Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Porterville, CA

Who runs these clinics

4 health-center organizations run the 15 clinics in Porterville. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Family Healthcare Network — 7 sites here, 48 in total. 255,355 patients in 2025, 8% uninsured; 32% of patients had limited English.
• Aria Community Health Center — 6 sites here, 33 in total. 37,103 patients in 2025, 2% uninsured; 36% of patients had limited English.
• Altura Centers For Health — 1 site here, 9 in total. 34,548 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured; 26% of patients had limited English.
• Complete Care Community Health Center, INC. — 1 site here, 16 in total. 26,329 patients in 2025, 11% uninsured; 15% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Porterville

• Strathmore (1) · 6 mi
• Terra Bella (1) · 7 mi
• Lindsay (7) · 11 mi
• Pixley (1) · 16 mi
• Exeter (2) · 17 mi
• Farmersville (3) · 19 mi
• Earlimart (1) · 19 mi
• Tulare (14) · 20 mi

New to community health centers?

• How the sliding-fee scale works — and how to qualify
• What to bring to your first visit
• Getting care with no insurance

Porterville at a Glance

Every clinic listed above is a federally funded community health center — it treats you with or without insurance, regardless of immigration status, and charges on a sliding-fee scale based on income. Here's what the HRSA and federal NPI registry data shows for Porterville specifically:

• 38,360 patients living in ZIP code 93257 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 7% of them had no insurance.
• 15 of 15 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 12 of 15 clinics list a website.
• 7 of 15 are part of a program that reports dental services in federal UDS data (program-level, not per-site — call to confirm dental is offered at this address).
• Reported weekly hours: 14 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Porterville: Case Manager/Care Coordinator (4), Supports Brokerage (2). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.