Announcements
November 13, 2009 -- Sheri Wood and Clinic Staff are in New Orleans to work the MEGA free health clinic hosted by NAFC, Saturday. November 14. Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) will have something each evening for the next week on the NO Clinic. There will be national press at the clinic and segments on the Saturday Today Show, MSNBC and CNN.
November 20, 2009 - Ashlee RB Folsom, Clinic Youth Prevention Specialist Elected Co Chair of Statewide Prevention Planning Group
At the quarterly meeting of the Missouri Statewide HIV Prevention Community Planning Group (CPG) meeting in Jefferson City on November 20, 2009, Ashlee RB Folsom, M.A., Youth Prevention Specialist at the Clinic, was elected to serve as 2010 CPG Co Chair representing the urban communities.
Tax dollars are allocated to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for HIV prevention funding. In order to request funding for HIV prevention, each state must form a Community Planning Group. The Missouri Statewide HIV Prevention Community Planning Group (CPG) composes a Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan and requests HIV Prevention Funds from the CDC. The funds are then allocated throughout the state of Missouri. The CPG must achieve PIR – Parity, Inclusion and Representation; thus, important stakeholders from all over the state must share their voice at CPG. The CPG is lead by the Statewide HIV Prevention Planner and two Community Co Chairs, one representing the urban areas of Missouri and one representing the rural areas of the state.
As Youth Prevention Specialist at the Clinic, Ashlee has played the key role in the development, implementation and coordination of the Clinic’s youth prevention services since inception in fall of 2007.  She has more than 7 years experience in STI/HIV prevention education. Ms. Folsom facilitates the Kansas City region’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC), provides STI/HIV prevention education presentations to Kansas City area high schools, colleges and youth-serving organizations, assists with facilitating STI/HIV screening for youth in the Kansas City area and serves on both regional and state STI/HIV prevention planning bodies including serving as co-chair for the Missouri HIV Prevention Community Planning Group Youth Subcommittee
November 6, 2009 . Great News for Thousands of Uninsured People in Heartland
Who Need to See a Doctor!
Hosted by National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC),
Mega FREE health C.A.R.E. clinic will be held at Kansas
City’s Bartle Hall on December 9 & 10
Working in conjunction with most local
health care providers, the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC)
will host a two day FREE health C.A.R.E. clinic at Bartle Hall in Kansas
City, MO, on Wednesday and Thursday, December 9 and 10Th.
The Kansas City C.A.R.E. (Communities are Responding
Everyday) clinic is similar to the free health clinic
hosted by Dr. Oz, The Dr. Oz Show, in September in
Houston that provided free basic health care to nearly
1800 people. The Kansas City C.A.R.E. clinic is expected
to provide care for 3000 or more people. To improve
accessibly for those who need care the most, the Kansas
City clinic will be held on two week days and will
be open both daytime and evening hours (Noon – 8:00
on Wednesday and 10:00 to 6:00 on Thursday).
Supporting the NAFC in this major health care initiative
are most health care providers in and around the Kansas
City community, including safety net clinics, hospitals,
physician practices and other health care, mental health
and social service providers. Four hundred or so medical
professionals will be supported by 700+ other volunteers
to provide medical services.
November 13, 2009 -- Sheri Wood and Clinic Staff are in New Orleans to work the MEGA free health clinic hosted by NAFC, Saturday. November 14. Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) will have something each evening for the next week on the NO Clinic. There will be national press at the clinic and segments on the Saturday Today Show, MSNBC and CNN.
November 4, 2009 -- Great news for thousands of uninsured people in heartland who need to see a doctor! Hosted by National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC), a mega FREE health C.A.R.E. clinic will be held at Kansas City's Bartle Hall on December 9 & 10.
November 3, 2009 -- Full-time student, part-time pastor at local church and patient at the Clinic, Vallory Williams is featured in United Way of Greater Kansas City success story just released today, November 3. Read more on our Facebook page.
October 30, 2009 -- The October 30 issue of the Kansas City Business Journal ran the photo of Kansas City Free Health Clinic Executive Director Sheri Wood, seven Clinic staff members, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the new and highly acclaimed The Dr. Oz Show, at the TCARE free health clinic Houston, Texas, on September 26. The one day clinic provided health care to 1754 people.
October 21, 2009 -- Nicole Lamoureux, the executive director of National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC), announced on October 21 on Keith Olbermann’s nightly news and commentary show on MSNBC that the C.A.R.E. (Communities Are Responding Everyday ) clinics will be held in New Orleans on November 14th and Little Rock on November 21st and then IN KANSAS CITY on December 9th and 10th at Bartle Hall.
October 17, 2009 -- Although a cloudy, gray appearing day, over 2400 people gathered at the Legends to enjoy the 3rd annual KCBeerfest!