The Perry Family Free Clinic is a primary care clinic that aims to serve uninsured and underinsured Black men in the Madison/Dane County area. The clinic is an extension of Aaron Perry’s current Black Men’s Wellness Center on Madison’s west side, which SSM Health helped to launch in early 2020. 

Located within a popular Black barbershop, JP’s Hair Design, the wellness center provides health education, blood pressure checks, vaccine opportunities, and more to local men and boys. The goal of this initiative is to educate as many men as possible on their health and create a response where men will check on their health as often as they perform routine acts such as receiving haircuts. This model has been extremely successful in reaching Black men in an environment where they are comfortable and promote healthy life cycles by establishing trust and improving health outcomes. 

SSM Health contributed funding and recycled equipment from the former Dean Medical Group clinic on Fish Hatchery Road toward the expansion to a full clinic next door to the barbershop. The Perry Family Free Clinic opened in February 2022 and continues to provide services to the community.