Free health clinic on September 3

Katie Marshall and Merry Ann Frisby
Shepherds’ Hands of the Suwannee Valley

Do you or someone you know need medical care? The Shepherd’s Hands free health clinic is open this month in Jefferson County on Tuesday, September 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church on Cherry Street in Monticello. This clinic is a social service agency of Shepherd’s Hands of the Suwannee Valley, Inc., of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida.
Services are offered to anyone who qualifies and needs them and may include medical examinations tailored to the individual’s specific problems, tests for diabetes, urinalysis, screening for eye problems and an EKG machine to monitor the heart.
Shepherd’s Hands free medical clinic is for people who are uninsured and meet certain income criteria. There are many hard-working people who go to work every day to provide for their families, but they cannot afford health insurance. The clinic is completely free. The lab tests are completely free.
Shepherds Hands is made up of medical and non-medical volunteers. These people come from various local churches and donate their time to help other neighbors. Non-medical volunteers are trained by the Florida Department of Health. All volunteers want to help keep the people of Jefferson County as healthy as possible.
To be eligible for the Services:
1. You must not have health insurance (this includes Medicaid and Medicare).
2. Your income must be below the table values ​​listed below:

National guidelines on the poverty line 2024

For each additional person, an additional $896 is added.

If you are uninsured, meet the financial criteria above and need medical assistance, come to the clinic, which is held the first Tuesday of every month from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 425 N. Cherry St. in Monticello.