Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Portland, CT

Who runs these clinics

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

• Community Health Center, Incorporated — 4 sites here, 181 in total. 106,922 patients in 2025, 13% uninsured; 35% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Portland

• Middletown (19) · 2 mi
• Middlefield (1) · 5 mi
• East Hampton (4) · 6 mi
• Durham (1) · 8 mi
• Meriden (19) · 9 mi
• New Britain (23) · 10 mi
• Moodus (3) · 11 mi
• Hartford (31) · 13 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

Portland 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 Portland specifically:

• 560 patients living in ZIP code 06480 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 8% of them had no insurance.
• 4 of 4 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 4 of 4 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 0 of 4 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 1 clinic reports 40+ hrs/week, 3 report under 20 hrs/week.