Interview with Mr. Bakari Burns from the Orlando Health Care Center for the Homeless

Today fellow Board Member Logan Lenz and I had the honor to interview Mr. Bakari Burns form the Orlando Health Care Center for the Homeless (HCCH). We learned a lot about their mission, and how they serve less fortunate individuals in our tri-county area. Their facility is located on Orange Blossom Trail near Downtown Orlando. Their services are provided by Medical Doctors, Physician Assistant, and Nurse Practitioners. They also have students who job shadow their doctors who may either be in medical school, or even pre-med students. This is a great opportunity for our pre-meds from UCF pre-Med AMSA.

Mr. Bakari Burns told us that at a given moment there are 8,500-9,300 homeless individuals in our tri-county area which includes Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. From the individuals they serve approximately 60% are homeless and 40% are less fortunate and uninsured. We were amazed to learn that HCCH sees approximately 250 patients per day. This also includes their mobile clinic, which is a bus that goes around the tri-county area to serve individuals that don’t have proper transportation to make it to the HCCH facility. This mobile unit includes two rooms, one for physical treatment, and another for Mental Health treatment. Below you can see a quick video from Mr. Bakari Burns and learn about this great local organization.

Rock for Hunger is looking forward to this new partnership, and assisting HCCH to provide health care to the individuals we serve every week.