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Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center

Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
Administrative Office
PO Box 201849
Anchorage, AK 99520
Phone: (907) 792-6538
Fax: (907) 792-6526
Email: joanf@anhc.org
Web: www.anhc.org
Director: Joan Fisher
HCH Coordinator: Connie Markis
Medical Director: Tom Hunt, MD
UDS Number: 100020

Project Description

The Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center's (ANHC) mission is to provide high quality medical, dental, and health-related services, serving the needs of all members of the community, regardless of socio-economic status.

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physicians, behavioral health specialists, dentists, nurses, and case managers provide primary, dental, and behavioral health care at two ANHC sites. In addition, they staff regular clinics at shelter sites, perform outreach, provide case management and health education, and coordinate referrals. A health care team holds clinic sessions at shelters, a rehabilitation center, and the local community mental health center. Routine services include well child, preventive care, immunizations, acute illness care, dental care, substance abuse screening, brief behavioral health assessments, and referral for substance abuse and mental illness. Patients have 24-hour access to care via the on-call physician staff.

The project collaborates with several shelters: Brother Francis Shelter and Anchorage Rescue Mission (single adults); Clare House and Abused Women's Aid in Crisis Shelter (women and children); McKinnell Shelter (men and children or families); Adult Rehabilitation Program (adult males with chemical dependency); Anchorage Community Mental Health Center (single adults with mental illness); and Salvation Army Cares for Kids Program (crisis care for children in State protective custody). Additional substance abuse treatment is provided by Clitheroe Center. Following treatment, individuals are referred to a transitional care unit which serves as a halfway house. Following transitional care, individuals may reside at one of a few options for transitional, low-cost, alcohol and drug-free living. Mental illness treatment is referred to the Anchorage Community Mental Health Center, offering sliding fee services. Specialty dental services are referred to local area dentists.

Estimated homeless population: 4,500 Patients served: 1,239

Genesis House Recovery Program
2825 West 42nd Place
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Tony Longval
Phone: (907) 243-5130
Fax: (907) 248-8350
Email: ghrecovery@gci.net

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Front Street Clinic

Mailing Address:
3245 Hospital Drive
Juneau, AK 99801
Location:
225 Front Street, Suite 202
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: (907) 463-4201
Fax: (907) 463-6617
Email: lee.wachmann@searhc.org
Director: Brenda Sturm
HCH Coordinator: Lee Wachmann
Medical Director: Janice Sheufelt, MD
UDS Number: 101270

Project Description

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC, pronounced "search") is a consortium of 18 Native communities in Southeast Alaska. It is one of the oldest and largest Native-run health organizations in the Nation, incorporated in 1975. SEARHC has succeeded in building a network of health care services, including prevention and education programs, outpatient clinics, and inpatient hospital services. This network now includes the Front Street Clinic, offering services to individuals who are homeless in Southeast Alaska.

SEARHC provides health care services to individuals who are homeless at a facility in downtown Juneau. The clinic provides acute primary health care, dental services, case management, and referrals for substance abuse and mental health services. A family nurse practitioner (FNP), dentists, and dental hygienists provide services in the clinic. The FNP and case manager also provide services in outreach clinics.

The Front Street Clinic has linkages with many agencies in Juneau, including Juneau Alliance for Mental Health, Gastinuea Human Services, St. Vincent De Paul: Transitional Housing, Catholic Senior Services, Catholic Services, Glory Hole shelter and soup kitchen, Dept. of Public Health, Tlingit and Haida Central Council, AWARE, Juneau Recovery Center, WIC, and Salvation Army.

Estimated homeless population: 3,000 Patients served: 331