Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Waterbury, CT

Who runs these clinics

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

• Community Health Center, Incorporated — 7 sites here, 181 in total. 106,922 patients in 2025, 13% uninsured; 35% of patients had limited English.
• Staywell Health Care, INC. — 6 sites here, 7 in total. 24,801 patients in 2025, 19% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 44% of patients had limited English.
• Wheeler Clinic INC — 1 site here, 23 in total. 22,109 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured.

Health centers near Waterbury

• Naugatuck (1) · 5 mi
• Bristol (18) · 10 mi
• Meriden (19) · 12 mi
• Plainville (2) · 12 mi
• New Britain (23) · 15 mi
• Hamden (7) · 15 mi
• North Haven (6) · 15 mi
• Ansonia (2) · 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

Waterbury 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 Waterbury specifically:

• 32,088 patients living in the ZIP codes 06702, 06704, 06705, 06706, 06708, 06710 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 13% of them had no insurance.
• 6 of 14 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 14 of 14 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 5 of 14 clinics list a website.
• 6 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: 10 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 3 report under 20 hrs/week.