Community Corner
Suitcase Youth Clinic
Run by in conjunction with UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.
There is no formal intake process; clients only need to check in with a Clinic Coordinator in order to request the services they would like to receive.
Services Offered
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- Personal hygiene services;
- Arts and Crafts;
- Food, including weekly dinners;
- Recreation;
- Acupuncture involves a certified acupuncture specialist who uses small needles to restore the body’s harmony and balance, and make the body’s energy flow normally again.;
- Medical services (biweekly);
- Health Education and referrals;
- Chiropractic (biweekly) services provide adjustments given by volunteer professional chiropractors from the community. They mostly treat clients who suffer from minor back pain. Treatment consists of a chiropractic adjustment (directed and controlled pressure of individual spinal bones to their specific positions). Other additional treatments include ice, heat, nutritional advice, and exercise;
- Optometry (appointment referrals) provides a preliminary eye examination for clients at the drop-in center site given by graduate students in the UCB School of Optometry. Clients needing glasses as diagnosed and then scheduled for a full eye examination at the Meredith W. Morgan University Eye Center on the Berkeley campus.
- Basic counseling and social services;
- Educational Services;
- Foot Care has volunteer students provide gentle podiatric care, hand out nail clippers, emery boards and anti-fungal to our clients, who often walk for hours and have limited access to showers;
- Legal;
- Continuity of Care Advocates (CoCA).
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