About Toledo Lucas County Carenet
This clinic operates under a SLIDING SCALE model.This means that it MAY NOT be free depending on your income.You will be required to prove financial need in order to receive free services or services at a reduced cost.In order to get more information on this clinic, click on the icons below. You may be required to join for free in order to access full contact information.
Residents of Lucas County, Ohio with low incomes, who are not eligible for public or private healthcare coverage, are now receiving healthcare services as members of Toledo/Lucas County CareNet. Announced in the fall of 2002 by The City of Toledo, ProMedica Health System and Mercy Health Partners, CareNet is an innovative program that provides coordinated healthcare on a sliding fee scale for eligible low-income Lucas County residents.
Emergency and inpatient services are offered to CareNet participants at participating hospitals. Primary care services are offered by physicians at many locations sponsored by Neighborhood Health Association, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, Mercy Health Partners and ProMedica Health System. Specialty care is provided through hospital clinics and volunteer physicians. Transportation is provided free of charge by TARTA bus service for medical appointments.
Additional collaborating partners include the City of Toledo, the Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County, University of Toledo Medical Center, Lucas County Commissioners, St. Luke's Hospital, United Way's First Call for Help, Islamic Medical Association, Dental Center of Northwest Ohio, private physicians and many others.
Since this is a sliding fee scale clinic, we have provided the Federal Poverty Guidelines below. Visit the Toledo Lucas County Carenet website listed above to see what the level is needed for free care.
Federal Poverty Guidelines for 2023
| Persons In Family Household | Poverty Guideline Salary per year |
|---|
| 1 | $14,580 |
| 2 | $19,720 |
| 3 | $24,860 |
| 4 | $30,000 |
| 5 | $35,140 |
| 6 | $40,280 |
| 7 | $45,420 |
| 8 | $50,560 |
For Households with more than 8 persons, add $4,480 for each additional person.
*Alaska and Hawaii have different rates for HUD federal poverty guidelines.
These numbers above represent 100% of the Federal Poverty Rate. In order to get reduced or free services from some clinics, they use a sliding fee scale based on your income.When they use a sliding fee scale, the 100% rate can be different than 100%. In those cases, using for example a 200% federal poverty level, you will only need double the 100% number listed above to 200%.
