Ascension Wisconsin has sites of care located in urban neighborhoods such as Ascension St. Ben’s Clinic in downtown Milwaukee, which provides free health care and social services to people struggling with homelessness and addiction; and Ascension Angel of Hope Clinic on the city’s southside, which provides free primary care and women’s health services and chronic condition management.
In FY20, Ascension St. Ben’s Clinic and Ascension Angel of Hope Clinic provided primary medical care to more than 2,500 individuals; Ascension St. Ben’s Clinic also provided 1,139 social work/case manager encounters and 448 nursing outreach encounters for people living in homeless shelters.