St. Vincent De Paul's Free Pharmacy Expanding Eligibility For Needy North Texans

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

March 31, 2021

Writing a prescription for change.

A free-standing charitable pharmacy is expanding eligibility requirements to serve more families. It’s one way the Society of St. Vincent de Paul hopes to impact a root cause of systemic poverty.

“They are calling us for rent or utilities or help with food, but we found out that they were foregoing medications,” says Michael Pazzaglini, CEO, Society of St. Vincent de Paul of North Texas, explaining that clients will often rationalize the difficult decisions, saying ‘well, I’ll pay the rent and maybe take half my prescription, and now I’m in a situation where I’m becoming ill or sick and I can’t work and now I just exacerbated the situation’.”

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