The Free Clinic of Doylestown

Doylestown, Pa.

Founded in 1994, the Free Clinic of Doylestown serves persons under 200% of the federal poverty level who are uninsured and who live within central and eastern upper Bucks County.  In the past year, they treated over 900 patients. 

Currently, the Doylestown clinic is closest geographically to the upper Bucks County community.  They receive calls daily from residents there who are unable to access health care, but unfortunately have had to turn away many of these callers due to limited time and resources.

The clinic received $15,000 to expand services in upper Bucks County, with the goal of developing a clinic in that area by next summer.  They will provide technical support to their peers, helping them develop an advisory committee of physicians, an appropriate clinic model and a fundraising plan.  New services will include childhood immunizations, regular blood draws, and prevention education programs to address obesity, poor nutrition and communicable diseases such as HIV.