Prism Health is opening a new clinic in Eliot in June!

When CAP opened Prism Health on Southeast Belmont Street in 2017, it was the first primary clinic of its kind in the state, working to address health-care disparities in the LGBTQ+ community by offering trauma-informed, gender-affirming care, integrated into the primary care experience.

We are excited to announce we’ll be expanding access to our services by opening a second Prism Health location in the Eliot neighborhood in June. The new clinic at 15 N. Morris St. in Portland will offer our inclusive, affirming, high-quality health care in the heart of Portland’s historically Black community.

Since its founding, CAP has been dedicated to building health equity for LGBTQ+ Oregonians, those living with HIV, and communities of color. In recent years, we have been building on our racial equity and social justice work to focus on serving more BIPOC patients, as well as the LGBTQ+ community and the intersections between them.

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The building that Prism Morris will call home has provided underserved communities with compassionate health care for decades. It was originally owned by barrier-breaking Oregon physician, Dr. Walter C. Reynolds, who was the first Black graduate of the then-University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU), and most recently owned by the Native American Rehabilitation Association (NARA). Prism Morris will honor this legacy by offering comprehensive primary care as well as transgender health services, HIV and STI testing, mental health services, and an integrated, on-site pharmacy to anyone seeking compassionate health care, regardless of ability to pay.

The new Prism Morris clinic will double our patient capacity with nearly 7,500 square feet of clinical, lab, pharmacy, and administrative space. It also will enable us to offer care for the full life cycle of patients, including pediatrics and obstetrics, as required for federal health center funding. Its location near Dawson Park, Black churches, public transportation, public housing and Legacy Emanuel Medical Center makes our services more accessible for patients and gives us more opportunities to cultivate community partnerships.

LGBTQ+ and BIPOC individuals face worse health outcomes and are less likely to have access to adequate health care and services than other groups due to high poverty rates and discrimination by providers. The Black community also has faced limited access to high-quality health care, housing, and HIV prevention education, which have been show to increase risk for HIV transmission.

All providers at Prism Health offer trauma-informed, gender-affirming care that is integrated into the primary care experience. Our licensed behavioral health providers offer culturally affirming therapy and support groups to bring meaningful and lasting improvement to the lives of all people in our community.

Prism Health Morris will began seeing behavioral health patients in the spring and will expand to offer primary care services for ages all ages, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations in June, with an on-site pharmacy available to Prism patients later in July.

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to our new clinic later this summer! Don't hesitate to reach out in the meantime if you have any questions for our team. See you soon!