Homeless & Housing

About our services

In our pursuit of 100% access to health care for everyone in our community, we have a long-standing commitment to adapting health care services to best meet the needs of those who have recently experienced or are experiencing homelessness. Neighborcare Health’s homeless programs are part of the King County Health Care for the Homeless Network.

Many of these patients have a deep mistrust or fear often rooted in trauma, and multiple barriers to care. We provide quality, patient-centered health care often “on their terms and their turf” to improve their health and relieve suffering. We use methods that are essential to caring for high-need, high-risk patients, including relationship-based and trauma-informed care, and harm reduction. 

Neighborcare Health at Ballard

This clinic serves adults currently experiencing homelessness or those living in permanent supportive housing, with primary medical care and behavioral health services, including medication for opioid use disorder.

Housing Health Outreach Team (HHOT)

This team is led by nurses who work in partnership with primary medical care providers and behavioral health specialists to offer medical and behavioral health services to residents in permanent supportive housing. (Permanent supportive housing is affordable housing with multiple services to help those with a history of chronic homelessness stay housed).