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The Downtown Clinic provides high-quality healthcare to uninsured people experiencing poverty in Albany County, Wyoming.

For over two decades, the Downtown Clinic has provided primary and specialty healthcare services to individuals in Albany County, Wyoming. With five full-time, and 5 part-time staff members, and over 80 community volunteers, the Downtown Clinic provides free healthcare to nearly 400 individuals each year living at the margins. The Clinic raises most of its funding from local sources (more than 75%) and spends over 95 cents of every dollar locally. The Clinic was built upon the fundamental belief that all should have access to high-quality healthcare and in its 24 years of existence, the Clinic has cared for over 11,000 families in need.

With the help of donors and the local community, we provided 1.345 million dollars worth of community services including medication, social work, primary visits, specialist visits, and vaccinations to the Albany County community in 2022. 390 individuals had access to over 2480 appointments and 3400 prescription medications.

Reports state that 23% of individuals in Albany County, Wyoming earn income at or below the poverty line. The lack of Medicaid expansion in Wyoming has emphasized the need for a facility like ours. We thank you for your continuous support and the expanding possibilities you have helped us create!

There are more individuals and families out there that need our help. We are ready to serve and support them! By increasing our full-time staff this year and developing a mobile health unit, we have successfully increased our mental health services, advanced our cancer screening process, and gone mobile with our clinic van in the community. We follow through with what we promise.

We believe:

  • that everyone in our community is valuable.
  • that all deserve high-quality healthcare.
  • that strong, vibrant communities are composed of healthy individuals and families
  • that we all have a role to play in the health of our community, and that together we can build a more just and equitable community-based healthcare system that is effective and innovative.

With your partnership, we have created hope in 2023 for our community and uninsured individuals who wouldn't have access to it otherwise.

Will you support us in finishing strong and leading with passion in the new year?