Started at a time when little or no health care services for the homeless were available, it is one of only a few full time clinics in the area devoted to caring for the homeless. The Health Center is a non profit agency. It is funded in part by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Health Care Act with limited in kind donations from the UCLA School of Nursing, Union Rescue Mission and County of Los Angeles. We rely heavily on the generous contributions of persons in the community to help support our operation. Nurse Practitioners collaborate with physicians in providing medical care using approved standardized procedures.
Physician services are also available.
The nurse practitioners are assisted by a full time Health Center Coordinator. Additionally persons enrolled in the URM's recovery program work in the health center for a few hours a day. Some of these workers have gone on to complete training as medical assistants and vocational nursing upon completion of the URM program. The health center is used as a clinical learning site for graduate nursing students who are studying to become nurse practitioners. These students are licensed registered nurses working on a master's degree in nursing.