Other Services & Partnerships
Dorcas Ministries supports and works alongside other local, state and national organizations and partners to provide resources and advocate for clients and vulnerable populations in our local area.
- Dorcas conducts regular surveys and listening sessions to hear from clients about their experiences, wisdom and concerns—all to inform our advocacy.
- We invite clients to engage in advocacy work with us.
- Key Issues include pet advocacy, affordable housing, food security, voter education, transit, living wage, and climate action.
- Pet Advocacy: Focus on preventing pet homelessness, increasing pet-inclusive temporary shelters, and advocating for resources that enable families in crisis to keep their pets.
- Affordable Housing: Focus on advocating for affordable housing solutions in our community.
- Food Security: Focus on advocating for collaboration across area pantries with the goal of increasing access to food, including pet food.
- Get Out the Vote: Focus on providing voter education and encouraging people to vote.
- Transit: Focus on advocating for public transportation solutions that benefit low-income families in our community.
- Living Wage: Focus on advocating for programs and policies that encourage employers to pay a living wage and increase access to training for living wage jobs.
- Climate Action: Seeks to include Dorcas served communities in climate action planning and communication.
- We purchased the Plaza in 2008 and opened the Thrift Shop and Client Services offices in 2011.
- The Plaza is a nonprofit hub with partners that include Read and Feed, Triangle Aphasia Project, Advance Community Health, and Habitat Wake ReStore – Cary.
- As part of our mission to help our neighbors thrive, we support these organizations by leasing space to our partners at a below-market rate to help them make a larger community impact.
The UNC School of Nursing Mobile Health Clinic is nurse-managed and offers FREE health care including screenings and health information for adults and children.
Hours & Location:
- Every Tuesday from 10am – 2pm.
- First and third Saturdays from 10am – 2pm.
- The clinic is located at the Dorcas Training Center – Suite 191 of the Dorcas Plaza.
- If there is severe weather, the clinic will be closed.
Service Provided:
- Sick Care Visits
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Diabetes Assessments
- Cholesterol Assessments
- Mental Health Screening
- Education on Chronic Diseases
- Nutrition Information
- Connecting to Local Resources
- Smoking Cessation Resources
- HIV/STD Testing (1st Tuesday each month)
- Dental Screening (2nd Tuesday each month)
Dorcas Ministries is proud to be able to serve the community through its outreach ministries. With membership in various organizations, Dorcas is able to receive the support it needs to continue its mission of helping those in need.