Beach Health Clinic is a volunteer staffed, private, non-profit clinic established in 1986 by a group of concerned physicians. The mission of the clinic is to provide basic medical services and prescription assistance to the uninsured, working poor families of Virginia Beach. 53,000 children and adults in our city do not have health insurance.

Our patients come to Beach Health Clinic from all neighborhoods in the city and most are employed in service, retail, education and construction but are not provided health insurance benefits. Some patients are temporarily uninsured because they are between jobs — many are children whose parents do not earn health insurance from their employers.

Funding for Beach Health Clinic comes from individual donations, United Way designations and grants. Because more than 200 doctors, nurses and lay people donate their time and some donate samples and supplies, the clinic is able to provide $7 in free medical care and prescription medications for every $1 spent. Last year the clinic provided more than $2.5million in free care to 13,000 sick children and adults.