Facts about Mercy Care Services
- Saint Joseph’s Mercy Care Services is one of Atlanta’s oldest and largest community outreach programs serving the homeless, uninsured and immigrant populations in Atlanta.
- Mercy Care Services was created in 1985 to continue the community outreach in downtown Atlanta begun by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880 when they established Atlanta’s first permanent hospital, Saint Joseph’s. Mercy Care Services is part of Saint Joseph’s Health System and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.
- Saint Joseph’s Mercy Care services provided medical and dental services to more than 8,000 people in 2005.
- Mercy Care Services is the primary medical care partner for the 24/7 Gateway Homeless Services, a project of the Atlanta Regional Commission on Homelessness.
- Mercy Care Services has two fixed locations: 424 Decatur Street in downtown Atlanta and Mercy Clinic North in the NortheastPlaza Shopping Center on Buford Highway.
- Mercy Care Services also operates several mobile and satellite locations, among them St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Atlanta (Women’s) Day Shelter and the Atlanta Union Mission.
- Mercy Care Services provides social services and health education through its clinics and mobile units, as well as residential support services at two downtown facilities: the Edgewood and the Imperial on Peachtree. At the Imperial, Mercy Care provides mental health assessment and case management to 642 residents; at the Edgewood, staff coordinate supportive services for 71 HIV+ residents.
- Mercy Care Services offers health education programs in prenatal care and parenting to Atlanta’s Hispanic community.
- 144 volunteers donated 7,285 hours of service to Mercy Care Services in 2005.
- Funding for Mercy Care comes from a variety of public and private sources. Federal, state and city grants fund healthcare programs for persons who are homeless or living with HIV/AIDS and for HIV outreach services. Other sources of revenue come from corporations, foundations, individuals, Saint Joseph’s Health System and the WINGS organization of Saint Joseph’s Hospital.
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