Lackey Clinic

Our Mission

To provide skilled, compassionate healthcare and counseling to the medically disadvantaged in a manner that honors the name of Jesus Christ.

Who We Are

Lackey Clinic is a faith-based nonprofit providing free and charitable healthcare to uninsured adults in Virginia. Our patients are the working class, usually earning between $12-$25 an hour, who earn too much to qualify for Virginia Medicaid but not enough to afford quality health insurance. The Clinic offers primary and specialty medical care, dental care, eye care, virtual care, medications, behavioral health services, chronic disease management, and spiritual care.

All these services are given to Lackey Clinic’s patients as donated care. The costs are paid for through generous partnerships, donations, and grants, as well as voluntary patient contributions and dental admin. fees. Time is gifted by over 250 skilled volunteers combining to donate nearly 14,000 hours each year to help patients.

The Clinic’s partnerships include charity care agreements with all three local hospital systems. By providing continuity of care for the uninsured, Lackey Clinic helps the hospitals reduce emergency room usage, and in return, the hospitals provide the Clinic’s patients with services beyond the Clinic’s capability—surgeries, mammograms, pathology and cytology labs, x-rays, imaging, and in-hospital care at no cost.

Through charity care agreements, volunteers’ time, and partnerships which help obtain medications for the patients, Lackey Clinic provides over $20M in total value—turning every $1 of donations and grants into $8 of services.

April 20th marked 31 years since Lackey Clinic was co-founded by Dr. Jim and Cooka Shaw, who responded to God's calling in Matthew 25:40 to serve. Over the years our Clinic has grown and changed in response to the needs of our patients, yet our mission remains the same as it was when the Shaws founded Lackey Clinic — to serve in a manner that honors the name of Jesus Christ.

Thank you for helping us care for the uninsured in our community!