Street Medicine Team and Outreach Services

Three volunteers walk down a street carrying boxes and bags of supplies, smiling to the camera behind masks.

The BFC Street Medicine Team is a collective of lay community health workers working under the advice of licensed medical providers. We offer a variety of medical services both within the main clinic at 2339 Durant and on outreach. Our outreach services include pop-up flu shot clinics, foot care, wound care, basic first-aid, and rapid testing for HIV, Hepatitis C, and syphilis.

Currently, we provide monthly medical outreach at Berkeley NEED's Thursday night syringe distribution site at 9th and University. We're there on the first Thursday of every month from 6-8pm. We also conduct roving medical outreach at Berkeley encampments on the third Saturday of each month from 11-1pm.

During influenza season, we hold pop-up flu shot clinics at encampments, mutual aid fairs, shelters, and community centers.

To contact the Street Medicine Team to request a flu shot clinic or request general medical outreach at an event, message us on our Instagram at BFCOutreach.

Survival Supplies Distribution

Since the COVID pandemic, there has been increased backlash and criminalization towards unhoused people in the Bay Area, including in Berkeley. To help support our unhoused community members, we have increased our street distribution of food, hygiene supplies, harm reduction supplies, tents, and other essential items. We also build, maintain, and refill water tanks since many people living in tents do not have access to potable water.

Because of the increased frequency of encampment sweeps, our outreach schedule changes frequently. Currently, we go out from 10am-2pm on the first and second Saturdays of the month and visit a variety of locations in Berkeley.

For hand-washing station maintenance, refills, or requests email water@berkeleyfreeclinic.org. You may also leave us a message at 510-548-2570. Please give us 48-72 hours to respond as we are entirely volunteer run.