Wildflower Healthcare and 27 years of service with local free, high-quality dental and medical care

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Nov. 17, 2022 - PRLog -- Wildflower Healthcare at 268 Herbert Street in West St. Augustine, provides free, high-quality dental and medical care to underserved, uninsured adult residents in St. Johns County and neighboring communities. Since 1995, volunteer health professionals and paid staff have provided compassionate care and health education through clinics and community outreach programs.

The Wildflower Clinic serves uninsured adults 18 years and older with an annual income below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level which is $55,500 in 2022 for a family of four. The target patient population includes small business owners, restaurant workers, many new residents of St Johns County, and the homeless population, among others. Community partners, volunteers, individual donors, and philanthropic foundations have generously supported the nonprofit with new and existing programs and services.

Wildflower Healthcare provides much-needed dental exams, x-rays, extractions, fillings, dentures, routine cleaning, and dental health education. Medical services include primary care with lab work and x-rays, urgent care, specialty clinics in cardio, endocrinology, orthopedics, hematology, gastroenterology, and vision screenings. Women's wellness health and prescription assistance is also provided.

According to Michelle P. Colee, Wildflower Healthcare's Executive Director, patients can also receive newly expanded social services expertise at the facility with expansion of dental and medical care, plus in house diabetic education, and additional staff professionals recently hired in outreach, dental and medical, and volunteer physicians in a myriad of specialties. The organization is continuing its ongoing services and programs six days a week from Monday through Saturday and closed on Sunday.

As the only free dental and medical clinic in St Johns County, Wildflower Healthcare has seen a 30 percent increase in services provided this year with a mission to ensure access to high-quality, compassionate care for uninsured adult residents in St. Johns County. The nonprofit is recognized as a significant contributor to the health and wellbeing of people while building and sustaining full diversity and acceptance through the nonprofit's culture, values, norms, and behaviors. For more information, call Michelle P. Colee at 904-829-1962, ext. 105, email director@wildflowerhealthcare.org. Visit the website at https://www.wildflowerhealthcare.org.