Our Story
History of the
N.E.W. Community Clinic
In 1970 a young college student, while serving an internship in a social change group at the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay, researched various human services and identified a gap in the availability of medical services for a large group of people.
Her assigned focus was to change an existing health care delivery system to reach them. She found this to be impossible and convinced the professors and her fellow students to allow her to shift focus enough to create an alternative health care delivery system.
Our History
July 1971
Green Bay Free Clinic opens in shared space two days/week with volunteer staff
July 1972
Clinic moves to donated space in two-story house near Trinity Lutheran Church
1975
Brown County Medical Society endorses the clinic
Local hospitals begin to donate lab work
1984
Name changed to N.E.W. Community Clinic
1987
1987 Bodart Street clinic opens after a capital fund drive
1992
Federal Grant awarded for Health Care for the Homeless program
1997
Dental program began at NWTC with volunteer dentists & shared space
2006
N.E.W. Community Medical Clinic at NWTC opened
2012
Awarded Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Status
Expanded dental services at NWTC with dedicated space
2015
EPIC electronic medical record installed
2022
2022 Broadway Clinic
West side Broadway Clinic opened
2023
2023 MOBY
MOBY-(Mobile Outreach Brought to You) launched at N.E.W. Community clinic
2025
2025 Door County Dental Clinic - Sturgeon Bay opened