Free Clinic of Southwest Washington receives $25,000 for specialty program

Bagley Downs — The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington received $25,000 from the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington to support the clinic’s Specialty Care Program, which provides free specialty care for low-income, uninsured Clark County residents. Since the start of the program in 2009, an average of 395 patients annually have received specialty care services from 200 specialists and three hospital systems. The grant will support the cost of care coordination, interpreters and medications. “By giving our patients access to these specialty services, we’re truly providing much-needed care for those in need,” Barbe West, executive director of the Free Clinic, said in a release.