Nikki King, executive director of Health Care Access Clinic, Lawrence, attended the annual summit of the National Association of Free Clinics on Sept. 20-22 in Dallas.

The associations aims to support, strengthen and advocate for free clinics and the people they serve.

There are more than 1,100 such clinics in the United States, serving uninsured, low-income residents through partnerships with volunteering medical professionals, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies’ medication assistance programs.