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Organization Overview
Dade County Street Response (DCSR) is a nonprofit, community-based organization dedicated to providing free, mobile, and harm-reduction-centered healthcare to Miami-Dade County’s most underserved populations. Founded in 2018 in response to urgent public health needs during Hurricane Irma, DCSR has evolved into a vital safety-net provider for individuals experiencing homelessness, mental health crises, substance use disorders, and other forms of structural marginalization.
DCSR operates at the intersection of medicine, public health, and social justice. Its core programs include street-based medical outreach, wound care and disease management, overdose prevention, mobile crisis response, and community education. Services are delivered by interdisciplinary teams of physicians, EMTs, peer specialists, and case managers—often directly in encampments, parks, underpasses, and on the street—where traditional healthcare rarely reaches.
In 2024, DCSR became the first organization in Florida to launch a non-police mobile crisis response team modeled after CAHOOTS (Eugene, OR) and Freedom House (Pittsburgh, PA), offering trauma-informed mental health support and emergency response outside of the carceral system.
All services are free, low-barrier, and deeply grounded in harm reduction, cultural humility, and solidarity with the communities served. DCSR also partners with institutions like the University of Miami and Jackson Health System to provide hands-on training to medical students and conduct research that uplifts community voices.
As a proud member of the Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, DCSR is committed to advancing health equity, dignity, and systemic change—one neighborhood at a time.
DCSR operates at the intersection of medicine, public health, and social justice. Its core programs include street-based medical outreach, wound care and disease management, overdose prevention, mobile crisis response, and community education. Services are delivered by interdisciplinary teams of physicians, EMTs, peer specialists, and case managers—often directly in encampments, parks, underpasses, and on the street—where traditional healthcare rarely reaches.
In 2024, DCSR became the first organization in Florida to launch a non-police mobile crisis response team modeled after CAHOOTS (Eugene, OR) and Freedom House (Pittsburgh, PA), offering trauma-informed mental health support and emergency response outside of the carceral system.
All services are free, low-barrier, and deeply grounded in harm reduction, cultural humility, and solidarity with the communities served. DCSR also partners with institutions like the University of Miami and Jackson Health System to provide hands-on training to medical students and conduct research that uplifts community voices.
As a proud member of the Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, DCSR is committed to advancing health equity, dignity, and systemic change—one neighborhood at a time.
Full Clinic Member
Translation Services
Yes, provided by in-house staff
Organization Structure
Fixed Site, Mobile Clinic
Types of Care Provided
Primary Care/Medical Home, Mental Health