The Columbia St. Mary's Family Health Center is a residency-based family medicine provider sponsored by Columbia St. Mary's in collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin. The Family Health Center provides primary care to more than 9,000 individuals most from the Riverwest and Harambee communities of Milwaukee. Many of the Center employees are members of those communities.

The Family Health Center accepts most insurance programs, including private insurances as well as Medicare, Medical Assistance, BadgerCare and Healthy Start programs. Many of the Center's patients have limited incomes and resources. The Center provides case managers and nursing support that focuses on the needs of people in poverty, people with mental illness and people with need for social or emotional support. A parent education program and support group focuses on the challenges of parenting for young parents. In addition, the Center provides educational and support programs for diabetes and asthma. Center employees benefit from an extensive staff education program to support their work with complex patients and family systems.

1121 E. North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 267-6580
www.columbia-stmarys.org

Felicia Carpenter-Dickfoss, MSSW, WIPHL Health Educator
fcdickfoss@mcw.edu
(414) 267-6506