July 2025 Clinics
Free, confidential, and inclusive
The THRIVE clinic’s mission is to help everyone feel welcome, comfortable, safe, and supported in asking for HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health information, services, and supplies.
The THRIVE Clinic at Harbor Health offers free services including:
- HIV rapid testing and counseling – results in 20 minutes or less!
- Family planning counseling
- Safer sex and menstruation supplies
- Sexual health and STI information (we do not offer STI testing at the THRIVE Clinic at this time)
- PrEP navigation and referral
PLEASE NOTE: We only offer HIV rapid testing at this time. We DO NOT offer STI testing at the THRIVE Clinic. We can connect you to care at Harbor Health or other community-based providers if you need STI testing.
Have questions about Harbor Health’s THRIVE Clinic? Please call (617) 533-2228 to speak with a prevention specialist.
The THRIVE clinic is open to everyone in the community. No insurance is required. You do not need to be a Harbor Health patient to come to a THRIVE clinic.
THRIVE clinic schedule July 2025
Everyone who gets a FREE rapid HIV test at our July clinics will get a $25 Target gift card!
Walk-ins are welcome. You can also make an appointment using a first name/alias for an upcoming THRIVE clinic.
Wednesday, July 9, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm – Testing is Summertime Self-Care THRIVE Clinic at Harbor Community Health Center – Plymouth, 10 Cordage Park Circle, Suite 115, Plymouth.
Thursday, July 10, 10: 30 am – 1:30 pm – Testing is Summertime Self-Care THRIVE Clinic at Daniel Driscoll – Neponset Health Center, 398 Neponset Avenue, Dorchester.
Thursday, July 17, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm – Testing is Summertime Self-Care THRIVE Clinic at Harbor Community Health Center – Hyannis, 735 Attucks Lane, Hyannis.
Do you need immediate assistance?
Please call (617) 533-2228, Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm. We can help answer your questions and provide referrals to services based on your location.
Frequently asked questions about our services
THRIVE stands for:
T – Trusted services
H– HIV testing and prevention
R– Reproductive and sexual health
I– Inclusive
V– Vital
E– Educational
Visit our fast facts page for basic information about HIV and STIs.
We offer a finger stick test. You will receive your results in 20 minutes or less.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care.
People at higher risk for HIV should get tested more often.
According to the CDC, you should get an HIV test as soon as possible if you were HIV-negative the last time you were tested, the test was more than one year ago, and can answer yes to any of the following questions:
- Are you a man who has had sex with another man?
- Have you had sex—anal or vaginal—with a partner who has HIV?
- Have you had more than one sex partner since your last HIV test?
- Have you injected drugs and shared needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment (for example, cookers) with others?
- Have you exchanged sex for drugs or money?
- Have you been diagnosed with or treated for another sexually transmitted disease?
- Have you been diagnosed with or treated for hepatitis or tuberculosis (TB)?
- Have you had sex with someone who could answer yes to any of the above questions or someone whose sexual history you don’t know?
The CDC also recommends people at higher risk get tested for HIV every 3-6 months. Watch the video below to learn more about how often to check your HIV status.
Yes! We can help you learn more about PrEP and connect you with a PrEP Navigator. Our PrEP Navigator offers free services to connect you to care and help you apply for programs that help you pay for PrEP.
Yes! We can help you learn about different methods of birth control. We can help you with information so you can talk to your healthcare provider or connect you to care at Harbor.
We also offer free safer sex supplies at the THRIVE clinic to help protect you from sexually transmitted infections.