HELPING HANDS HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER INC

THE MISSION OF HELPING HANDS HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER (HHHWC) IS TO BE THE CARING HANDS OF JESUS BY PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, COUNSELING, AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. HHHWC IS A FAITH- BASED FREE MEDICAL CLINIC THAT PROVIDES FAMILY MEDICINE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO MEDICALLY UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED ADULTS WITH HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AT OR BELOW 400 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. IN 2025, HELPING HANDS HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER EXPERIENCED CONTINUED AND SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN BOTH PATIENT VOLUME AND SERVICES PROVIDED. COMPARED TO 2024, THE CLINIC AGAIN DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF SERVICES DELIVERED. FROM 2023 THROUGH 2025, TOTAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CLINIC INCREASED MORE THAN FOURFOLD. THIS GROWTH REFLECTS THE CLINICS ONGOING COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, HOLISTIC CARE FOR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED ADULTS. IN 2025, HHHWC SERVED 1,058 INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS THROUGH 1,480 CLINIC VISITS AND PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 15,063 SERVICES. GROWTH WAS ACHIEVED BY EXPANDING EXISTING PROGRAMS AND ADDING NEW ON-SITE SERVICES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDED INCREASING ACCESS TO FREE MEDICATIONS DISPENSED ON SITE, DISTRIBUTING FIT KITS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING, EXPANDING LABORATORY SERVICES SUCH AS ON-SITE A1C TESTING FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS, AND PROVIDING CHRONIC CONDITION KITS TO SUPPORT DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND PATIENT EDUCATION. HHHWC PRIMARILY SERVES INDIVIDUALS WHO LACK ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE. IN 2025, 91% OF PATIENTS WERE UNINSURED AND 9% WERE UNDERINSURED, CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR YEARS. THE CLINIC SERVED 1,058 PATIENTS DURING THE YEAR, INCLUDING 299 FIRST-TIME PATIENTS. MOST PATIENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE CLINIC THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH. AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE PATIENT POPULATION WAS PREDOMINANTLY FEMALE, WITH 64 PERCENT IDENTIFYING AS WOMEN AND 36 PERCENT IDENTIFYING AS MEN. PATIENTS SERVED BY HHHWC REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF ADULT AGE GROUPS. IN 2025, 12 PERCENT OF CLINIC VISITS WERE FROM PATIENTS AGES 1829, 16 PERCENT FROM AGES 3039, 21 PERCENT FROM AGES 4049, 22 PERCENT FROM AGES 5059, 22 PERCENT FROM AGES 6064, AND 8 PERCENT FROM PATIENTS AGE 65 AND OLDER. THESE FIGURES ARE CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR YEARS AND DEMONSTRATE THAT ADULTS ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS RELY ON THE CLINIC FOR CARE. THE CLINIC DOES NOT IMPOSE GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS ON WHO IT SERVES AND PROVIDES CARE TO ANY.