Fourth Street Clinic helps homeless people with health care
When Allan Ainsworth, PhD, saw the people who were left homeless by Salt Lake City’s downtown revitalization, he knew he had to do something to help. In 1988 he founded the non-profit Fourth Street Clinic.
For 23 years, the Fourth Street Clinic has served those who are uninsured and homeless providing primary, ongoing health care, behavior health and pharmaceutical services and helping people transition into permanent housing.
“A lot of patients come in for urgent care,” says Jenn Hyvonen, development and communication director for the Fourth Street Clinic, “but it is really chronic diseases that perpetuate homelessness.”
According to Hyvonen, the volunteers and staff at the Fourth Street Clinic see about 5,200 homeless and uninsured people during 26,000 visits every year.
Forty percent comes from in-kind donations and the more than 300 volunteers who donate their time to the mission of the Fourth Street Clinic. Over half of the clinic’s funding comes from grants and private donations.
The Fourth Street Clinic hosts fundraisers throughout the year, including a triathlon and 5K in April, the Toast to Good Health and the I Think I Canyons bike ride in July, and an online fundraiser from October through December. To support the Fourth Street Clinic, click here.
Hyvonen says that there has been a successful push to house chronically homeless individuals in the last five years. “People who are very sick can move out of homelessness.”
This article was originally published at examiner.com.
For 23 years, the Fourth Street Clinic has served those who are uninsured and homeless providing primary, ongoing health care, behavior health and pharmaceutical services and helping people transition into permanent housing.
“A lot of patients come in for urgent care,” says Jenn Hyvonen, development and communication director for the Fourth Street Clinic, “but it is really chronic diseases that perpetuate homelessness.”
According to Hyvonen, the volunteers and staff at the Fourth Street Clinic see about 5,200 homeless and uninsured people during 26,000 visits every year.
Forty percent comes from in-kind donations and the more than 300 volunteers who donate their time to the mission of the Fourth Street Clinic. Over half of the clinic’s funding comes from grants and private donations.
The Fourth Street Clinic hosts fundraisers throughout the year, including a triathlon and 5K in April, the Toast to Good Health and the I Think I Canyons bike ride in July, and an online fundraiser from October through December. To support the Fourth Street Clinic, click here.
Hyvonen says that there has been a successful push to house chronically homeless individuals in the last five years. “People who are very sick can move out of homelessness.”
This article was originally published at examiner.com.