Serving Our Community

Learn how our clinicians and teams are helping improve the health of our community.

Improving lives and health in underserved communities throughout the Philadelphia area is among our highest priorities. Every day, our physicians, nurses, medical students and volunteers share their knowledge, skills, and themselves to benefit the community. 

Activities include free health clinics and screenings, disease prevention and treatment education, support groups for patients and their families and health care career development.

CAREs Grant Penn Medicine faculty, staff and students throughout the organization donate their time and expertise to provide countless hours of work to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve. To help with these efforts, the Penn Medicine CAREs Grant program was established to offer institutional support to these individuals and programs in the form of grants — awarded quarterly — that can be used for the purchase of supplies and other resources needed to perform this important work in the community. Take a look at a listing of projects funded by the CAREs grant from inception until 2015.

Charity Care at Penn Medicine

We are committed to caring for all patients equitably, with dignity, respect and compassion. As part of this commitment, we offer financial counseling and assistance programs to uninsured and underinsured patients to assist those who cannot pay for their care.

Learn more about charity care and the requirements for qualification.

More Resources

Penn Medicine Blog Community Outreach – Take a look at entries from the Penn Medicine Blog dealing with stories of employees and students' work impacting the community.

Questions about Penn Medicine's community outreach efforts or about the Penn Medicine CAREs initiative can be directed to the office of Government and Community Relations at 215-662-7030 or email CAREs@uphs.upenn.edu.