Founded in 1998, our mission is to provide free, comprehensive medical care and preventive health services to adults in Rhode Island who cannot afford medical treatment or have no insurance, and to serve as an educational training site for aspiring health care professionals who receive mentorship from our board certified volunteer medical practitioners.

Our Free Clinic in Providence, Rhode Island is a testament to the continuum of care that is accomplished when medical volunteers, community partners and individual supporters come together in the belief that everyone deserves access to healthcare, regardless of income or background. With the volunteer medical talents of over 500 area physicians, nurses and specialists, and a dynamic team of AmeriCorps VISTA Members, our Free Clinic is able to provide an array of coordinated, comprehensive medical services to each individual patient, all in one setting. Our free health care services provide a whole-patient experience from free primary care to labs and diagnostics; life-saving prescription medicine; and specialty care such as free physical therapy and free psychiatry. Unlike visiting a walk-in clinic, urgent care clinic, or costly ER visit without insurance, we are a free medical home.

Because of your support, we are able to offer a permanent medical home to serve the most vulnerable in our community, creating a healthier Rhode Island for all.