Chaffee Community Clinic Launches to Serve Those Who Have Difficulty Accessing Healthcare

Chaffee County Public Health will launch a new pilot project called the Chaffee Community Clinic in Salida on Monday and in Buena Vista on May 31st.

The recent Community Health Assessment identified the need for basic medical and dental care and services for mental health and substance use disorders. The Chaffee Community Clinic aims to serve the unhoused, undocumented, low income, those who struggle with substance use and others who traditionally have difficulties accessing healthcare.   

The Chaffee Community Clinic will operate as a mobile medical and harm reduction clinic. Medical services will include oral health screening and limited treatment, basic wound care, tobacco cessation, diabetes and cardiovascular screening, HIV and sexually transmitted infection testing, and immunizations.   

In Salida, the Chaffee Community Clinic will be open from 12 to 4 pm on Mondays in the parking lot of the Salida Methodist Church.   

In Buena Vista the clinic will be open from 9 am to 12 pm on Tuesdays in the parking lot of the Buena Vista Congregational United Church beginning on the 31st.