VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 26, 2017 - The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington has received $25,000 from Kaiser Permanente. This award is the second installment of a three-year, $75,000 grant to support the clinic's project access program.
Project access provides free medical care for low-income, uninsured Clark County residents with specialty care needs. Patients are screened by project access care coordinators. If they qualify, patients are able to access donated specialty care and laboratory and hospital services.
The Kaiser Permanente grant will assist in supporting the program costs of application processing, recruiting and retaining physicians, developing community awareness and administrative recordkeeping.
"We so appreciate Kaiser Permanente's continued support," says Barbe West, executive director of the Free Clinic. "By giving our patients access to a wide list of specialty services, we're truly providing 'whole-person' care."
About the Free Clinic:
The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington provides free, compassionate, quality health care to children and adults who are otherwise unable to obtain such services. The Free Clinic offers medical, dental, vision and specialty care services from 500 volunteer professionals. The Free Clinic is funded by the local community, and all donations stay in Southwest Washington. For more information about the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington, visit our website: freeclinics.org.
About Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefit Initiatives
Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to improving the health of individuals and the
communities we serve. Specifically, our work is focused on: connecting low-income people to health care, educating children and families about healthy eating and active living, creating and sharing groundbreaking research, strengthening health safety nets in our communities, and supporting our employees' community engagement. In 2015, financial contributions to improve the health of Northwest communities totaled more than $141 million.
