Description
Correspondence, bylaws, reports, contractual agreements, newsletters, memoranda, financial documents, evaluation form, articles
of incorporation, and mailing lists from the San Francisco-based National Free Clinic Council (NFCC), 1970-1974. Guided by
the principle that "health care is a right, not a privilege," the NFCC coordinated the disbursement of Federal grants to a
nationwide urban network of free community clinics, such as the Gay Community Services Center.
Background
Founded in 1972 in San Francisco, and guided by the principle that "health care is a right, not a privilege," the NFCC coordinated
the disbursement of Federal grants to a nationwide urban network of free community clinics serving underprivileged clients.
Treatment for drug abuse, at the time a practice not widely studied by the medical profession, was a particular focus for
many of these clinics.