Founded in 1996, Southwest CARE Center (SCC) is well known as a center of excellence for the care and treatment of people living with HIV in New Mexico. SCC is the largest provider of treatment for people living with Hepatitis C in northern New Mexico. SCC is the largest clinical research site in New Mexico for studies of new treatments for both HIV and Hepatitis C. In September of 2015 SCC opened its doors in Albuquerque providing the same high standard of HIV care SCC is known for.