Contact Name: Judith Long, Executive Director
Contact Phone Number: 828.697.8422 x125
Contact Email Address: [email protected]
Address: 841 Case Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Organization Phone Number: 828.697.8422
Website: www.thefreeclinics.org
Mission Statement: changing lives together, with health and hope
Description of mission and primary service: The Free Clinics is a safety net health organization serving Henderson and Polk Counties. We offer 26 different programs in the areas of acute care, behavioral health care, chronic & specialty care, community health, innovative primary care, and pharmaceutical support. In 2021-22 we served 2700 vulnerable clients. Our clinical outcomes for patients better the outcomes of commercially insured persons in NC. The NC Healthcare Association analysis reveals a 70% reduction in inappropriate utilization in hospital emergency departments upon a person’s enrollment in our care.
Dates of fiscal year: July – June
Year of most recently completed audit: 2021-22
Counties Served: Henderson, Polk
Tax Exemption Status: 501 (c) (3)
Total # of staff: 32
Current of operating budget: $2,175,783
Current list of board members: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ld1KE1fmhLP5VJyVX6b6nWoIjMt_lBhs
Length of board’s terms of service: Initial term is three years, renewable for another 3 years