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FREE & Low-Cost Healthcare in Austin

FREE and low-cost healthcare in Austin TX including FREE clinics, community health centers, mental health services, crisis lines, and sliding scale medical care for uninsured and underinsured residents.

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  • ASHwell (Austin Sexual Health & Wellness)

    FREE/low-cost sexual health care — HIV/STI testing, PrEP/PEP, Hep C, vaccines, and gender-affirming care. Hours change often — call ahead before you go.

  • Austin Public Health Mobile Vaccination Program

    FREE mobile vaccine clinics (COVID, flu, MMR, Tdap, and more) for qualifying residents of all ages.

  • Capital Area Counseling

    Affordable therapy for individuals, couples, families, children, and groups — sliding scale by income.

  • Central Health Medical Access Program (MAP)

    County-funded program covering primary care, prescriptions, and specialty care for Travis County residents at/below 200% federal poverty level.

  • CommUnityCare Vision Voucher Program

    FREE vision exams and eyeglasses for eligible patients, one voucher every two years.

  • CommUnityCare Health Centers

    No patient denied care — income screening for uninsured. Also operates the David Powell Health Center (4614 N. I-35, 512-978-9100) — a specialized HIV primary-care clinic with PrEP, an in-house pharmacy, and walk-in STI testing.

  • Communities for Recovery

    FREE peer recovery coaching, support groups, a recovery cafe, and weekly FREE Narcan training. 4110 Guadalupe.

  • Crisis Line — 512-472-HELP

    Phone, online, and some in-person support

    Call: 5124724357

  • Half Helen Eye Clinic

    FREE comprehensive eye exams and prescription glasses for adults with a vision voucher or Medicaid.

  • Hope Medical Clinic

    FREE primary care for uninsured Austinites — chronic disease care, prescriptions, labs, and physicals. By appointment (text 512-768-8609).

  • Hospice Austin – Grief Support

    FREE grief support groups (including an LGBTQ+ group), webinars, and a children's/teen summer grief camp, open to the whole community. Call 512-342-4700.

  • Integral Care

    Mental health support and crisis services

  • Kind Clinic

    Sexual health and HIV care, PrEP, and STI/HIV testing — publicly funded, care regardless of ability to pay.

  • Lone Star Circle of Care — Dental

    FQHC offering general dentistry alongside broader primary care — sliding scale regardless of insurance.

  • Manos de Cristo Dental Clinic

    Dental clinic serving children, adults, and seniors, including emergency walk-in care. Sliding scale.

  • NAMI Central Texas

    FREE classes and crisis resources for those affected by mental illness

  • The NICE Project (Narcan)

    FREE nasal Narcan and harm-reduction supplies from no-barrier vending machines across Austin, 24/7.

  • Out Youth

    FREE individual/group counseling for LGBTQ youth ages 12–23 and support groups for trans/queer adults.

  • People's Community Clinic

    Nonprofit clinic offering medical, dental, behavioral health, prenatal, and pediatric care — sliding scale, no one turned away.

  • Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas

    Sliding-scale reproductive and sexual health care at Austin health centers, priced by household size and income.

  • RBJ Sexual Health Center (Austin Public Health)

    FREE 20-minute rapid HIV/STI testing, walk-in or by appointment. Mon–Fri 8am–12pm, 1–4pm.

  • SAFE Alliance

    FREE counseling for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and trafficking.

  • St. David's Foundation Dental Program

    FREE mobile dental care — exams, cleanings, sealants, fillings, extractions — for kids at Title I schools across Central Texas.

  • Texas Drug Card

    FREE statewide prescription discount card — savings up to 80% on medications, no enrollment fee.

  • Vivent Health

    FREE confidential HIV/syphilis testing with same-day results, plus FREE HIV case management. 512-458-2437. Hours change often — call ahead before you go.

  • Volunteer Healthcare Clinic

    Volunteer-run FREE clinic providing primary care to uninsured Austin adults. Tue & Thu. Hours change often — call ahead before you go.

Hours and programs change often. Call ahead before you go. Know something that belongs here? Email freeinaustin@gmail.com.