Salem Free Clinics

Our medical clinic serves the uninsured population in our community who lack access to basic primary care. Although we see a wide variety of presenting conditions, the top three diagnoses for our patient population are diabetes, hypertension and mental health. In 2023, we provided 3,424 medical patient visits utilizing 228 volunteers.

Our counseling clinic serves the uninsured population in our community who lack access to counseling services. We partner with corban university who send their graduate level counseling students to our clinic to provide counseling services to the uninsured. In 2023, 1,967 client visit hours were provided through the service of 20 volunteers.

Our dental clinic serves the uninsured population in our community who lack access to basic dental care. We provide extractions and simple fillings for those who have significant dental issues, including abscess and decay. We also provide dental hygiene services through our partnership with chemeketa community college and Oregon institute of technology's program in dental hygiene. Graduating seniors do rotations at our clinic and provide preventative care for our uninsured patients. In 2023, 506 patient visits were provided through the service of 12 volunteers.