Our Mission

Since 1991, volunteer-driven Shepherd’s Clinic has been an innovator in providing health care for the uninsured. Our mission remains unchanged…to provide com­prehen­sive health care for those who cannot afford com­mer­cial insurance, yet do not qualify for govern­ment assis­tance.  With a catchment area covering 13 Baltimore City zip codes — geo­graphi­cally half the city – these services are available through hundreds of dedicated volun­teers.  Patients are asked to donate the equi­va­lent of one hour’s wage for an office visit or $9.00 if they are currently unem­plo­yed.  All clinic patients (ages 19–64) fall under 200% of poverty and most are either working or live in a household with an employed individual.

We’re Growing

Over the last two years, Shepherd’s Clinic has added almost 1,000 new patients.  Our 6,418 patient visits in FY11 was an increase of 25% over FY10, and more than double our FY08 visits.  To provide these services, a record 357 volunteer phy­si­cians, nurses, and inte­res­ted others donated an astoun­ding 16,542 hours…a 15% increase from the previous year and valued at well over a million dollars.  This is unpre­ce­den­ted growth for us.

While our focus has always been primary and specialty care, we have expanded our Beha­vio­ral Health Program to include psychia­tric care, indi­vi­dual coun­se­ling, support groups, social work case mana­ge­ment, and mental health/primary care consultation.

And though Shepherd’s Clinic is already unique as Baltimore’s only nonprofit spe­ci­fi­cally targeting the health care needs of the uninsured, we have created the Joy Wellness Center (JWC) as a more pre­ven­ta­tive component to address some of the chronic con­di­tions seen in our patients. Energized by the vision of a truly inte­gra­tive service under one roof, almost half of our building is now a calming space with rooms for movement education, stress reduction services, healing arts therapy, and nutrition education. From learning how to cook with less sugar and salt in the demons­tra­tion kitchen to expe­rien­cing the healing effects of breathing in a beginning yoga class, our patients are finding these wellness services an inc­rea­singly important part of their journey toward good health.

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