Homeless Clinic — El Paso, TX
Homeless Clinic is a community health center clinic at 1208 Myrtle Ave, El Paso, TX 79901, open 40 hours a week. The typical Texas clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Centro San Vicente, which serves 13,667 patients across 5 clinic locations.
- Address: 1208 Myrtle Ave, El Paso, TX 79901 · Directions
- Phone: (915) 351-8972
- Website: www.sanvicente.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (Texas clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Centro San Vicente (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 Centro San Vicente
Patients came to Centro San Vicente for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 378 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 4,468 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 297 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 552 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,888 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 760 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 2,147 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 147 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 4,196 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 6,140 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 563 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 4,073 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 2,055 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 96 | children tested |
Centro San Vicente also provides care by telehealth.
Who Centro San Vicente serves
13,667 patients used Centro San Vicente in 2025. 69% live at or below the poverty line and 96% are at or below twice the poverty line. 1,029 patients were experiencing homelessness and 38 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | TX median | U.S. median | vs TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 69% | 65% | 65% | +4 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 96% | 94% | 92% | +1 pts |
| Measure | This center | TX median | U.S. median | vs TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 56% | 32% | 14% | +24 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 8% | 23% | 42% | −15 pts |
| Medicare patients | 15% | 9% | 11% | +6 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 21% | 30% | 24% | −9 pts |
Quality of care at Centro San Vicente
Centro San Vicente is at or above the Texas median on 3 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | TX median | U.S. median | vs TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 71% | 67% | 68% | +4 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 48% | 48% | 54% | In line |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 44% | 54% | 54% | −9 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 42% | 40% | 44% | +2 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 50% | 80% | 77% | −30 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 78% | 89% | 86% | −11 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 88% | 81% | 79% | +7 pts |
Staffing at Centro San Vicente
The health center employs 190 full-time-equivalent staff, including 19 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 5 dental staff and 3 mental health staff. That is 727 patients per clinical provider against the Texas median of 1,028 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 49,401 visits, about 3.6 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 79901
749 Centro San Vicente patients live in ZIP 79901, and 73% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Centro de Salud Familiar la Fe — 2,249 patients from 79901
- Project Vida Health Center — 194 patients from 79901