About Healthy Kids School-Based Clinics
Healthy Kids School-Based Clinics have been serving children and youth living in Johnson and Washington Counties for 15 years. We provide FREE primary care services for children from birth through high-school graduation who are uninsured, who cannot afford high deductibles/copays or who experience extreme barriers to accessing healthcare. We offer high quality, evidence based, cost-effective and patient-centered healthcare inside school buildings for kids who have no other option.
The clinic began as a collaboration between ICCSD, Mercy Hospital, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC), and United Way. The clinics have also received support from many additional community agencies and providers over the ensuing years.
The clinics are currently located inside City High School, Northwest Junior High School and Southeast Junior High School. We travel to West High School once a month during the school year. The clinics at Northwest and Southeast welcome children from all schools and children of all ages from Johnson and Washington Counties, even infants and toddlers.
We offer appointments three days per week.
We try to alleviate barriers to care whenever possible. For example, we provide taxis for those without transportation. We have staff who speak Spanish and hire in-person interpreters for other languages. Parents must give consent but do not need to accompany teens to every appointment which decreases time away from work. We also help with the cost of medications, lab tests, glasses and more so kids can actually obtain the treatments we recommend.
Current services include:
preventive health care
care coordination
mental health care
management of acute and chronic illness
dental care
vision care
referrals for lab tests, xrays and specialty care
