Sixteenth Street is an independent non-profit agency, and is one of 17 Community Health Centers in the State of Wisconsin (Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless Programs Tribal Health Programs and Rural Health Clinics) that are located in ‘medically under-served’ communities.

These health centers 1) are governed by Boards of Directors that are controlled by individuals who are users of the services of the center 2) provide services regardless of peoples’ ability to pay and 3) have on-site social services and other programs to assist their clients and community with problems that can interfere with access to health care. For more information about Community Health Centers, contact the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association, www.wphca.org .

Columbia St. Mary's Since 1975, Sixteenth Street has worked in partnership with Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital (CSM) to be able to provide comprehensive care for our patients. A wonderful example of this partnership is the OB Contract Program, whereby uninsured pregnant women are able to contract with Sixteenth Street for pre-natal care at Sixteenth Street and delivery at St. Mary’s Hospital. Sixteenth Street works with the family to establish the total discounted fee for this care (based on family size and income) and the bill may be paid in installments over the course of the pregnancy. Sixteenth Street’s certified nurse midwives perform most of these deliveries at St. Mary’s in conjunction with St. Mary’s/Medical College of Wisconsin residency program, keeping costs down and providing the residents with the exposure to midwive assisted natural births. Columbia St. Mary’s also provides volunteer leadership and expertise with two staff members serving on Sixteenth Street’s Board of Directors.

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Children’s Hospital is Sixteenth Street’s other major hospital affiliation for Sixteenth Street providers. Excellent hospital care needs to be supported by quality primary medical care before as well as after a hospital visit. Children’s relies on Sixteenth Street pediatric staff to handle complicated cases and to coordinate services, especially for mono-lingual Spanish speaking families. Sixteenth Street looks to the expertise and state of the art technologies available at Children’s to be able to provide our patients with the best care modern medicine can offer.