HCH Directory - Arizona

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El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center

Mailing Address:
839 West Congress
Tucson, AZ 85745
Location:
1101 East Broadway
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 624-7750
Fax: (520) 624-5352
Email: grants1@elrio.org
Web: www.elrio.org
Director: Kathy Byrne
HCH Coordinator: Ken Burton
Medical Director: Arthur Martinez, MD
UDS Number: 090160

Project Description

Estimated homeless population: 12,000 Patients served: 2,200

COPE Behavioral Services
82 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85704
Contact: Pat Benechik
Phone: (520) 792-3293

Maricopa County Department of Public Health

220 South 12th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 372-2100
Fax: (602) 372-2107
Email: tresafloyd@mail.maricopa.gov
Web: www.maricopa.gov/public_health/services/homeless/default.aspx
Phone: (602) 372-2101
Director: Bob England, MD
HCH Coordinator: Tresa Floyd
Medical Director: vacant
UDS Number: 090750

Project Description

The Maricopa County Health Care for the Homeless Program (MCDPH) uses an integrated model of health care delivery servicing all of Maricopa County. Services include outreach, primary care, case management, housing, behavioral health services, substance abuse counseling, and referrals for dental, vision, and entitlement programs.

The HCH program is the only major provider of health care to uninsured people who are homeless in Maricopa
County. Clinic services are provided at the homeless clinic located in downtown Phoenix. A clinical staff, consisting of a physician, two physician assistants, a psychiatrist, substance abuse counselor, mental health therapist and case managers, provides primary and secondary health care, prenatal care, preventive health care, and behavioral health care. Outreach services include basic health assessment, primary care, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Crews’n Healthmobile, disease outbreak and health emergency response, food delivery, nutrition education, parenting and disease prevention education, and referral for housing and other services. Transportation is provided to medical appointments daily and as needed for emergency care to Maricopa Medical Center and local detox centers.

Enrollment in Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System is provided by Medical Assistance Programs and onsite eligibility workers. Emergency care services and hospitalization are available at Maricopa Medical Center.
Dental services are provided by referral to the Central Arizona Shelter Services Dental Trailer. Vision services are available by referral to Lions Vision Clinic. Referrals are also made to other MCDPH programs including the STD and TB clinics and the McDowell (HIV/AIDS) Clinic. Other mental health services are available by referral to Value Options. Project staff network with the Maricopa Association of Governments Task Force on the Homeless, Phoenix Health Care Coalition for the Homeless, Coalition to End Homelessness, United Methodist Outreach Ministry, Central Arizona Shelter Services, Phoenix Rescue Mission, and Thomas J. Pappas School for Homeless Children.

Estimated homeless population: 13,000 Patients served: 5,681

Central Arizona Shelter Services
230 S. 12th Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Phoenix Children's Hospital Crews'n Health Mobile
1301 East Almeria Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone: (602) 546-1000
Fax: (602) 546-0191