More than 103,000 Greater Richmond Metropolitan Area Residents – one in eight – do not have health insurance. At least 14 area organizations offer low-cost – in some cases free – health services to persons without health insurance. These healthcare providers, which form Richmond’s health safety net, are uniquely able to care for uninsured and underinsured persons – still, gaps in care remain. Recognizing the need to collaboratively address systemic problems affecting the safety net, several organizations focused on caring for the uninsured began meeting in 2000 to discuss how to minimize gaps in care and create a coordinated health services delivery model. In 2002, the group became a 501(c)(3), Richmond Coalition of Safety Net Providers, Inc. d/b/a Richmond Enhancing Access to Community Healthcare (REACH).