ST. Francis community health services (sfchs), a subsidiary of ST. Francis healthcare system of hawaii, provides community-based care to meet the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of clients and patients statewide. The sisters of ST. Francis introduced many of these first-to-market healthcare programs in the state of hawaii. As part of ST. Francis healthcare system of hawaii, ST. Francis community health services carries on the legacy of ST. Marianne COPE and the sisters of ST. Francis, who came to the islands in 1883 to care for those afflicted with hansen's disease. ST. Francis community health services serves ALL those in need, including the most vulnerable, and offers charity care for those in need of financial assistance to carry on the healthcare system's mission of creating healthy communities in the spirit of christ's healing ministry.