Free Clinic of Powhatan

The Free Clinic of Powhatan must:
• expand our Clinic hours
• establish our dental clinic
• increase medical staffing
• increase mental health outreach in Powhatan High School and Middle School
• create a waiting area with space where everyone can be seated
• registration desk out of earshot of other waiting patients
• salary expenses for new staff (e.g. mental health counselors, dental hygienist, dental assistant, front desk receptionist)
• purchase of new computers/office equipment
• installation of an Electronic Health Records system

We embarked on a Comprehensive Campaign to address these issues. To date, we have raised $1.7 million towards our $2 million goal. Although we are grateful to have the Powhatan Health Department space for 15 hours a week, it no longer meets our needs. Fortunately, the County of Powhatan offered us 3200 square feet in the vacated School Board Building. The County, long a generous partner of the Free Clinic, will not charge us rent nor fees for public utilities. Moreover, the County will maintain the exterior of the building, the parking lot, and grounds.

The Clinic renovations are complete. Volunteers are assembling furniture, moving equipment and refiling records. We will officially open in February, 2021.

The Clinic has a plan to sustain these additional expenses connected with your expansion of services, which includes the following:
• Our fundraising success is proven. Our list of donors and partners has grown, and continues to grow, as our menu of services has grown.
• The County of Powhatan will cover our costs for public utilities; for maintaining the exterior of the building, grounds, and parking lot; and for cleaning our Clinic.
• Stable funding from the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, of which the Free Clinic of Powhatan is a member, should increase as our patient load increases.
• Our in-kind contributions, which account for 65% of our operating budget, are expected to increase as our patient load increases.

Although we are grateful to have the Powhatan Health Department space for 15 hours a week, it no longer meets our needs. Fortunately, the County of Powhatan offered us 3200 square feet in the vacated School Board Building. The County, long a generous partner of the Free Clinic, will not charge us rent nor fees for public utilities. Moreover, the County will maintain the exterior of the building, the parking lot, and grounds. The Public Works Department and the Powhatan IT Services Division will occupy the other part of the building.

This new space and other campaign funding will allow us to:
• expand our Clinic hours
• establish our dental clinic
• increase medical staffing
• increase mental health outreach in Powhatan High School and Middle School
• create a waiting area with space where everyone can be seated
• registration desk out of earshot of other waiting patients
• provide additional salary expenses for existing staff as the Clinic’s hours will increase
• salary expenses for new staff (e.g. mental health counselors, dental hygienist, dental assistant, front desk receptionist)
• purchase of new computers/office equipment
• installation of an Electronic Health Records system