Helping people move toward economic self sufficiency.
A car takes you far!
Who We Help
The Samaritan Car Care Clinic works on a referral basis with Northern Kentucky social service agencies to help low-income families in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties with car repairs. Repairs are done using a shared-cost model with the goal of helping the families get to their jobs and stay on the path to self-sufficiency.
What We Do
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Change engine oil
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Replace air filters
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Replace wiper blades
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Replace bulbs
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Top-off fluids
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Inflate tires
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General car repairs
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Who We Are
The Samaritan Car Care Clinic offers a lifeline to working poor families in Northern Kentucky. Our services enable these families to maintain their cars, allowing them to access jobs and transport family members to school and health care appointments.
“This is a great service. It is different than what others provide. Others do the normal services like food, but changing my oil is so great because my car is important to me. If I can’t get to my job, I can’t pay my bills.”
– Samaritan Car Care Clinic Participant
Thank you to…
Referral Partners
Financial Sponsors
Most donated cars go straight to auction.
Yours doesn't have to.
Here's what happens when you donate your car to Samaritan Car Care Clinic:
Step 1: You call us. We handle everything with you.
Step 2: Our mechanics assess what the car needs.
Step 3: We repair it to be road-safe.
Step 4: We match it to a vetted family in NKY through our referral network.
Step 5: A working parent in Boone, Campbell, or Kenton County gets the keys.
No auction. No out-of-state processing. No stranger in another state.
Prefer to give cash? That works too — and it stays right here in NKY.
Your neighbor. Your community.
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My grandson has a car that he wants to give to his mom. Something keeps draining the battery. Could it be the alternator and can you help him get it fixed up for his mom?
Be Concerned reached out to the Clinic to see if we possibly had a pickup truck or SUV that a building painter named Brad H. desperately needed so he could resume work. After Brad’s existing truck had an engine failure, Brad could no longer work. With no income and tight finances even before, Brad resorted to getting food from Be Concerned. That is when Be Concerned contacted the Clinic.
It is rare for the Clinic to receive a donated truck of any kind but in a providential way, the Clinic received an older Chevy work truck just weeks before Be Concerned reached out. After brake and suspension work, Brad was able to return to work!
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That’s my uncle
Love this….
Wow praise God!
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The Samaritan Car Care Clinic is excited to participate in “A Gift to Grow,” a new funding opportunity from Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) designed to address students' tangible needs, ensuring that more children in our community have what they need to thrive. Our organization is raising funds to provide access to tools and diagnostic equipment for our co-op students.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 by July 31st to address this need. GCF will match contributions up to $2,500 per organization. To give, head to gcfdn.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/grant?grant_id=275179 ... See MoreSee Less
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The Samaritan Car Care Clinic transferred a Dodge Caravan to Brighton Center Scholar House resident Jaylynn C. Jaylynn is a single mother close to finishing her studies to become a medical data assistant and hopes to land a job/externship opportunity at a local doctor’s office or St. Elizabeth hospital very soon. Jaylynn has not been able to afford a car of her own for close to two years. In her own words, being able to buy this van will allow her to juggle childcare and get to her externship each day, which will hopefully lead to full time employment. Thank you to all of our Clinic supporters who make this possible!
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That’s nice. When I took my care there they told me they wouldn’t help me fix it. That it was too old!
Congratulations 🎊
So nice!! Not having a vehicle is so hard as a single mother!!
The donation we received from Kroger Community Rewards for last quarter was $111.58! Thank you to those who have registered their Kroger card to have a portion of their grocery purchases donated to the Samaritan Car Care Clinic.
If you haven't signed up for the Kroger Community Rewards program yet, please visit www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/
use organization code: FG914 or search "Samaritan Car Care Clinic, Inc."
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The SCCC website is the digital home of the Clinic. Whether you are hoping to make a donation or you want to check out our latest newsletter, the website has what you are looking for. Visit us at Samaritancarcare.org
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St. Vincent de Paul - Northern Kentucky and the Samaritan Car Care Clinic recently teamed up to help SVdPNKY single mom and neighbor, Amelia M., obtain a new-to-her vehicle. The Clinic received a donated Honda Accord that definitely had life left in it. After some repairs and maintenance, Amelia was able to use a SVdPNKY microloan to buy the Accord from the Clinic. In Amelia’s own words, she “could not find a car for thousands of dollars more that didn’t then need thousands of dollars in repairs.” Thank you to all who donate to the Clinic and make these good news stories possible!
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The Samaritan Car Care Clinic has partnered with the Auto Technology Program at Gateway Community & Technical College in Northern Kentucky. The main goal of this partnership was to offer shared cost car repair and maintenance services for low-income families so they could keep getting to their jobs or finish job training programs. The second goal was to help a young student who aspires to be an auto technician and wants to learn by doing, but who doesn't have her or his own tools that are required to work at a conventional repair shop or auto dealership.
Many people don't know that repair shops and dealerships don't provide tools. Most technicians have invested $15,000 or more in hand, power, and diagnostic tools and each tool is critical to do their job.
The Clinic succeeded in getting some grants to buy tools to have for co-op students. We opened in 2023 with two Gateway students working with Clinic training and maintenance director Jim Dennis. We currently have two students learning by doing at the Clinic while they are going through school at Gateway: José Frias and Jacob Wilhelm. Our ability to do the volume of repair work we do (389 families helped in 2025; 90 in first quarter 2026) is because of their desire to learn and help.
The hands-on learning offered by the partnership is a big advantage for the co-op students. In their own words, they have learned so much more than their peer students because of being able to work at a repair shop instead of a restaurant or grocery store. In addition, when a Gateway co-op student finishes the degree program, then works with the Clinic full-time one more year to gain even more experience, we will provide that student with a starter set of mechanic grade tools.
Thank you for your support. Your donations help make the repairs we do and the student co-op program possible!
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The SCCC book bay is a place where clients' kids can relax with a book while we work on their vehicles. Our dedicated bookshelf continues to grow. Thank you to our Clinic supporters who continue to donate books for the children!
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