Westminster Free Clinic

Through its three clinic locations in thousand oaks, oxnard and santa paula, wfc serves different regions of ventura county and fills a unique gap in the local healthcare safety net providing comprehensive services designed to meet the uninsured and underinsured people's needs, including basic primary care services, medications, labs, mental health services, vision and dental services, health screenings, flu vaccines, mammograms, colorectal cancer screenings, diabetes home test kits, ekg's, physical therapy, chiropractic services, podiatry, case management, nutrition counseling, and much more. The use of electronic health records (ehr) enhances the clinic's capacity and quality of care. 97% of services are provided by volunteers.

Wfc's teen healthcare training and internship program prepares over 350 high school students annually for college and careers in the growing healthcare sector. More than half of the students in this program are from low-income, underserved families, and most are the children of clinic patients. The program exposes teens to careers in medicine, nursing, pharmacology, dentistry, optometry, community health, etc., and provides them with training, adult mentorship, peer support, service learning, and college and career counseling. Students assist volunteer physicians in the delivery of care to the uninsured and gain hands-on experience in basic clinical skills.