Shelter Health Services Incorporated

To remove health issues as barriers to self-sufficiency and upward mobility for homeless women, and as impediments to development and readiness to learn for homeless children, by providing free healthcare the is easily accessible. For adults, health issues can cause and will prolong homelessness, interrupting job searches and interviews and jeopardizing employment due to health-related absenteeism. For children, health issues can negatively impact development (physical, psychological, emotional, social, behavioral), preparation to enter school and performance in school. Ease of access is fostered by clinic location within the shelter where patients live, convenient hours of Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 5:00pm, all services are free (nursing and provider care, health assessment tests, screens and diagnostic labs, prescription/OTC medications, treatments, health information), prompt walk-in care on the first and subsequent visits, unlimited free visits and services simply by showing th