Reach Out of Montgomery County

About

Reach Out provides access to health care services for the underserved/ uninsured population in Montgomery County, without restraints, utilizing the professional skills of volunteer physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals

Story

Reach Out of Montgomery County (ROMC) started in 1995 as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grantee with a mission to secure the underserved population access to health care services by local physician volunteers. Founding partners for ROMC included Dayton and Montgomery County Public Health Department, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (WSU-BSOM), and Montgomery County Medical Society. In 1998, ROMC gathered additional long-term support
from Miami Valley Hospital and Dayton Children’s Medical Center. ROMC from 1995-2006 shared facilities sponsoring after-hours clinics in two Neighborhood Health Centers covering East and West Dayton. In 1998, Sunset Clinic, an after-hours pediatric health clinic was acquired from Dayton & Montgomery Health Public Health Department and relocated into East End Community Services Building on Xenia Ave. It was not until an HRSA grant in 2006 brought all services into one building owned by Miami Valley Hospital, located at 25 E. Foraker St., Dayton, Ohio 45409. ROMC started as a free clinic model and now encompasses many aspects of community health services. ROMC offers urgent care appointments, acute differential walk-in visits, chronic care monitoring, laboratory diagnostics, behavioral visits, Charitable Pharmacy and preventive health activities in underserved neighborhoods mobilizing EMS Fire Departments.

Mission

Reach Out's mission is to provide access to health care services for the underserved/ uninsured population in Montgomery County, without restraints, utilizing the professional skills of volunteer physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals.