South King County Mobile Medical Care for Homeless People

A Mobile Medical Care client works with a staff member

The Mobile Medical program provides basic medical care to homeless individuals and families living in south King County. A doctor or nurse provides exams and treatment. The program does not charge a fee and does not require insurance.

The medical van holds clinics at free meal programs on the dates listed on the chart at the bottom of this page. Homeless people needing health care can walk up to the program’s medical van. No appointment is necessary.

Medical van staff can also assist homeless people locate help with:

Housing or shelter
A doctor's office that can provide follow-up care
Assistance with DSHS or SSI benefits applications
Dental care
Mental health care, including counseling
Substance abuse treatment

The medical van does not carry narcotics or provide any prescription pain medications.

February 2012 medical van schedule (PDF)
PLEASE NOTE: This program provides walk-in care for people who are living homeless (or were recently homeless) only.

For more information, contact:
Robin Laurence, Public Health - Seattle & King County, at 206-330-6775 or robin.laurence@kingcounty.gov

Date	Day	Clinic Times	Location	Notes
Feb 8	Wed	4:30 PM to 7:30 PM	Salvation Army 720 S. Tobin St. Renton	No doctor available for Feb. 8.
Feb 13	Mon	3:30 PM to 7:30 PM	Kent Lutheran Church 336 2nd Ave S Kent	.
Feb 14	Tues	11 AM to 3 PM	Church by the Side of the Road 3455 S. 148th St Tukwila	.
Feb 16	Thurs	3:30 PM to 7:30 PM	Calvary Lutheran Church 2415 S. 320th St Federal Way	.
Feb 21	Tues	11 AM to 3 PM	Transform Burien 14501 4th Ave SW (On 4th Ave SW between SW 144th Street and SW 146th Street by the skateboard park) Burien	.
Feb 22	Wed	11 AM to 3 PM	New Hope Christian Fellowship 31411 6th Ave S Federal Way	Dental clinic will join medical clinic this day.
Feb 23	Thurs	3:30 PM to 7:30 PM	Calvary Lutheran Church 2415 S. 320th St Federal Way	.
Feb 27	Mon	2:30 PM to 6:30 PM	First United Methodist Church 100 N St. SE Auburn	Dental clinic will join medical clinic this day.
Feb 29	Wed	4:30 PM to 7:30 PM	Salvation Army 720 S. Tobin St. Renton	.

contact

For more information, contact the Mobile Medical Program manager John Gilvar at john.gilvar@kingcounty.gov or use our online form.

The linked schedule is in Adobe PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer to open PDFs. Download and install Reader for free.

The Mobile Medical Program is funded by the King County Veterans and Human Services Levy

The federal Bureau of Primary Care definition of Homelessness used by the Mobile Medical Program:

A homeless individual is defined as "an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family), including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility (e.g., shelters) that provides temporary living accommodations, and an individual who is a resident in transitional housing."

A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter, mission, single room occupancy facilities, abandoned building or vehicle; or in any other unstable or non-permanent situation.

An individual may be considered to be homeless if that person is "doubled up," a term that refers to a situation where individuals are unable to maintain their housing situation and are forced to stay with a series of friends and/or extended family members.

In addition, previously homeless individuals who are to be released from a prison or a hospital may be considered homeless if they do not have a stable housing situation to which they can return. A recognition of the instability of an individual's living arrangements is critical to the definition of homelessness.