West Chester >> The CVS Health Foundation – a private charitable organization created by CVS Health – in partnership with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Community Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM), an organization in West Chester focusing on expanding patient access to the Centers for […]
The CVS Health Foundation— a private charitable organization created by CVS Health—is partnering with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics to award a $20,000 grant to the Free Clinic of Simi Valley. The clinic provides health services for patients who are uninsured in Ventura County. The grant will allow the organization to provide […]
Hope Health Clinic is an organization based in La Grange, Kentucky, that focuses on reducing health disparities for patients who are uninsured in the La Grange Area. With the help of the CVS Health Foundation and the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC), Hope Health Clinic recently was awarded a $20,000 grant that […]
GENESEO — The CVS Health Foundation in partnership with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) awarded a $10,000 grant to the Geneseo Parish Outreach Center, Inc., to provide medical care to uninsured patients. The grant will allow the organization to provide preventative care and health counseling to help patients with diabetes better manage their […]
A nonprofit medical agency that provides mobile health services in Frederick and Brunswick was recently awarded a $15,000 grant to help patients with diabetes and hypertension. Mission of Mercy was awarded the grant through the CVS Health Foundation and the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, a grassroots organization of mobile health clinics around […]
DUBLIN, Ohio, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Give Something Back and Do The Right Thing are two core values important to The Wendy’s Company, and employees live these values in a variety of ways. Each year, Wendy’s is proud to recognize employees and all they do to make a positive impact in their communities through its […]
JOHN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Anyone who works or lives in James, John’s or Wadmalaw Islands who makes under $24,280 per year—$467 per week—can get health care services at The Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic for free. Yes, free. On March 6, the 10-year-old clinic moved into a brand-new 7,000 square-foot space on John’s Island on […]
The Taylors Free Medical Clinic saw a patient who was addicted and needed inpatient treatment to remove her from her current situation. The clinic helped her find a program, at which she thrived. At the patient’s graduation from the treatment center, families were invited to watch the ceremony and hear patients’ testimonies. But instead of […]
Just beyond the reception desks at the two Clinica Romero health center sites in Los Angeles are signs in English and Spanish that say: “All Are Welcome,” as do buttons worn by staff members. That message at the two clinics, which welcome patients regardless of whether they can pay, aims to counter fears that health facilities such as clinics are prime arrest sites for undocumented immigrants.
“We are seeing stressed and worried patients as well as conversations about what could happen to patients among clinic staff,” said Nicole Lamoureux, CEO of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFCC), which has clinics in Fresno, Visalia and Tularc.
At the St. Petersburg Free Clinic, care for Connie Pankratz begins with a hug. “I got the cold and it’s been one thing after another,” Pankratz told the staff. She has been coming to this clinic for about 10 years.
