A Long and Winding Road
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.
Community Health Centers (Clinics, FQHCs)
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Health Center Screens and Treats Depression and Addictions on Cape Cod
June 22, 2009 | Program Result
In 2004, four community health centers began screening their patients for depression and addictions. Patients were originally referred elsewhere for treatment, but the centers later hired social workers and a psychiatrist and began mental health treatment themselves.
Inner-City Health Care Center Reaches Underserved Residents
January 28, 2002 | Program Result
Martin House Community for Justice Foundation established a health care center in the Wilbur section of Trenton that provided an array of preventive and educational health care services for low-income individuals and families.
Inner-City Health Care Center Provides Essential Health Services
October 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Ounce of Prevention Fund, a public/private partnership that promotes the well-being of children in Illinois, established a maternal and child health care center at the Robert Taylor Homes, a public housing complex in Chicago.
Community Health Center Established in a Florida Public Housing Complex
July 1, 2001 | Program Result
Halifax Medical Center formed a public-private collaboration – Volusia County Cooperative Health Group (the cooperative) – to expand access to primary and specialty care for underserved residents of the Daytona Beach/Volusia County, Fla., area.
Free Advice for Free Clinics: Technical Assistance Materials Describe the Volunteer Clinic Model
April 30, 2000 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1998, staff at the Volunteers in Medicine Institute developed technical assistance materials for volunteers interested in creating free clinics.
Additional Services at Primary-Care Clinics Could Reduce Nonurgent Hospital Emergency Departments Visits
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey examined why people use hospital emergency departments for medically nonurgent situations - a situation that occurs in as many as two-thirds of pediatric visits to emergency departments.
Inner-City Primary Care Centers Built as Models for N.Y.C. Health Infrastructure
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
Starting in 1992, the United Hospital Fund of New York created the Primary Care Development Program, which organized a consortium of NYC foundations.
Community-Based Primary Care Centers Affected by Medicaid Clients Moving into Managed Care
January 1, 1999 | Program Result
During 1997 and 1998, researchers at the University of Washington Institute for Public Policy and Management assessed the needs of community-based primary care centers to participate successfully in managed care.
A New Model of Health Care for Juvenile Offenders
December 1, 2011 | Program Result
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services expanded its juvenile offender program to an additional site and negotiated for a third. The program connects juvenile offenders with health services during and after detention.