City of Philadelphia
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Figuring out how to access medical care, including mental health or addiction treatment services, can be a major challenge for people leaving jail and prison.
That is why the nonprofit Philadelphia FIGHT is opening a walk-in clinic on the second floor of its Center City facility to provide wraparound services to people re-entering the community after periods of incarceration.
Philadelphia FIGHT offers health care and support to people facing health disparities throughout the city and already has several other services at its building at 1207 Chestnut St.
Its John Bell Health Center on the third floor provides primary care, HIV prevention, mental health services and nutrition education for people 18 and older. On the fifth floor, Philadelphia FIGHT Pediatrics offers primary care for children and adolescents, with a special focus on youth who have experienced social adversity. The Y-HEP Adolescent and Young Adult Health Center has trauma-informed primary care, sexual and reproductive health services, pre-exposure prophylaxis medication and other services for adolescents and young adults ages 13 to 26.