History
In 1969, a group of medical workers, university graduate students, energetic counter-culture members and other concerned citizens gathered to explore ways to respond to some of the fallout of the 1960's, which included a growing number of youth and young adults who felt alienated and disenfranchised from the mainstream system. Many were runaways and living on the streets, and were not likely to access the usual services available despite their needs, among which were medical, legal, mental health and substance use. Out of this effort came White Bird Socio-medical Aid Station (later White Bird Clinic), incorporated in February 1970 as a 501(c) 3 non-profit agency. What began as a grassroots effort over time went from being an experiment to a key agency in the continuum of care, becoming credible to the larger community and finding funding from various sources including federal, state and local governments and foundations.
Specialties
White Bird Clinic is a Federally Qualified Health Center that receives funds from the HRSA Health Center Program to provide primary care services in underserved areas. We operate a Medical Clinic out of our office at 1400 Mill Street, Dental Clinic at our office at 1415 Pearl Street, Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program at our office at 350 E. 11th, Counseling and Crisis intervention services from our office at 990 W. 7th Ave, Front Rooms, Counseling and Navigation Services at 341 E. 12th Avenue and at 323 E. 12th Ave, and a Mobile Crisis intervention program for Eugene and Springfield. Our priority is to serve people who are unserved, underinsured, disabled and/or homeless.