Start A Free Clinic

Free clinics provide free, high quality, empowering health care to people who do not qualify for and/or cannot afford any form of health insurance. At the same time, they train the next generation of health professionals to provide humanistic, transdisciplinary, empowering health care to underserved individuals.

In our own clinic, we practice and implement a comprehensive empowerment model that encourages people to achieve and maintain employment, addresses social or economic barriers to health, and provides comprehensive high quality healthcare.

Although we were not the first student-run free clinic, because of the needs of our community, the passion among our students, and the support of our institution, we are one of the largest student-run free clinics in the country. We train faculty, students, and teams from around the country. Our clinic model has been recognized nationally, has been replicated in more than 20 communities across the U.S., and has won awards both for service and innovation.

The purpose of this page is to help others start, maintain, troubleshoot, and grow free clinics of their own. Click on the subjects below to learn more. Please feel free to contact us if you need additional help setting up your own free clinic project.