12th Street Urgent Care — Milwaukee, WI
12th Street Urgent Care is a community health center clinic at 945 N 12th St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, open 50 hours a week. That is 5 more hours than the typical Wisconsin clinic (45 a week). It is run by Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc., which serves 16,391 patients across 3 clinic locations.
- Address: 945 N 12th St, Milwaukee, WI 53233 · Directions
- Phone: (414) 935-8000
- Website: www.progressivechc.org
- Weekly hours: 50 (Wisconsin clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc.
Patients came to Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 5,203 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 2,627 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 74 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 1,388 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,373 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 686 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 894 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 544 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,348 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 3,198 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 937 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 2,824 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 1,794 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 278 | children tested |
Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. serves
16,391 patients used Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. in 2025. 79% live at or below the poverty line and 95% are at or below twice the poverty line. 63 patients were experiencing homelessness and 90 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | WI median | U.S. median | vs WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 79% | 62% | 65% | +17 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 95% | 93% | 92% | +3 pts |
| Measure | This center | WI median | U.S. median | vs WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 7% | 16% | 14% | −9 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 67% | 55% | 42% | +12 pts |
| Medicare patients | 13% | 9% | 11% | +3 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 14% | 18% | 24% | −4 pts |
Quality of care at Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc.
Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. is at or above the Wisconsin median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | WI median | U.S. median | vs WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 63% | 65% | 68% | −2 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 65% | 56% | 54% | +9 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 69% | 59% | 54% | +10 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 56% | 48% | 44% | +8 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 54% | 76% | 77% | −21 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 88% | 84% | 86% | +4 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 88% | 77% | 79% | +11 pts |
Staffing at Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc.
The health center employs 138 full-time-equivalent staff, including 17 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 15 dental staff and 5 mental health staff. That is 990 patients per clinical provider against the Wisconsin median of 1,928 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 52,444 visits, about 3.2 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 53233
654 Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. patients live in ZIP 53233, and 5% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Outreach Community Health Centers, Inc. — 307 patients from 53233
- Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers, Inc. — 302 patients from 53233
- Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. — 143 patients from 53233
- Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center, Inc. — 46 patients from 53233
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