Welcome to the New WFCA website!
With funds provided by the Department of Health, the support of the Member Resources Committee, and the skilled services of Dan Baldwin at Truecast Design, we are pleased to launch this website as a resource hub for Free Clinic members of the Washington Free Clinic Association. If you work or volunteer with a member Free Clinic and would like access to the Member Resources section, please ask your clinic director to contact us and we will gladly grant access to Member Resources. If you work with a Free Clinic that is not currently a member of the WFCA, apply for membership today! As this website expands, we will include additional public resources to help individuals access needed health care.
What is the Washington Free Clinic Association?
The Washington Free Clinic Association is a non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to strengthen and support the Free Clinics of Washington through advocacy, education and professional networking. Free Clinics are private, non-profit, community or faith-based organizations that provide medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and/or mental health services at little or no cost to uninsured and underinsured people through the use of volunteer health professionals, community volunteers, and partnerships with other health providers. There are currently 32 identified Free Clinics in Washington today and that number is growing. The WFCA estimates that Free Clinics may have had as many as 45,000 patient visits in 2008 alone.
Join us for the 2009 Washington Free Clinic Networking Conference September 25-26, 2009
If you work or volunteer at a Free Clinic, or are involved in the greater health care community of Washington and believe in the mission of Free Clinics, please join us September 25-26 in Lacey, WA for the 4th Annual Free Clinic Networking Conference. This is an informational meeting designed for clinics of all sizes to learn from each other to enhance the quality health care provided to patients. This is your opportunity to share your ideas and practices with other clinics, and to learn new ways to improve the services provided at your clinic. This year’s conference focuses on the issue of Access in Washington, and the role of Free Clinics within the context of a changing Health System.
Current speakers include:
- Lorna Stone of the Washington Health Foundation
- Barb Flye of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner
- Aaron Katz at the UW School of Public Health
- Sam Watson of the Department of Health Primary Care Office
- Sallie Neillie of King County Project Access
- Larry Little of the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics (VIMO) Clinic
- Marc Stern, a consultant in correctional health care
- And more!
Download our registration form and register today! If you have general questions about the conference, or are interested in corporate sponsorship, please contact us.
Many thanks to this year’s sponsors and contributors:
For directions to the conference, view the map here. Where Carpenter Road forks into Stanfield Road, you will actually want to take the soft right onto Stanfield and then an immediate left into the parking lot. There is ample parking available. Registration begins at 8:30am on Friday.
