About Harrington Health Clinic

Guided by shared values of service, compassion, and dignity, the University of Portland School of Nursing and Blanchet House have partnered with Emily Harrington to establish the Harrington Health Clinic (HHC). The HHC provides high quality care of the body, mind, and spirit for each guest we serve. Our goal is to transform the health and well-being of each guest through a dedicated relationship between guest, provider, and student, while simultaneously creating an innovative teaching-learning environment that educates the student and serves a population.

Care with Compassion

The HHC provides accessible, approachable, high quality, reliable care to one of the most vulnerable populations.

The HHC is an innovative teaching and learning environment that enhances undergraduate and graduate students' understanding and proficiency of person centered, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive care.

Thank you for support of our clinic. It is both appreciated and vital in allowing us to pursue our goals of providing our services.

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Our Services

The HHC is a nurse led non-profit clinic that is situated within the Blanchet House of Hospitality. Care is provided to the residents of the Blanchet regardless of their ability to pay, insurance status, income, background and preferred language. The HHC respects our patients' beliefs, values and cultural needs.

Primary Care

Primary Care serves as the patient's entry point into the health care system and as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services. Primary care includes care that is: person and family-oriented, continuous, comprehensive and equitable, team-based and collaborative, coordinated and integrated, accessible, and high value.

Health & Wellness

Primary care also includes health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, counseling, patient education. Primary care promotes effective communication with patients and families to encourage them to be a partner in health care.

Behavioral Health Care

Behavioral health is the scientific study of the emotions, behaviors and biology relating to a person’s mental well-being, their ability to function in every day life and their concept of self. HHC has been fortunate to have a relationship of referral with dedicated mental heath clinicians at the Volunteers of America.

Palliative Care

Palliative care is care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease. Palliative care is an approach to care that addresses the person as a whole, not just their disease.

Thanks to generous grant awarded to the University of Portland School of Nursing by the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation, a palliative care model has been embedded into HHC’s provision of services.

"The impetus of this project was to effectively address the needs of the seriously mentally ill among the houseless population.”

Harrington Health Clinic Leadership Team

Emily Harrington

FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Clinic Founder

Kelly Fox

DNP, MN, RN

Clinic Director

September Nelson

PhD, RN, CNL

Nurse Educator

Kindra Scanlon

DNP, FNP-C

Primary and Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner

Maureen 'Mo' Briare

MA, BSN, RN

Clinic Nurse

How to help Harrington Health Clinic

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Our clinic appreciates the generosity and involvement of people like you, with every contribution going towards making The Harrington Health Clinic an even better Non-Profit Organization than it already is. We want to provide you with the correct and appropriate information pertaining to your mode of support, so don’t hesitate to contact us with your questions.

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Help Us Soar

This is one of the simplest ways to help our cause. We believe the best way for our initiatives to be successful is for the community to actively get involved. This is an easy and efficient way of contributing to the great work we do at The Harrington Health Clinic. Please get in touch with any questions about how you can Volunteer Your Time today.

Wish List Donations

In-Kind Donations

We gratefully accept items specific to the relevant needs of this population.

NOTE: Your cash donation will go to immediate use helping at the Harrington Health Clinic and allows us to purchase the most urgently needed items on our wish list.

Items we need