Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Newark, NJ

Who runs these clinics

5 health-center organizations run the 20 clinics in Newark. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• City Of Newark New Jersey — 7 sites here. 11,288 patients in 2025, 51% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health care; 15% of patients had limited English.
• Newark Community Health Centers INC — 4 sites here, 7 in total. 48,965 patients in 2025, 19% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health care; 48% of patients had limited English.
• Saint James Health INC — 4 sites here. 9,158 patients in 2025, 18% uninsured; also provided mental health, substance use care; 59% of patients had limited English.
• Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. — 3 sites here, 6 in total. 24,404 patients in 2025, 18% uninsured; 52% of patients had limited English.
• Ironbound Community Health Center INC. — 2 sites here.

Health centers near Newark

• Harrison (1) · 1 mi
• East Orange (1) · 3 mi
• Irvington (1) · 3 mi
• Orange (1) · 4 mi
• West Orange (1) · 4 mi
• Elizabethport (1) · 6 mi
• Jersey City (3) · 7 mi
• Secaucus (1) · 7 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

Newark 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 Newark specifically:

• 33,501 patients living in the ZIP codes 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07108, 07114 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 24% of them had no insurance.
• 5 of 20 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 5 of 20 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 20 of 20 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 9 of 20 clinics list a website.
• 11 of 20 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: 15 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 5 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Newark: Clinic/Center, Community Health (1), Clinic/Center (1), Clinic/Center, Multi-Specialty (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.