Healthcare Services:

• Lazarus Free Medical Clinic
  210 Wonders Street, Wildwood, FL 34785
  
  Phone: 352-748-4567
  Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 - 8:00 PM
  
  
• St. Thomas Aquinas Medical Clinic
  510 Brown Chapel Road, St. Cloud, FL 34769
  
  Phone: 407-593-1256
  Hours: Wednesdays 5:00 - 8:00 PM
  
  

Lazarus Free Medical Clinic provides free medical care to Lake, Sumter Counties uninsured working poor.

The mission of the LFMC is to promote wellness and to provide caring, quality medical care, specialty referral services, preventive health education to disadvantaged migrant workers and the working poor families of Sumter/Lake/Marion Counties. Residents who are at or below the Federal Poverty Level qualify for services. The San Pedro Maldonado Mission provides the facility and CCCF provides the oversight and management of the medical clinic.

Guiding principles for Clinic operations

• Provide free medical care for the working poor in Sumter, Lake, and Marion Counties
• Serve diverse populations
• Provide medical care for poor, disadvantaged, underserved population

Clinic operations

• Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00—8:00 P.M. (except holidays)
  

Clinic Staffing:
Medical Director, Physicians, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurses, Certified Health Educator, and Eligibility Specialists volunteering their time.

Hospital commitments/agreements are established for in-kind patient lab/x-rays

Funding is provided by donations from churches, individuals, grants from local hospital foundations, in-kind donations of medical and office equipment and local fund raising efforts. However, volunteers are the major contributors to the success of the clinic.

Financial: Catholic Charities of Central Florida has received a grant from the Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida to enhance clinic operations, in addition to donations from local Catholic Churches and the faith-based community.

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St. Thomas Aquinas Free Medical Clinic provides medical care to Osceola County’s uninsured working poor.

Guiding principles for Clinic operations

• Provide free medical care for the working poor in Osceola County
• Reaffirm the clinic’s commitment to serve diverse populations
• Provide medical care for the poor, disadvantaged population
  

Clinic Staffing:

• Volunteer Medical Director, Physicians, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurses, Certified Health Educator, and Eligibility Specialists

Hospital commitments/agreements are established for in-kind patient lab/x-rays

Funding is provided by donations from churches, individuals, grants from local hospital foundations, in-kind donations of medical and office equipment and local fund raising efforts. However, volunteers are the major contributors to the success of the clinic.

Financial: Catholic Charities of Central Florida has received donations from local Catholic Churches and the faith-based community.

Catholic Charities of Central Florida Medical Clinics (St. Cloud) provide health care programs and services such as medical care, case management, and medication referrals, preventive health education programs, medical specialist referrals, and referrals to community social services for the working poor.

The clinic complies with all State, Federal and HIPAA regulatory requirements. Licensed health care professionals are granted sovereign immunity under the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program under the Department of Health, State of Florida. CCCF holds separate sovereign immunity as a provider.

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