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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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