Nonprofit brings eye care to Detroiters’ doorsteps
- Samer Alfahad
- Jun 16
- 1 min read
Founded in 2022, Moorer’s nonprofit is Detroit’s first walk-in and mobile eye care clinic working to address a critical health gap: access to vision care for the city’s homebound and underserved. The clinic has a physical location at 7800 W. Outer Dr. on Detroit’s west side and its mobile unit services neighborhoods with high risk indicators in Detroit as well as parts of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Moorer, the organization’s founding executive director, said he began contemplating a mobile unit during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many residents were unable or unwilling to visit traditional clinics.
Moorer, who separately owns the home healthcare agency, American Advantage Home Care, Inc., which he acquired in 2019, said Eye Care for Detroit was born out of experiences during the pandemic with patients, decreased traffic due to transportation gaps and “folks really not knowing where to go.”
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