Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Lakewood, NJ

Who runs these clinics

3 health-center organizations run the 10 clinics in Lakewood. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Lakewood Resource & Referral Center — 5 sites here, 6 in total. 108,255 patients in 2025, 12% uninsured; 21% of patients had limited English.
• Ocean Health Initiatives, INC — 4 sites here, 8 in total. 35,151 patients in 2025, 17% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health care; 31% of patients had limited English.
• Refuah Health Center INC — 1 site here, 20 in total. 93,649 patients in 2025, 12% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, vision care; 22% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Lakewood

• Jackson (1) · 3 mi
• Brick (1) · 4 mi
• Toms River (1) · 9 mi
• Freehold (2) · 12 mi
• Asbury Park (1) · 14 mi
• Long Branch (3) · 19 mi
• Red Bank (1) · 19 mi
• Pemberton (2) · 24 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

Lakewood 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 Lakewood specifically:

• 82,541 patients living in ZIP code 08701 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 10% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 10 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 2 of 10 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 10 of 10 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 3 of 10 clinics list a website.
• 5 of 10 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: 5 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 4 report 20–39 hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.