ADVOCATING FOR GEORGIA’S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

BY AMPLIFYING THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF FREE AND CHARITY CARE PROVIDERS

OUR MISSION

We envision a future in which all Georgians can access affordable, high-quality healthcare.

To that end, GCCN fosters collaborative partnerships and provides funding, education, and advocacy to the state’s free and charity care providers.

JOIN THE NETWORK

Georgia Charitable Care Network is the only statewide organization whose mission is solely focused on the needs of charitable and free clinics, individual providers and the populations they serve.

WORKING FOR YOU

Our advocates work exclusively on behalf of Georgia’s safety net clinics, ensuring that their needs are considered and respected by key policymakers in the state government, and were instrumental in passing and improving legislation that established the Georgia Volunteers in Medicine Act.

WE PROVIDE RESOURCES

PATIENTS

GCCN provides patients with the resources that they need to find and access the quality, compassionate healthcare that they need and deserve within their own communities.

PROVIDERS

GCCN provides our Network of Free and Charitable Clinics with the resources that they need to give and expand their scope of care to the patients who deserve quality, compassionate healthcare in our communities.

AN ALTERNATIVE, COST EFFICIENT SOLUTION: CHARITABLE CLINICS

Charitable Clinics provide health services to Georgia’s uninsured and underserved.

In 2021, 241,911 unique patients were served, with total patient visits equaling 494,111.

95%

OF PATIENTS ARE UNINSURED

74%

OF PATIENTS ARE EMPLOYED, SOMETIMES HOLDING MORE THAN ONE JOB

62%

OF PATIENTS SERVED ARE LIVING BELOW 100% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL

EVERY $1 SPENT IN SUPPORT OF CHARITY CARE PROVIDES $10 IN SERVICES