Founded in 1999, Health Care Without Walls (HCWW) is a non-profit dedicated to providing free, compassionate, comprehensive, and gender-specific medical care, education, and advocacy to homeless women and children in Greater Boston. HCWW breaks down the access barriers for women experiencing poverty and homelessness. With a paid nursing staff and community health workers, HCWW is able to provide critical care every day to women who are poor and rely on Boston area shelters, giving thousands of women and children the means to move forward to better health, longer lives, a sense of purpose, and improved self-worth.