AdvocateChapter One — The Problem
1 in 4
American children lives in a neighborhood with no primary care physician within walking distance.
— American Academy of Pediatrics, 2025
87M
People in healthcare deserts across the US
6hrs
Average ER wait for non-emergency care in underserved areas
340%
Higher ER usage rate in zip codes without a community clinic
$2,400
Annual out-of-pocket cost for uninsured families seeking basic care
I drove forty minutes to the ER for an ear infection. That's the only place that would see my son without insurance. We waited six hours. I missed work. They charged us $800.
Rosa Delgado-Fuentes
Mother of three, South Side Chicago
My caseload is 340 families. I have one afternoon a week to do home visits. I know what they need. I just can't get them there fast enough.
Marcus Okafor
Community Health Worker, East Oakland
Community health center, Detroit, MI
Chapter Two — The Geography of Neglect
Healthcare deserts aren't accidents.
They're the result of decades of disinvestment. Each green dot below is a zip code where children have no accessible primary care. Watch them light up as you read.
Healthcare deserts — United States, 2025
Each dot represents ~50,000 residents. Green = identified healthcare desert.
See your neighborhood's numbers.
Enter your zip code to see the healthcare gap data for your community. We'll show you what's missing — and what you can do about it.
Chapter Three — The Solutions
From quiet pain to organized momentum.
Three pillars. Each one built with the people it serves — not handed down from above.
47 clinics
opened in partnership since 2021
Open the doors that were never built.
We partner with federally qualified health centers to establish satellite clinics in food deserts and transit dead zones — staffed by bilingual care teams, open evenings and weekends, sliding-scale fees from $0.
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12,000+
families seen in mobile units last year
If they can't come to care, care comes to them.
Our mobile units park outside schools, laundromats, and community centers every week — offering vaccines, well-child visits, dental screenings, and mental health referrals. No appointment, no ID required.
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3 states
with active legislation in progress
The problem is structural. So is the solution.
We're organizing to pass the Community Health Equity Act — mandating translation services, requiring sliding-scale tiers in all Title X clinics, and penalizing hospital systems that abandon low-income zip codes.
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Chapter Four — The Movement
The room is already deciding.
Pull up a chair. Tell us where you are and what you need. We'll show you exactly what's happening in your neighborhood — and how you can change it.
Movement momentum
Recent voices
"Joined as a parent. My kids deserve a real doctor, not just an ER."
"Been fighting this for 6 years. Finally a platform that gets it."
"My patients need this. Sharing with my whole clinic."