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New clinic opens doors to Lansing's homeless

Courtesy of Sparrow

  Today marks the very first day that homeless individuals in the Capitol region will have a medical clinic to call their own.

The new $900,000 project, which is located at 430 N. Larch Street, is a collaboration between the area’s largest healthcare provider, Sparrow Health System, and the region’s largest homeless services provider, Volunteers of America Michigan. 

Patrick Patterson, executive vice president for development at Volunteers of America Michigan, and Joe Ruth, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Sparrow Health Systems, discuss the new clinic with Current State

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