Care to the Medically Underserved
- Vietnamese Clinic The Institute operates a clinic for Vietnamese speaking patients through a partnership with Catholic Charities South Side.
- Elderly and Disabled Housing At the invitation of the St. Louis Housing Authority, the Institute has established clinical care sites to serve residents of subsidized housing. Such a clinic is now operational at the Parkview Housing Complex.
- International Institute The International Institute helps to settle hundreds of refugees to the St. Louis area each year. As a matter of individual and public health, these individuals need immunizations required in this country. Language is a barrier to obtaining health care for these individuals, so the Institute for Family Medicine set up a program with the International Institute to provide immunizations to these individual at the International Institute site where translators are readily available.
- Youth in Need Youth In Need offers a variety of children’s services from Head Start Programs to transitional housing for homeless teens.
Current Grant Programs
- Click the link above to learn more about our current grant programs
Dental Varnish Program
- Click the link above to learn more about our dental varnish program.
School Health and Child Services
Institute providers work with the administration and nursing personnel to enhance the school health program, assisting in staff development, immunization clinics, health education, policy development, chronic disease management, and screening and sports physicals. Each program is tailored to the needs and resources of the district.
- Jennings School District
- Hancock Place School District
- Bayless School District
- Maplewood Richmond Heights School District
- University City School District
- St. Louis Public School District
- St. Louis Special School District
- University of Missouri-St. Louis
- St. Louis Crisis Nursery The St. Louis Crisis Nursery provides emergency care for children when families are dealing with a crisis. There are five Nursery locations in the greater St. Louis/St. Charles region. The Institute sees children for an admission physical and to address acute health care needs.
- Covenant House of Missouri The St. Louis chapter of this national organization serving runaway and homeless teens looks to the Institute physicians for admission physicals, urgent health care needs, chronic disease management, and mental health screening for the individuals they serve.
- Every Child’s Hope (formerly Evangelical Children’s Home) This 140 year old institution has as its mission to assist children, youth and their families in their quest for health and wholeness through faithful, professional services. The Institute provides medical director services, and direct on-campus patient care services.
