1. Case Study: The Georgia Free Clinic Network Presented by: Donna Looper, Executive Director

2. Data presented was compiled by the Georgia Free Clinic Network from information provided by member clinics and a national survey conducted in 2006 by Julie Darnell, MHSA,AM of the Division of Health and Policy Administration, School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

3. Mission The mission of the Georgia Free Clinic Network is “to provide a collaborative support system to foster growth and development of charitable clinics and improve access to quality healthcare for the medically underserved across the state.”

5. History Started in 2003 Resource Sharing Participation by 15 clinics

6. SHAPSHOT OF GEORGIA’S CHARITABLE CLINICS WHAT THEY DO AND WHO THEY SERVE

7. Organizations and Groups that Helped to Establish Free Clinics

8. Top Sources of Funding

9. Types of Clinics GeorgiaUnited States

10. Religious Affiliation United StatesGeorgia Note: Data is based on 752 clinics.Note: Data is based on 22 clinics.

11. Relationship with Patients

12. Operating Budget

13. Patients by Age Group

14. Residency Eligibility Requirements United StatesGeorgia Note: Data is based on 757 clinics.Note: Data is based on 20 clinics.

15. Income Eligibility Requirements United StatesGeorgia Note: Data is based on 750 clinics.Note: Data is based on 22 clinics.

16. Patients by Insurance Status United StatesGeorgia

17. Relationship with Patients

18. Average Number of Patient Visits per Clinic per Year Mean Medical Visits Median Medical Visits Mean Dental Visits Median Dental Visits

19. Primary Care Services

20. On-Site Pharmaceutical Facilities

21. Number of Volunteer Hours per Clinic per Year

22. Paid Staff

23. Focus  Unify clinics serving Georgia’s uninsured through programming, advocacy, and communications  Development, implementation and replication of data gathering resources  Strengthening the infrastructure to serve membership  Assisting in the development of new services in areas of highest unmet need

24.  Communications  Technical Assistance Programming  Annual Conference  Advocacy

25. Funding

26. Future  Tele-Psychiatry Project  Specialty Referral System  Data Aggregation Project  Volunteer Recruitment System  Legislative & Regulatory Planning