Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Stratford, CT

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 14 clinics in Stratford. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Community Health Center, Incorporated — 10 sites here, 181 in total. 106,922 patients in 2025, 13% uninsured; 35% of patients had limited English.
• Optimus Health Care, INC. — 4 sites here, 26 in total. 38,667 patients in 2025, 16% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 52% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Stratford

• Bridgeport (40) · 3 mi
• Milford (2) · 5 mi
• Shelton (2) · 8 mi
• Fairfield (1) · 8 mi
• West Haven (6) · 10 mi
• Ansonia (2) · 10 mi
• New Haven (48) · 13 mi
• Hamden (7) · 15 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

Stratford 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 Stratford specifically:

• 6,058 patients living in the ZIP codes 06614, 06615 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 15% of them had no insurance.
• 13 of 14 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 7 of 14 are open only part of the year.
• 14 of 14 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 14 clinics list a website.
• 4 of 14 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: 4 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 7 report 20–39 hrs/week, 3 report under 20 hrs/week.