of the San Gabriel Valley. ChapCare operates 4 health centers in Pasadena, 1 health center in Monrovia, and 3 health centers in El Monte/South El Monte. ChapCare provides over 64,000 primary healthcare visits annually to over 15,000 unduplicated patients.
For more information on ChapCare, please call (626) 398-6300 or visit www.chapcare.org.

About Lyft

Lyft was founded in June 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. Lyft is the fastest growing rideshare company in the U.S and is available in over 300 cities. Lyft is preferred by drivers and passengers for its safe and friendly experience, and its commitment to effecting positive change for the future of our cities.