Integrative Care Outreach

Established in 1999 by a group of students and homeless advocates, Integrative Care Outreach's (ICO) mission is to bring quality holistic and integrative healthcare to at-risk individuals experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty in King County, WA. ICO aims to alleviate the health needs of the roughly 11,000 individuals living without shelter in King County, of which 50% reported living with one or more disabling health conditions. Without regular access to healthcare, these individuals are suffering from increased risk of preventable illness, longer hospitalizations, and a higher rate of premature death. Through its mobile medical approach and team of licensed medical providers, ICO is urgently addressing barriers to health equity by bringing 100% free healthcare directly to these communities. ICO envisions a future when EVERYONE has easy access to holistic medicine.

Integrative Care Outreach (ICO) is the only community-based, integrative medical approach addressing the urgent health inequity of those experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty in King County, WA. ICO impacts the community by providing roughly 600 100% free, individualized patient visits annually at homeless shelters, youth centers, and low-income buildings. Through its compassionate practitioners, cultural humility training, and pop-up clinic model, ICO eliminates common barriers to care such as transportation, socioeconomic status, systemic discrimination, ability, and/or insurance status. ICO's medical team of licensed naturopathic doctors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and advanced student clinicians are trained to care for people where they are at, address the root cause of disease, and emphasize disease prevention, which are strong tools for sustaining health in these communities. ICO actively supports the resiliency of this population and builds an inclusive community where quality health care is a human right for all.