West Side Community Health Services Inc

Programs: The organization provides comprehensive health care and social services with bilingual/bicultural staff on a sliding fee scale. Services include primary, specialty, preventive, urgent care, complementary, pharmacy, dental, ob/gyn, mental health, social and wrap-around services such as transportation and assistance with health plan enrollment. We are proud to serve over 35,000 patients each year. We serve the diverse st. Paul metro area community - particularly the latino and hmong populations, st. Paul public housing residents, the homeless, and adolescents - in a service area that includes a significant portion of the city of st. Paul and ramsey county.

the organization provides preventive, restorative, and emergency dental services to over 5,500 patients at two clinics. West side dental clinic and east side family dental clinic. Our bright smiles dental program is a partnership with the greater twin cities united way & the knight foundation services are approved for children in ramsey & dakota counties. The partnership for improving children's oral health in ramsey county strives to improve the oral health of disadvantaged populations through community outreach, education & dental services. Bright smiles strives to ensure that latino children have access to dental care & families are educated on effective oral health practices. There is no charge for these services.

the organization provides medication dispensing service and medication therapy management (mtm) mtm goes beyond the standard counseling associated with receiving a new prescription, working directly with doctors to assure that all medication needs are being met. Uninsured patients receive sliding scale discounts based upon income and lower priced drugs. When prices still remain too high, pharmacists aid patients in receiving medication through manufacturer patient assistance programs, which provides free medication to qualifying uninsured patients, or through the dispensing of sample medication

additional program services the organization provides at its clinics include - adolescent health care services - diabetes care - eviction prevention - family planning & pregnancy testing - family support & mental health counseling - health education - hiv care - nutrition services - prenatal care - senior healthcare - well child care and immunizations - women's health - and, women's, infants, and children (wic) program.