Compassionate Free Care for Our Community
My Free Clinic provides free psychiatric evaluations, telehealth visits, medication management, and primary care to underserved families — especially within the Burmese and immigrant community in the Chicagoland area. Every patient is treated with dignity, respect, and culturally-aware care.
We Are Always Ready to Support You
Have you ever felt the frustration of being unable to access healthcare due to your status, race, language, cultural differences, financial struggles, or even loss of insurance? It can be disheartening to be turned away because affording care seems out of reach. Or to find yourself in a situation where busy staff members can’t help you navigate forms when English isn’t your first language. If your cultural background is not acknowledged, returning to a clinic can feel daunting, humiliating, and discouraging.
How often have you nodded along with your healthcare provider, only to realize you didn’t truly understand what was being said? It’s challenging to feel lost in conversation due to language and cultural barriers, sensing that limited attention is being paid when all you seek is clarity and compassion. If this resonates with you, know that you’re not alone.
We are excited to share an initiative that is close to our hearts: My Free Clinic, explicitly designed to eliminate the barriers many face in accessing healthcare. Here, we are self-funded and operate without the constraints of donations, appointments, sliding scales or considerations of whether you are insured, uninsured, or underinsured. Our approach is straightforward—we provide care on a first-come, first-served basis, ensuring that everyone can receive the care they need.
In these challenging times, accessing healthcare can feel overwhelming, and we felt a deep need to respond to this struggle.
My Free Clinic is proud to be the first free clinic run by a nurse practitioner. After a challenging journey towards achieving Full Practice Authority (FPA), we are thrilled to operate under this critical legislation, which makes a real difference in our communities. In Illinois, FPA empowers Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), including nurse practitioners, to practice independently without requiring a collaborative agreement with a physician.
As nurse practitioners, we deeply understand and witness the struggles many face when trying to access healthcare. With FPA, we can evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage patients independently, ultimately leading to more efficient, equitable, and accessible healthcare services. It made My Free Clinic possible to stand proud today.
The impact of FPA is especially profound in rural and underserved areas, where many nurse practitioners strive to serve their communities. Our commitment to enhancing healthcare access, equity, and equality, as well as improving patient outcomes, drives our push for FPA, which fully empowers us to practice in accordance with our education and training.
Together, we can address health disparities and work toward improving health outcomes for all individuals.
We are a dedicated group of individuals from first-generation immigrant backgrounds, united by our passion for improving healthcare access and quality for everyone. At My Free Clinic, we believe that every person deserves compassionate care that respects their unique experiences, cultural practices, values, beliefs, and backgrounds. Our initiative, led by nurse practitioners, aims to bridge the gaps in the traditional healthcare system, ensuring that everyone—regardless of their insurance status, income, language, or cultural background—feels heard and valued.
Our team embodies the principles of advanced nursing practice by listening attentively, providing holistic care, and meeting individuals where they are in their health journeys. With a strong commitment to health equity, we offer family medicine and psychiatric care that prioritizes respect, patience, and understanding, particularly for underserved communities facing various barriers. Together, we strive to create a more inclusive and caring healthcare environment for all.
In these challenging times, accessing healthcare can feel overwhelming, and we felt a deep need to respond to this struggle.
My Free Clinic is not just a clinic but a lifeline for underserved populations facing financial, social, language, and cultural barriers. We believe everyone deserves the healthcare they need. Through this initiative, we hope to help bridge the gaps many people face, creating a more inclusive, culturally congruent, and compassionate healthcare experience.