Community Center is extremely vibrant, despite the building's plain exterior. Not only is the facility clean, colorful and full of friendly folks, but it houses some of the city's most productive and important LGBT organizations, including the new Planned Parenthood clinic, OutCare. The clinic's main target audience is LGBT youth, but anyone, regardless of age or orientation, is welcome.
Teens receive completely free care, and services for adults are based on a sliding-fee scale.
The idea for the clinic was born in the mind of Rose Mary Oliviera, a Grants Administrator for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Concerned about a lack of health care options for gay and lesbians, as well as the insensitivity and homophobia of some medical providers, she began to do research and later secured funding for OutCare from Region V, Title X, Family Planning. According to Neil Albrecht, executive director of the LGBT Community Center, there is great need for such a clinic. If a person doesn't feel safe disclosing their sexual identity to their medical provider, they won't do it. Again, if the individual is concerned about incurring more debt, they will not access preventative medical care.