For more than fifteen years, Turner House Children's Clinic has been dedicated to providing comprehensive healthcare in a culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate manner to the medically uninsured and underserved children of Kansas City, Kansas, and its surrounding communities.

We believe every child deserves access to quality healthcare. We seek to improve the general health and development of our community's children by offering them the best in medical care and health education.

Turner House Children’s Clinic provides healthcare to the most underserved children of Kansas City, Kansas, and its surrounding communities. To be eligible for care, a child must:

• Be younger than 20 years of age;
• Belong to a family whose annual income exceeds the 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline (verification required);
• Not possess health insurance through a private health insurance provider but may receive assistance from Kansas Medicaid/HealthWave.

Turner House Children's Clinic provides primary healthcare and health counseling services. These services include:

• Regular well-baby and well-child examinations;
• Non-emergency acute and chronic care;
• Community health education and outreach;
• Hearing and vision screenings;
• Immunizations;
• Laboratory testing;
• Over-the-counter and prescription medications;
• Referrals to medical specialists;
• Assistance with Medicaid applications.

Turner House Children's Clinic was established in 1989 by a small group of doctors who recognized the serious healthcare needs of Kansas City's uninsured and underserved children. The doctors began offering their medical expertise as frequently as they could -- free of charge -- using borrowed space at Turner House, an urban youth center.

In its first year, Turner House Children's Clinic cared for 450 patients, operating just every other day. As the community realized the availability of free, quality pediatric care, the clinic's patient base grew at a constant rate over the next three years.

In 1993, Turner House Children's Clinic received a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation in order to expand and improve its facilities. The clinic also began operating six days each week.

In 2001, Turner House Children's Clinic relocated to its current location at Bethany Medical Plaza. The clinic's new safe and spacious accommodations have allowed it to significantly increase its capacity to serve the community's children.