St. Ben's Clinic is a ministry of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars, St. Benedict the Moor Parish, and Columbia St. Mary's Ascension Health.  The mission of St. Ben's Clinic is to provide respectful, patient-centered, coordinated, comprehensive primary and preventative health care services to adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, in particular those who are substance - dependent or have long term mental illness and have difficulty accessing traditional health care systems.