This will allow Miles for Smiles to sterilize their own equipment on site. The dental clinic has been in operation since 1997 and has steadily increased its patient capacity. VIH funds will be used to recruit volunteer dentists and hygienists in order to expand the hours currently available through volunteer personnel. These volunteers will supplement existing paid dental staff. Calcasieu Community Clinic Lake Charles, Louisiana The Calcasieu Parish Medical Society formed a task force to plan and launch a free clinic in Southwest Louisiana.
Plans are to open the clinic in late summer or early fall.
Before that time, however, the clinic must recruit volunteers and make patients aware of this new community resource. The clinic will use VIH grant funds to instruct local Junior League members how to recruit and train administrative volunteers. Funds will also pay for displays that will be set up in public places, such as shopping malls, to inform patients about the new clinic. Carondelet LifeCare Ministries St. Paul, MN Carondelet offers a network of eleven clinics that provide free primary care for the poor and medically underserved. VIH funds will be used to enroll 34 volunteers in Spanish for Health Care Provider classes.