Outreach Community Health Centers
Kelly Richards is a highly experienced Primary Care Nurse Practitioner currently employed at Family Practice Clinics and Outreach Community Health Centers since 2012. With a robust background in women's health, Kelly has provided comprehensive care through various roles, including Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and Outreach Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, focusing on diagnosing, treating, and managing health care for women. Kelly has also served as a Clinical Nursing Instructor, developing curriculum and mentoring nursing students. Past roles include providing care for uninsured patients at Columbia St. Mary's and serving as a Patient Care Associate at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center. Educational qualifications include a Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate and a Master's degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in addition to a Bachelor's degree in Business and Management from Alverno College.
Outreach Community Health Centers
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Our History and Mission Formerly Health Care for the Homeless, Outreach Community Health Centers (OCHC) has, at the heart of its mission, a drive to provide the highest quality health care and support services to the most vulnerable people in the Greater Milwaukee Area: the homeless, those experiencing extreme poverty and the uninsured. Incorporated in 1980, Outreach Community Health Centers began direct service delivery in 1984 as a demonstration project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Memorial Trust. During the past 35 years, OCHC programs have grown to provide a strong continuum of services for the homeless as well as a critical complement of support services for the poor and uninsured. Today, OCHC delivers services to those in need at six different locations, while our Street Outreach team seeks and finds homeless people sheltered in abandoned buildings and parks, as well as those seeking service at area shelters, food pantries and meal sites. OCHC serves the most disadvantaged people in Milwaukee County. Residents of the 5 poorest zip codes in Milwaukee County make up 40% of OCHC’s service population, and the zip code of our primary service site, 53206, has a median household income that is 48.7% lower than that of the county as a whole.