Free clinics and community health centers in Oakland

Below are the listings of free and low cost clinics in Oakland. These clinics can help low-income and uninsured people by offering free and discounted rates for medical and/or dental care. We welcome user reviews and corrections of clinic listings, as we strive to provide our users with the best and most up-to-date information possible. Simply click on the clinic listing for more information

Oakland Medical and Dental Clinics:

  • Ahs - Arc Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94607
    • Contact Phone: (510) 986-0430
    • Details: An urgent care appointment is made for you through your Advice Nurse (Triage) at your home clinic. You may also drop in, during business hours, if you have a medical problem that needs immediate attention.
  • Ahs - Wildcats Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94610
    • Contact Phone: (510) 874-7145
    • Details: AHS provides a school-based clinic for Oakland High School students to meet the health needs of our young people. We reach more than 2,000 students per year-half of whom are Asian and Pacific Islander. The clinic provides confidential reproductive health services, family planning, and counseling.
  • Ahs Frank Kiang Medical Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94606
    • Contact Phone: (510) 735-3888
    • Details: Located on the east side of Lake Merritt, Frank Kiang Medical Center offers comprehensive health care services for patients of all ages. The center has 10 exam rooms and can serve more than 5,000 patients every year. The modern facility has unique features like larger exam rooms which accommodates our patients who often come to appointments with family members or interpreters. The center is named after Frank Kiang, a community leader and former chairman and CEO of Metropolitan Bank who passed away in 2007.
  • Ahs Main Dental Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94607
    • Contact Phone: (510) 986-6888
    • Details: Opened in 2003, the AHS dental clinic is a modern facility equipped with state-of-the-art digital radiology technology. The clinic provides a comprehensive range of primary oral health care services with a strong emphasis on prevention and education.
  • Albert J Thomas Medical Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94603
    • Contact Phone: (510) 568-9230
    • Details: The West Oakland Health Council is a non-profit Community Health Center providing primary care, mental health, and substance abuse recovery services to residents of West, North and East Oakland, Emeryville and Southwest Berkeley. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of residents of these communities and to reduce morbidity, preventable disability and premature death.
  • Asian Medical Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94606
    • Contact Phone: (510) 986-6800
    • Details: AMC is the oldest and largest of the Asian Health Services sites and serves over 16,000 patients with nearly 60,000 visits annually. Our team of doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, health coaches, behavioral health specialists, and nutritionists provide high quality, comprehensive care in 9 Asian languages and English for patients of all ages.
  • Casa Del Sol
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-6200
    • Details: With fewer and fewer public services available for behavioral health problems, La Clínica Community Behavioral Health Department, Casa del Sol, has played an important role in helping Spanish speakers who would not otherwise receive counseling or crisis intervention services. Casa del Sol was founded in 1973 and currently offers behavioral health services for Alameda County residents through a variety of programs that are funded to provide treatment to Alameda County's Spanish speaking communities. All clinical staff at Casa del Sol are bilingual in Spanish/English. Services are provided in a culturally focused manner centered on individual, family and community strengths. Evidence based practices are utilized to support resiliency, wellness and recovery.
  • Casa Del Sol Ii
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone:
    • Details: Since its beginnings as a single storefront operation in Oakland in 1971, La Clínica has grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care and other services spread across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties. With a total of 40 locations including service sites, support sites, and administration, we continue to expand our reach in our community. La Clínica delivers health care services in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner to most effectively address the needs of the diverse populations it serves. In 2015, La Clínica served over 90,500 patients and provided 371,267 patient visits. With over forty-six years of experience serving the community, La Clínica is one of the largest community health centers in California.
  • Casa Del Sol Iii
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-8400
    • Details: Since its beginnings as a single storefront operation in Oakland in 1971, La Clínica has grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care and other services spread across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties. With a total of 40 locations including service sites, support sites, and administration, we continue to expand our reach in our community. La Clínica delivers health care services in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner to most effectively address the needs of the diverse populations it serves. In 2015, La Clínica served over 90,500 patients and provided 371,267 patient visits. With over forty-six years of experience serving the community, La Clínica is one of the largest community health centers in California.
  • Children's Hospital Oakland Outpatient Clinic - Mlk
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94607
    • Contact Phone: (510) 428-3010
    • Details: For nearly 100 years, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland has been delivering exceptional medical care to children from all regions of California. Parents choose Children's because we have the best trained and most experienced specialists and because of the genuine passion with which we treat every child. You can expect a better outcome when your treatment team includes sub-specialty, fellowship-trained physicians covering over 30 pediatric specialties. We care for tens of thousands of children each year. This means more experience, which means quality care and better outcomes.
  • Children's Teen Clinic Chappell Hayes Health Center/ Mcclymond's High School
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94607
    • Contact Phone: (510) 835-1393
    • Details: Teen and young adult health is the focus of the Adolescent Medicine. Our team looks at each teen and young adult as an individual and considers every aspect of their lives in order to address their unique medical and mental health issues. Board certified physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and specialists in health education and substance abuse provide primary and specialty care for youth, teenagers, and young adults ages 11-24. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is a leader in providing adolescent medicine community-wide. We have three community health centers dedicated to providing comprehensive care, each of which serves as a national model for adolescent healthcare.
  • Children's Teen Clinic Youth Uprising Castlemont Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94605
    • Contact Phone: (510) 428-3556
    • Details: Teen and young adult health is the focus of the Adolescent Medicine. Our team looks at each teen and young adult as an individual and considers every aspect of their lives in order to address their unique medical and mental health issues. Board certified physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and specialists in health education and substance abuse provide primary and specialty care for youth, teenagers, and young adults ages 11-24. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is a leader in providing adolescent medicine community-wide. We have three community health centers dedicated to providing comprehensive care, each of which serves as a national model for adolescent healthcare.
  • Clinica Alta Vista
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-6300
    • Details: Our teen health center, Clinica Alta Vista (CAV), specializes in providing comprehensive health care services for adolescents and young adults. All of the staff and providers at CAV are committed to helping young people make informed decisions about their health and all are bilingual in Spanish and English. We offer comprehensive medical care, family planning, emergency contraception, prevention and treatment of STI's, including oral testing for HIV with results available in 20 minutes. All patients have access to our in-house social services, health education and nutrition counseling. For pregnant patients we provide options counseling, prenatal, postpartum and pediatric care. Through our Centering Program we give vital support to young parents including a scholarship program for those parents who stay in school.
  • Community Health Education
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-6400
    • Details: Since 1973 Community Health Education (CHE) has enhanced the lives of the diverse communities we serve by providing programs and services that focus on the social determinants of health in order to enhance overall wellness and disease prevention. People free of preventable diseases live longer, healthier lives, and benefit the entire health care system by reducing health care costs. The CHE team comprised of more than 25 staff and over 60 active community promotores, volunteers and peers value Innovation, Empowerment and Collaboration to increase health access, overall well-being and disease prevention.
  • Community Health Education
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-4000
    • Details: Youth Services stems from the enthusiasm of students participating in Casa En Las Escuelas Program, who when the school year ended, wanted to continue their work with CASA CHE. That's when Peer Health Education internships were created for students who wanted to learn Leadership and Community Action Skills, and participate in various community-based activities under the guidance of CASA CHE Health Educators. They also assist in outreach at La Clinica events, conduct Peer Education Sessions in schools, Needs Assessments and Community Action Plans. Casa CHE continues to educate and help build leaders within our communities.
  • Community Recovery Center East
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94621
    • Contact Phone: (510) 729-8800
    • Details: The West Oakland Health Council is a non-profit Community Health Center providing primary care, mental health, and substance abuse recovery services to residents of West, North and East Oakland, Emeryville and Southwest Berkeley. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of residents of these communities and to reduce morbidity, preventable disability and premature death.
  • Community Recovery Center West
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94609
    • Contact Phone: (510) 273-4900
    • Details: The West Oakland Health Council is a non-profit Community Health Center providing primary care, mental health, and substance abuse recovery services to residents of West, North and East Oakland, Emeryville and Southwest Berkeley. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of residents of these communities and to reduce morbidity, preventable disability and premature death.
  • East Oakland Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94621
    • Contact Phone: (510) 835-9610
    • Details: The West Oakland Health Council is a non-profit Community Health Center providing primary care, mental health, and substance abuse recovery services to residents of West, North and East Oakland, Emeryville and Southwest Berkeley. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of residents of these communities and to reduce morbidity, preventable disability and premature death.
  • East Oakland Recovery Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94605
    • Contact Phone: (510) 568-2432
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  • Eastmont Wellness
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94605
    • Contact Phone: (510) 567-5700
    • Details: Eastmont Wellness Center is part of Alameda Health System’s (AHS) network of community-based ambulatory clinics that expand access to primary care and AHS medical specialties.
  • Family Optical I
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-5500
    • Details: La Clínica Family Optical offers low-cost optometry and ophthalmology services to ensure our local community has access to comprehensive professional eye care. Regular eye examinations allow us to provide vision correction so that you are able perform well at home, work, school and in all your daily activities. During the eye examination we use the latest technology to determine your prescription for glasses and examine the health of your eyes, checking for preventable disease that can affect your vision in the future. We view the retina and can detect medical conditions that affect eye health, including high blood pressure and diabetes. Our staff will discuss with you frame and lens options including a full range of contact lenses. La Clínica Family Optical provides you with the information you need to make the best eye care choices for you and help you see your world more clearly.
  • Havenscourt Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94621
    • Contact Phone: (510) 639-1981
    • Details: The Havenscourt Health Center opened in 2011 and is located on the shared campus of Roots International Academy and Coliseum College Preparatory Academy in East Oakland. At the health center we offer medical care, dental care, health education, youth development programs, behavioral health and counseling services. Our programs and services support adolescents and pre-adolescents to achieve their potential in school by providing respectful, attentive, and personalized care. Medical insurance is not required and all services are provided without charge to students.
  • Hawthorne Elementary School-based Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-6440
    • Details: In 1992 La Clínica, in collaboration with the East Bay Agency for Children and the Oakland Unified School District, opened the Hawthorne Health Center as one of the first school-based health centers in Alameda County. We serve students from World and Achieve Academies (formerly Hawthorne Elementary), Urban Promise Academy (UPA) Middle School, and children from the wider Fruitvale community. We offer primary care medical services, health education, and behavioral health services. We see patients from 3-18 years old and all services are provided without charge to students.
  • Highland Wellness
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94602
    • Contact Phone: (510) 437-5039
    • Details: Highland Wellness is part of Alameda Health System’s (AHS) network of community-based ambulatory clinics that expand access to primary care and AHS medical specialties. With the Adult Medicine Residency Program, Highland Wellness is also a leading medical training provider.
  • Interim Care Stable Site Clinic / St.vincents
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94612
    • Contact Phone: (510) 636-4236
    • Details: Mobile Health provides urgent care, brief social work assessments, and referrals to community resources while visiting shelters, meal programs, and other accessible locations in the community. Staff from Alameda Health System and Health Care for the Homeless include a medical provider, medical assistant, social worker, registration clerk, and van driver who work together to provide friendly and accessible care to those who need it most, as well as linkages to ongoing primary care at Alameda Health System or other community clinics.
  • La Clinica De La Raza
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-3319
    • Details: La Clínica Fruitvale Village, a modern 40,000 square foot health center, is the realization of a dream to have a facility in the heart of the Fruitvale neighborhood. It is La Clínica's largest site, providing comprehensive medical care, pediatrics, women's services, dental, preventive medicine, social services, radiology, pharmacy, and full services lab, all under one roof. Located walking distance from the Fruitvale BART station, La Clínica is proud to be an anchor resident of this beautiful development that is helping to revitalize the Fruitvale neighborhood. In 2011, La Clínica Fruitvale Village provided health care services to over 22,000 patients!
  • La Clinica De La Raza - Dental
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-4700
    • Details: La Clínica's first dental site opened its doors in 1978. Fruitvale Dental located in Oakland's Fruitvale District offers dental care to low-income families. Our doctors are trained to provide services to patients of all ages, from babies to the elderly. We provide a wide scope of care to all of our patients, including preventive care (exams, cleaning, polishing, hygiene, fluoride, sealant treatment), general dentistry, pedodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, endodontics and orthodontics.
  • La Clinica Dental At Children's Hospital Oakland
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94609
    • Contact Phone: (510) 428-3316
    • Details: Since 2003 La Clínica Dental at Children's Hospital has been providing high quality dental services to children of Alameda County and surrounding areas. We are one of the few pediatric dental health centers in Northern California to offer dental care to children with special needs including medical issues, developmental challenges, and more. We treat children from infancy into early adulthood. We perform a variety of dental services including prevention and restoration as well as minor oral surgical procedures. For patients with physical or mental limitations, who cannot be safely treated in an office setting, we provide dental care under general anesthetic in Children's Hospital operating room. Our priority is to treat patient who cannot be treated elsewhere, and to provide routine care to children from our local community.
  • Lifelong Downtown Oakland Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94612
    • Contact Phone: (510) 981-4100
    • Details: Patients of LifeLong Downtown Oakland have access to a wide variety of providers and resources. We are continually evolving to meet the needs of our patients and the surrounding community.
  • Lifelong East Oakland Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94605
    • Contact Phone: (510) 981-4100
    • Details: Patients of LifeLong East Oakland have access to a wide variety of providers and resources. We are continually evolving to meet the needs of our patients and the surrounding community.
  • Lifelong Eastmont Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94605
    • Contact Phone: (510) 981-4100
    • Details: LifeLong Eastmont partners with Alameda County Behavioral Health to offer clients integrated medical and mental health services. We created a partnership between our organizations in order to improve our clients' physical and mental health and overall quality of life.
  • Lifelong Howard Daniel Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94605
    • Contact Phone: (510) 981-4100
    • Details: Patients of LifeLong Howard Daniel Clinic have access to a wide variety of providers and resources. We are continually evolving to meet the needs of our patients and the surrounding community.
  • Lifelong School-based Health Center - Elmhurst Community Prep/alliance Academy
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94603
    • Contact Phone: (510) 639-1479
    • Details: Our School-Based Health Centers provide age-appropriate comprehensive medical, health education, and youth development services to youth during and after school hours. Our services are aimed at helping students come to school ready to learn and exceed at school. Clinics are open to all students, regardless of income or healthcare coverage.
  • Lifelong School-based Health Center - West Oakland Middle School
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94607
    • Contact Phone: (510) 874-7272
    • Details: Our School-Based Health Centers provide age-appropriate comprehensive medical, health education, and youth development services to youth during and after school hours. Our services are aimed at helping students come to school ready to learn and exceed at school. Clinics are open to all students, regardless of income or healthcare coverage.
  • Lifelong Trust Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94612
    • Contact Phone: (510) 210-5050
    • Details: LifeLong TRUST Health Center recently opened, serving adults with disabling conditions and histories of homelessness who also participate in Alameda County’s General Assistance Program. The mission of the TRUST Health Center is to improve the lives of clients by providing high-value care that addresses clients’ physical, mental, and social well-being in one location. This collaboration between multiple government agencies and non-profit organizations will promote dignity, respect, and compassion in all interactions among staff and clients. Participating organizations will collaborate closely to support clients to find and maintain stable homes, to promote their overall health and well-being, and to develop or re-establish strong social support networks outside of the public services system.
  • Native American Health Center, Inc. - Oakland 7 Directions
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-4410
    • Details: The Native American Health Center is a non profit organization serving the California Bay Area Native Population and other under-served populations in the Bay Area. 2012 marked NAHC's 40th anniversary; as an organization, we have been serving our community since 1972. NAHC has worked at local, state, and federal levels to deliver resources and services for the urban Native community, including medical, dental, behavioral health, diabetes, obesity, substance abuse prevention, HIV/HCV care coordination and prevention.
  • Native American Health Center, Inc. - Oakland Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 434-5450
    • Details: The Native American Health Center is a non profit organization serving the California Bay Area Native Population and other under-served populations in the Bay Area. 2012 marked NAHC's 40th anniversary; as an organization, we have been serving our community since 1972. NAHC has worked at local, state, and federal levels to deliver resources and services for the urban Native community, including medical, dental, behavioral health, diabetes, obesity, substance abuse prevention, HIV/HCV care coordination and prevention.
  • Planned Parenthood - East Oakland / Coliseum Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94621
    • Contact Phone: (510) 746-4700
    • Details: Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.
  • Planned Parenthood - West Oakland
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94607
    • Contact Phone: (510) 300-3800
    • Details: Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.
  • Roosevelt Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94606
    • Contact Phone: (510) 535-2893
    • Details: Since 2000, the Roosevelt Health Center has been working to improve adolescent health and well-being. We provide access to comprehensive and high-quality health care services including primary medical and dental care, behavioral health services, and health education in a respectful & youth-centered environment. Services are free of cost to all students. Roosevelt Health Center is operated by La Clínica, in collaboration with Oakland Unified School District, Asian Community Mental Health Services, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency - School Health Services Coalition, and Elev8/Safe Passages Partnership.
  • Roots Community Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94603
    • Contact Phone: (510) 777-1177
    • Details: Founded in 2008, Roots Community Health Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the status of health of East Bay residents. Roots implements its mission by providing high-quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate health care, by implementing direct service models to increase access to care and thereby prevent the need for emergency services, and by coordinating cross-agency liaisons to ensure a more efficient, continuum of care in East Oakland. Roots Community Health Center was founded to address the growing need for accessible, culturally appropriate, community-responsive, comprehensive health care in Oakland, California. Specifically, Roots aims to eliminate wide health disparities and improve health outcomes for uninsured and low-income residents of East Oakland.
  • Roots Community Health Center - Pediatrics
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 533-1248
    • Details: Founded in 2008, Roots Community Health Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the status of health of East Bay residents. Roots implements its mission by providing high-quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate health care, by implementing direct service models to increase access to care and thereby prevent the need for emergency services, and by coordinating cross-agency liaisons to ensure a more efficient, continuum of care in East Oakland. Roots Community Health Center was founded to address the growing need for accessible, culturally appropriate, community-responsive, comprehensive health care in Oakland, California. Specifically, Roots aims to eliminate wide health disparities and improve health outcomes for uninsured and low-income residents of East Oakland.
  • San Antonio Neighborhood Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94606
    • Contact Phone: (510) 238-5400
    • Details: The San Antonio Neighborhood Health Center is located in the midst of the East Lake District, one of the most multi-cultural districts in Oakland. Residents from Mexico, Central America, Ethiopia, Eritrea, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and many other countries come to SANHC for comprehensive medical care services. Staff speak over 12 different languages in order to serve patients in their preferred language. SANHC expanded in 2007, almost doubling in size. The health center now serves approximately 12,000 patients including children, teens, young adults, pregnant women, older adults and patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension.
  • Street Level Health Project
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 533-9906
    • Details: Street Level Health Project promotes self-sufficiency for marginalized people of color by creating equitable and dignified access to health and employment regardless of socioeconomic or immigration status. SLHP engages community in constructing collective power and leadership in order to advance a more just, inclusive, and empathetic society. Street Level Health Project is an Oakland-based community center dedicated to improving the wellbeing of underinsured, uninsured, and recently arrived immigrants in Alameda County.
  • Techniclinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94611
    • Contact Phone: (510) 450-5421
    • Details: Since 2000, we have been providing high quality, youth-friendly services that include medical care, reproductive health, sports physicals, immunizations and management of acute and chronic conditions to Oakland Technical High School students. We also serve students enrolled at nearby Oakland International High School and recent graduates from both schools up to the age of 21. In addition, we provide individual and group counseling, and case management services. Patients are seen by a clinical health educator who conducts one-on-one appointments that cover issues such as sexual health, birth control, and nutrition. The health educator conducts classroom presentations and coordinates a Peer Health Education Group and helps students develop presentation and leadership skills. We are passionate about improving the health and wellness of the students in our school community.
  • Tiger Health Clinic
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94601
    • Contact Phone: (510) 434-2001
    • Details: The Fremont High School-Based Health Center (Tiger Health Clinic) opened its doors in 2000. At the Tiger Health Clinic, we use an integrated care model to provide holistic comprehensive support for our patients. We serve current students at Fremont High School and recent graduates up to age 21. We provide medical services including reproductive health, prevention and treatment of STIs, sports physicals, and immunizations. Patients are also seen by a clinical health educator who conducts one-on-one appointments that cover issues ranging from sexual health to nutrition. In addition, we offer behavioral health services to students through an onsite behavioral health specialist. We also support community health education through the Fremont Youth Wellness Advisory Board (YWAB), a group comprised of peer health educators who are passionate about changing and improving the health of their school community.
  • West Oakland Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94607
    • Contact Phone: (510) 835-9610
    • Details: The West Oakland Health Council is a non-profit Community Health Center providing primary care, mental health, and substance abuse recovery services to residents of West, North and East Oakland, Emeryville and Southwest Berkeley. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of residents of these communities and to reduce morbidity, preventable disability and premature death.
  • Youth Heart Health Center
    • Location: Oakland, CA - 94606
    • Contact Phone: (510) 879-1568
    • Details: Youth Heart Health Center is a new School Linked Health Center in the La Escuelita Education Center. All students that attend schools in the La Escuelita Education Center are welcome to use the center including students from La Escuelita Elementary School, MetWest High School, Dewey High School, and Yuk Yao Annex/Centro Infantil Annex Child Development Center. Siblings of students can access all services, as long as the siblings are between the ages of 3-21. Health insurance is not required and all services are provided without charge to students.