Thirty years ago, Dr. Jim Withers began walking Pittsburgh’s alleys and bridges at night to treat people who would never make it to a clinic. His street medicine model has since spread to over 200 cities on six continents.
Fundación Santa en las Calles operates two mobile clinics serving people experiencing homelessness. Panabus provides comprehensive primary care, while its newer pink companion Panarosa offers full gynecological services to women on the streets.
A mobile health program run by Northwell Health and the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless is reaching patients who might otherwise never see a doctor, and helping some find their way off the streets.
Nurse Stanley Stinson and dedicated volunteers deliver vital healthcare directly to Detroit’s unhoused, building trust and transforming lives with support from The Pfizer Foundation and Direct Relief.
Care Beyond the Boulevard delivers essential medical services to Kansas City’s homeless and uninsured communities, expanding from a volunteer-run mobile clinic to a vital healthcare provider filling gaps left by recent clinic closures.