Tarrance Eatman was looking for medical care and found a home at the Gateway Center where Mercy Care manages a clinic for shelter residents and the community. Tarrance had been battling with drug and alcohol abuse for years. “I had been in and out of programs only changing on the outside, not the inside.” Tarrance…
“Legwork is legwork,” says Torez Askew, a patient at Mercy Care and a recent hire through Shelters to Shutters. Atlanta’s continuum of care offers a major safety net for individuals who find themselves situationally homeless or otherwise needing of aid, but Torez will tell anyone, you must put in the work to fully reap the…
Caught in the gap between working part-time and not being able to afford private insurance on her own, Tammy Franklin Wideman has found a true medical home in every sense of the word at Mercy Care. “They are a lifesaver for so many of us in this predicament,” Tammy says. “They treat you like a…
