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Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless Program

1900 Fruitvale Avenue, Suite 3-E
Oakland, CA 94601-2469
Phone: (510) 532-1930
Fax: (501) 532-0963
Email: gg.greenhouse@acgov.org
Web: www.acphd.org/user/services/atoz_prgdtls.asp?PrgId=49
Director: GG Greenhouse
Medical Director: Deena Neff, MD
UDS Number: 090870

Project Description

The Alameda County HCH Program (ACHCHP) is located in the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency and provides comprehensive health and support services to people who are homeless county-wide.

Services include mobile primary care at 27 shelters and 2 alcohol/drug recovery centers, mobile oral health and subcontracted care, primary care subcontracts at 10 community clinics and Alameda County Medical Center, and an array of critical support services, including case management, outreach, referral, respite care, benefits counseling, health education, HIV/AIDS counseling, mental health linkages, transportation, and assistance for housing, employment, food, and nutrition. The program conducts bi-monthly regional workshops for health and social service providers, homeless coalition members, and others.

Linkages include social service, government, organizations, advocacy, and referral to mental health services and emergency shelters. The program implements a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) supported Homeless Families Program, demonstrating the efficacy of coupling housing with health and support services. In 1991, the ACHCHP was honored by the St. Joseph Health System with the Intensive Care for Our Neighbor (ICON) Award for excellence and innovation in provision of health care to indigent people. ACHCHP participates in various emergency services networks. In 1995, the ACHCHP received the California Public Health Association/North award for outstanding community service. The program also participates in the Alameda County Continuum of Care Council.

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 6,215-10,425 Patients served: 9,628

Alameda County Medical Center
1411 East 31st Street
Oakland, CA 94602-1018
Contact: Felicity Russell
Phone: (510) 437-6470
Fax: (510) 427-4613
Email: frussell@acmedctr.org

Axis Community Health, Inc.
4361 Railroad Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566
Contact: Ronald Greenspane
Phone: (925) 201-6017
Fax: (925) 485-1273
Email: rgreenspane@axishealth.org

City of Berkeley Dept. of Health and Human Services
1947 Center Street, 2nd Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
Contact: Verdie Thompson
Phone: (510) 981-5359
Fax: (510) 981-5345
Email: vthompson@ci.berkeley.ca.us

East Bay Native American Health Center
3124 International Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94601
Contact: Martin Waukazoo
Phone: (510) 535-4460
Fax: (510) 261-0646

East Oakland Health Center
7450 International Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94621
Contact: Norma Mason
Phone: (510) 835-9610
Fax: (510) 272-0209

East Oakland Recovery Center
10700 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 12
Oakland, CA 94605
Contact: Patricia Johnson
Phone: (510) 568-2432
Fax: (510) 568-3912

Eastmont Wellness Center
6955 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94605-2409
Contact: Eulalia Williams
Phone: (510) 577-5606
Fax: (510) 568-0225

Highland Outpatient Services
1411 East 31st Street
Oakland, CA 94602-1018
Contact: Deb Adami
Phone: (510) 437-4451
Fax: (510) 535-7520

La Clinica de la Raza
1515 Fruitvale Avenue
Oakland, CA 94601
Contact: Jane Garcia
Phone: (510) 535-4000
Fax: (510) 535-4189

Lifelong Care - Over 60 Health Center
3260 Sacramento Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
Contact: Marty Lynch
Phone: (510) 601-6060
Fax: (510) 652-3626

Lifelong Dental Care
1860 Alcatraz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
Contact: Martin Lynch
Phone: (510) 280-6080
Fax: (510) 280-6081

Lifelong Medical Care - Berkely Primary Care Access
2001 Dwight Way, Room 1388
Berkeley, CA 94704
Contact: Lisa Edwards
Phone: (510) 204-4536
Fax: (510) 204-5304

Newark Health Center
6066 Civic Terrace
Newark, CA 94560-3746
Contact: Ngosi Ngumezi
Phone: (510) 795-2414
Fax: (510) 795-0961

Onsite Dental Care, Inc.
1730 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 123
San Mateo, CA 94402-2713
Contact: Joshua Perry
Phone: (650) 286-7401
Fax: (650) 286-7402
Email: jperry@onsitedental.com

Second Chance, Inc.
PO Box 643, 6330 Thorton Avenue
Newark, CA 94560
Contact: Mark McConville
Phone: (510) 792-4357
Fax: (510) 745-1693

Tri-City Health Center
39500 Liberty Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Contact: Manfred Hayes
Phone: (510) 770-8133
Fax: (510) 770-8145

West Oakland Health Center
700 Adeline Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Contact: Norma Mason
Phone: (510) 835-9610
Fax: (510) 272-0209

Winton Wellness Center
24100 Amador Street
Hayward, CA 94544-1215
Contact: Pam Burkhardt
Phone: (510) 670-5692
Fax: (510) 782-8766

CARE LINK - Community Medical Centers, Inc.

Mailing Address:
PO Box 779
Stockton, CA 95201
Location:
701 East Channel Street Stockton, CA 95202
Phone: (209) 940-7202
Fax: (209) 940-7250
Email: rpinnelli@communitymedicalcenters.org
Web: www.communitymedicalcenters.org
Director: Michael Kirkpatrick
HCH Coordinator: Randal Pinnelli, PA
Medical Director: Saadia Kahn, MD
UDS Number: 090780

Project Description

CARE LINK - Community Medical Centers provides comprehensive primary health services at area shelters, halfway houses, transitional/treatment programs and on the street through its medical outreach program. Follow-up primary care is available through its Channel Medical Center and dental services at San Joaquin Valley Dental Group in Stockton.

The Channel Medical Clinic is located in a medically underserved area and serves patients from homeless shelters in the downtown and mid-town sections of Stockton and the surrounding San Joaquin County areas. Services include primary medical care for acute/episodic and chronic care, well child exams and pediatrics, women’s health, perinatal and GYN, laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy, nutrition, dental, medical outreach and case management. A total of 260 confidential HIV (OraSure) tests were provided through the outreach program in addition to clinic sites and the program provided more than 500 immunizations for Hepatitis A & B, Tetanus and Influenza to homeless patients this past year. Medical outreach services are provided through weekly visits to area shelters by an integrated medical and street outreach services team.

Linkages with substance abuse and mental health services are available from San Joaquin County Health Care Services and H.E.A.R.T. (S.J. County Mental Health’s homeless outreach program). The Council for the Spanish Speaking, County Human Services Agency, and San Joaquin AIDS Foundation ensure coordination of services and support for clients. CARE LINK coordinates the Stockton Community Coalition for the Homeless with more than 30 agencies actively involved and a Homeless Task Force that brings together agencies and policymakers in city and county government to address issues of homelessness. Linkages for housing services also include Central Valley Low Income Housing and San Joaquin County Housing Authority along with emergency shelter providers. CARE LINK -- Community Medical Centers has collaborated with San Joaquin County Housing Authority and Stockton Shelter for the Homeless to develop a Misión Campesina Project that provides shelter, employment, and health care services to unaccompanied migrant workers who have traditionally relied on shelter services or lived on the streets during the extended Central Valley growing seasons.

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 5,500 Patients served: 1,435

Center for the Vulnerable Child at Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (CHO)

747 52nd Street
Oakland, CA 94609
Phone: (510) 428-3783
Fax: (510) 601-3913
Email: czlotnick@mail.cho.org
Web: www.childrenshospitaloakland.org/cs/cvc.html
Director: Cheryl Zlotnick
Medical Director: Patricia Chase, MD
UDS Number: 091850

Project Description

The Center for the Vulnerable Child (CVC) at Children's Hospital and Research Center provides comprehensive care and a medical home for children who are homeless or at risk for homelessness, including children who live in biological or foster families and children who have been newly reunified with their parents. This is done by addressing health, psychological, and social problems that frequently accompany poverty. The service area is Alameda County.

The Center for the Vulnerable Child is a department with clinical services, research, and policy divisions at a nonprofit children’s hospital. As a prevention and early intervention program that features coordination of services through case management, CVC provides both a medical home and a one-stop-shopping model of comprehensive, interdisciplinary services for high risk children and families. Services include comprehensive medical, mental health, developmental, family, and social service assessments, specialist and emergency health care, individual and family counseling, infant/parent psychotherapy, family support groups, therapeutic nursery services, and outreach services.

CVC has linkages with Alameda County Social Services, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, Oakland Ready to Learn, City of Alameda Head Start, Oakland Unified School District Child Development Centers, the Berkeley-Albany YMCA (BAYMCA) Early Childhood Services, St. Martin De Porres, Kerry’s Kids, CAL­SAFE of Alameda County Office of Education, and Henry Robinson Multiservice Center.

Estimated homeless population: 10,000 Patients served: 1,599

Clinica de Salud Del Valle de Salinas

440 Airport Boulevard
Salinas, CA 93905
Phone: (831) 757-8689
Fax: (831) 757-6480
Email: ehinojos@csvslink.org
Web: www.csvs.org
Director: Maximiliano Cuevas, MD, FACOG
HCH Coordinator: Espie Hinojos
Medical Director: John Silva
UDS Number: 091050

Project Description

Clinica de Salud Del Valle de Salinas (CSVS) is one of the few providers in Monterey County for individuals who are medically indigent or homeless. Under the umbrella of CSVS, individuals receive comprehensive care, including basic health screenings, immunizations, basic oral screenings, orthopedics, and podiatry.

The program is implemented at all Clinica de Salud locations. In addition, care is delivered via a mobile clinic which regularly visits homeless shelters and encampments. The mobile clinic serves as a key access point for those seeking primary care, oral health, and mental health and substance abuse treatments. Specialty services are referred to Natividad Medical Center's main campus.

Clinica de Salud has linkages with Dorothy's Place, Monterey County Behavioral Health, Shelter Outreach Plus, Sun Street Centers, Salvation Army, Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey, Central Coast Alliance for Health, CHISPA, John XXIII AIDS Ministry, Victory Outreach Plus, Door to Hope, Partners for Peace, Center for Community Advocacy, Pajaro Rescue Mission, Monterey County Homeless Coalition, Genesis House, Cabrillo Family Resource Center, Monterey County Health Consortium, Breast Cancer Early Detection Program, Community Human Services: Counseling and Recovery, and Monterey County Office of Education Migrant Program.

Estimated homeless population: 1,200 Patients served: 957

Clinica Sierra Vista Homeless Mobile and Respite Services

Mailing Address:
PO Box 3296
Bakersfield, CA 93385
Location:
234 Baker Street
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Phone: (661) 322-7580
Fax: (661) 322-7712
Email: wallm@clinicasierravista.org
Web: www.clinicasierravista.org
Director: Stephen W. Schilling
HCH Coordinator: Marie Aylward-Wall, MSN, RN
Medical Director: Johnson Jung, MD
UDS Number: 090390

Project Description

Clinica Sierra Vista's Homeless Mobile and Respite Services is a community health center program, serving clients throughout the 8,000 square miles of Kern County in California's Central San Joaquin Valley. The program operates a clinic in the city of Bakersfield and a 42-foot mobile unit that travels to sites throughout the county. The program also includes a 12-bed medical respite unit.

Primary and preventive health care and social services are provided on-site. Dental, laboratory, and radiology services are available at other Clinica facilities. Four full-time employees are supported by a cadre of volunteers, including physicians from a local teaching hospital, who provide medical care at either the homeless clinic or at regularly scheduled mobile unit sites, such as emergency shelters, low income motels, farm labor camps, schools located in economically depressed neighborhoods, and homeless encampments. The mobile unit is also used for HIV and tuberculosis screening programs, immunization clinics, WIC enrollment, and community events such as fairs and festivals promoting healthy lifestyles through health education. Clinica's respite project provides short term care to homeless adults who are too ill to manage on the streets or in shelters. The program, located adjacent to the homeless clinic, operates at its capacity of 12 clients who receive medical, nursing, and social service assistance with benefits application, housing placement, enrollment in addiction and mental health treatment programs, and other ongoing assistance.

Linkages with collaborative agencies include Alliance Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault, Kern County Mental Health Department, Bakersfield Rescue Mission, Bakersfield Homeless Center, Salvation Army, Kern County Health Department Communicable Disease Control Division, Cal State University Bakersfield Nursing Education Department, UC Irvine School of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Veterans Assistance Foundation, Vietnam Veterans of America, Feed the Children/Operation Blessing, Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation, Valley Charities, Kaiser-Permanente Foundation, CHW, Kern Medical Center, Casa De Amigos Residential Treatment for Men, Jason's Retreat/Capistrano House Residential Treatment Program, Turning Point, Housing Authority of Kern County, Department of Human Services/Kern County, and Kern County Homeless Collaborative.

Estimated homeless population: 7,000-8,000 Patients served: 3889

Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Inc. - Health Care for the Homeless

710 South 13th Street
Grover Beach, CA 93433
Phone: (805) 473-7970
Fax: (805) 473-7974
Email: abodlak@chccc.org
Web: www.chccc.org
Director: Ronald E. Castle
HCH Coordinator: Sophia A. Sosa
Medical Director: John Kahn, MD
UDS Number: 090710

Project Description

Community Health Centers of the Central Coast is a network of 16 licensed primary medical and dental care clinics that provide services to the homeless throughout San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County. Services for the homeless are provided at all clinics and through the use of four mobile medical/dental vans. CHC networks with many community agencies that serve the homeless to fill gaps in the continuum of care. This involves active participation in the Homeless Services Coordinating Committee, Adult Services Policy Council, SLO Hepatitis C Coalition, AIDS Support Network and SL County HIV Prevention, Advocacy, and Care Consortium, SLO County Medical Society, and others.

Community Health Centers of the Central Coast’s HCH Program provides urgent health care services, including health screening and assessment, dental screening, health education, on-site medical treatment and/or referral, and transportation to medical treatment. The program also provides mental health counseling and substance abuse counseling referrals. Program staff provides case management so individuals can receive organized and improved access to medical, dental, mental health and substance abuse treatment services, entitlement benefits, and social service benefits.

Linkages include AIDS Support Network, SLO County Public Health AIDS Program, Hepatitis C Coalition, SLO County Mental Health Services, SLO County Infectious Disease Program, Planned Parenthood, SLO County Public Health Tobacco Control, EOC Health Services, SLO County Public Health Lab, Housing Authority of the City of San Obispo, SLO County Health Commission, SLO County Drug and Alcohol Services, Prado Day Care Center, EOC Homeless Shelter, SLO County HIV Prevention and Care Consortium, Adult Services Policy Council, Children's Services Network, SLO County Medical Society, Central Coast Dental Society, local school districts, and Healthy Starts and Head Starts.

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 4,000 Patients served: 2,806

Contra Costa County Health Services Department

597 Center Avenue, Suite 150
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone: (925) 313-6166
Fax: (925) 313-6188
Email: adubrow@hsd.cccounty.us
Web: www.cchealth.org/cchealthpages/pages/homeless
Director: William Walker, MD
HCH Coordinator: Andrea DuBrow
Medical Director: Ken Saffier, MD
UDS Number: 091120

Project Description

The HCH Project has been operated by Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) since 1990 and is an essential component of the primary Contra Costa Health Services delivery system. The project provides health care services through mobile clinics and through the CCHS integrated ambulatory system of care and the CCHS Departments of Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs. Mobile clinic services are provided via two part-time large mobile clinics and a full-time pharmaceutical mini-bus. The mobile team comprises a medical director, three part-time family nurse practitioners, two part-time public health nurses, a community health worker, financial counselor, mental health specialist, substance abuse counselor and administrative assistant. All team members, under the supervision of the project coordinator, carry out the support services component of the HCH Team.

Homeless patients who receive care on one of the mobile clinics are referred into 10 CCHS ambulatory care health centers for primary and specialty care, into County mental health and substance abuse services and to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center for emergency, inpatient hospital, outpatient surgeries, laboratory, and radiology. There are currently three ambulatory care clinics, located throughout the County, that are designated specifically for homeless patients to help them transition from the mobile clinic setting into the ambulatory care system. HCH staff members are present at each of these clinics

Primary health care services provided by the HCH Mobile Team include routine physical assessments, basic treatment of primary health problems, such as minor wounds and skin conditions, respiratory problems, TB, and acute communicable diseases. Referrals are made for follow up treatment of identified health care needs. Substance abuse and mental health services are also provided. The HCH pharmaceutical mini-bus has medical supplies, equipment, and medications. The CCHS health care delivery system provides primary and specialty care including emergency department services, inpatient hospital care, outpatient surgeries, mental health and substance abuse services, laboratory, and radiology.

Clients referred for follow-up care or specialty services, such as dental care, dermatology, and prenatal care, are referred to the appropriate division within CCHS for continued care after first being attended to by the HCH Team.

Estimated homeless population: 16,000-20,000 Patients served: 8,129

Family Health Centers of San Diego

823 Gateway Center Way
San Diego, CA 92102
Phone: (619) 515-2372
Fax: (619) 702-8536
Email: nancyw@fhcsd.org
Web: www.fhcsd.org
Director: Nancy Bryant Wallis, DrPH, MSW
HCH Coordinator: Antonio de los Santos, MSW, MPH
Medical Director: Mark Bulgarelli, DO
UDS Number: 093120

Project Description

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is the lead agency for the San Diego Health Care for the Homeless Project. This HCH Project serves the entire county of San Diego through a network of community health clinics, social service agencies, and homeless providers.

FHCSD offers comprehensive services, including adult and pediatric medicine, dental, optometry, speech and hearing, laboratory, pharmacy, women's health, and prenatal services. The project uses an integrated team approach and case management model, initiated through frequent visits into the neighborhood and clinic sites. Project staff include health care providers, case managers, outreach workers, and dual diagnosis counselors who provide substance abuse/mental health screening, crisis intervention, education, and referrals. Other services include translation assistance, client advocacy, basic needs, shelter, and housing referrals. The project also provides primary care and emergency medical services at 19 community clinic sites. A dental restorative project complements basic dental care. New Access Point funding has facilitated the creation of a small primary care clinic with associated support services at a veterans-related residential recovery facility.

The HCH Project has linkages with many social service agencies and homeless service providers as well as networking and referral support of more than 50 agencies countywide.

Estimated homeless population: 12,000 Patients served: 16,000

Subcontractor(s):

Alpha Project Casa Raphael
993 Postal Way
Vista, CA 92083
Contact: Jason Rodriguez
Phone: (760) 630-9922
Fax: (760) 630-9996

Consumer Center for Health Education and Advocacy
1475 Sixth Avenue, 4th Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Contact: Barbara Fisher
Phone: (619) 471-2637
Fax: (619) 744-0936
Email: barbaraf@cchea.org

Crisis House
1034 North Magnolia
El Cajon, CA 92020
Contact: Sue Christopher
Phone: (619) 444-1195
Fax: (619) 444-1422
Email: chsue@aol.com

Neighborhood Health Center
425 North Date Street
Escondido, CA 92025
Contact: Tracy Ream
Phone: (760) 737-2032
Fax: (760) 737-2024

Neil Good Day Center
1620 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92101
Contact: Robert McElroy
Phone: (619) 542-1877
Fax: (619) 542-0264
Email: kyla_winters@hotmail.com

North County Health Services
150 Valpreda Road
San Marcos, CA 92069
Contact: Alicia Nunez-Liriano
Phone: (760) 736-6710
Fax: (760) 736-6782

Rachel's Women's Center
759 Eighth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Contact: Martha Ranson
Phone: (619) 231-6153
Fax: (619) 231-0694

Rodrigo A. Munoz
3130 Fifth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: (619) 298-4782
Fax: (619) 298-3601
Email: RMunozMD@aol.com

St. Vincent de Paul Village
1501 Imperial Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Contact: Teresa Simms
Phone: (619) 233-8500 Ext. 1400
Fax: (619) 687-1067
Email: teresa.simms@neighbor.org

Stepping Stone of San Diego, Inc.
3425 Fifth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
Contact: Cheryl Houk
Phone: (619) 295-3995
Fax: (619) 295-3706

Vietnam Veterans of San Diego
4141 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92110
Contact: Andre Simpson
Phone: (619) 497-0142
Fax: (619) 497-0263
Email: andre.simpson@vvsd.net

Vista Community Clinic
1000 Vale Terrace
Vista, CA 92084
Contact: Dorothy Lujan
Phone: (760) 631-5000
Fax: (760) 726-2730
Email: dorothy@vistacommunityclinic.org

Gardner Family Health Network, Inc.

Mailing Address:
PO Box 1240
1621 Gold Street
Alviso, CA 95002
Location:
55 East Julian Street San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 935-3918
Fax: (408) 935-3980
Email: rgundersen@gfhn.org
Director: Reymundo Espinoza
HCH Coordinator: Roberta Gundersen
Medical Director: Ricardo Lopez, MD
UDS Number: 090210

Project Description

Gardner Family Health Network's Healthcare for the Homeless Project (GFHN-HHP) provides comprehensive health care to people who are homeless at various shelters, drop-in centers, and churches throughout Santa Clara County, via mobile medical van and on-site clinics. Services include acute medical care, social and medical case management, health education, substance abuse services, and referrals.

GFHN-HHP provides a full range of services to its clients. Primary health care services include routine physical assessments, basic treatment of primary health problems, respiratory problems, women's health issues, TB, acute communicable diseases, and STD and HIV testing. Men, women, and children receive culturally sensitive health care services, social and medical case management, health education, and substance abuse services at specified rotating locations in Santa Clara County. Continuity of care is addressed by maintaining, generating, and distributing to the community, a monthly service calendar. GFHN-HHP collaborates with the homeless service community to strengthen the quality and scope of services. Other services include translation assistance, client advocacy, and referrals for basic needs, shelter, and housing assistance. Clients needing services beyond the scope of GFHN-HHP are referred to other community agencies.

GFHN-HHP linkages and service sites include: Salvation Army (2 sites), InnVision (2 sites), Loaves and Fishes, San Jose Family Shelter, Bill Wilson Center (2 sites), Calvary Church, Palo Alto Urban Ministry/Red Cross, City Team Ministries, St. Mary’s Church, and Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph’s. Additional services are provided at the cold weather shelter in Gilroy established in the National Guard Armory on a seasonal basis.

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 20,000 Patients served: 3,938

Gardner Family Care Corporation
160 East Virginia Street, Suite 280
San Jose, CA 95112
Contact: Efrain Coria
Phone: (408) 938-2172
Fax: (408) 998-0950

Golden Valley Health Centers

Clinic:
1130 Sixth Street
Modesto, CA 95354
Phone: (209) 491-5550
Fax: (209) 491-5468
Email: khale@gvhc.org
Web: www.gvhc.org
Administration:
737 West Childs Avenue
Merced, CA 95340
Phone: (209) 383-1848 Ext. 351
Fax: (209) 383-0136
Director: Michael Sullivan
HCH Coordinator: Vivian Aguirre, RN
Medical Director: Silvia Diego, MD
UDS Number: 090470

Project Description

Golden Valley Health Centers Corner of Hope Program exists to increase the health status and health outcomes for individuals and families who are homeless by increasing access to comprehensive primary health care, substance abuse programs, dental services, and mental health services. The program strives to fill gaps in homeless services in the rural county of Stanislaus. The program stresses wellness and health promotion for individuals who are homeless.

Services are provided 5 days a week. Primary care includes episodic, chronic care, well child exams, women's health, perinatal and GYN care, physical exams, diagnostic services, pharmaceuticals, dental care, vision referrals, health education, some mental health services, and supportive services for substance abuse issues. Patients are offered referrals and case management services. Hospital and after hours care are available through Golden Valley's on-call physicians. Volunteers are welcome to assist paid staff.

Linkages

Collaborative links include Community and Housing and Shelter Services, Salvation Army, Modesto City Schools, Department of Mental Health, Department of Social Services, various churches and ministries, Modesto Gospel Mission, Child Health and Disability Prevention Program, and Valley Mountain Region Center.

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 8,500 Patients served: 1,641

JWCH Institute

Mailing Address:
1910 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 650
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Location:
515 East 6th Street Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 622-2639
Fax: (213) 413-3443
Email: aballesteros@jwchinstitute.org
Web: www.jwchinstitute.org
Director: Al Ballesteros, MBA
HCH Coordinator: Russell Rhodes, MD, MBA
Medical Director: Paul Gregerson, MD, MBA
UDS Number: 925360

Project Description

The Mission of JWCH is to improve the health status of underserved segments of the population of Los Angeles through the direct provision or coordination of health care, health education services, and research.

Services include disease management, health education, case management, transportation, HIV/AIDS education/treatment, radiology, recuperative care, medical specialists, and mobile medical services. TB and HIV/AIDS services. The Weingart Center Association is a 700-room facility for emergency and transitional housing. The JWCH Safe Harbor Women’s clinic is co-located at the Salvation Army’s Women Residential Shelter. Bell Gardens Community Health Center is an FQHC look-alike, offering a wide range of services.

JWCH links with: Weingart Center, People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), Salvation Army, Downtown Women’s Center, SRO Housing Corporation, LA Mission, Union Rescue Mission, Midnight Mission, and Skid Row Housing Trust (housing and food assistance), LAMP Community and Downtown Mental Health (mental health); Homeless Healthcare L.A., BAART, Van Ness Recovery House, and Tarzana Treatment Center (substance abuse); Los Angeles County, USC Medical Center, AltaMed Health Services, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Bienestar Human Services (HIV medical and specialty care); Midnight Mission (case management); and Eisner Pediatric Medical Center and Queens Care Family Clinic (children's services).

Estimated homeless population: 20,000

Downtown Mental Health Center
529 South Maple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 430-6700
Fax: (213) 895-6236

Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
2330 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Phone: (213) 744-0724
Fax: (213) 748-2432
Email: info@hhcla.org

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
File 5915
Los Angeles, CA 90074

Weingart Center Association
566 San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 689-2280
Fax: (213) 689-2289
Email: center@weingart.org

Los Angeles Mission Community Clinic

311 Winston Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 893-1960
Fax: (213) 893-1967
Email: eestrada@lamission.net
Web: www.losangelesmission.org
Director: Eddie Estrada
HCH Coordinator: Eddie Estrada
Medical Director: Lisa Levsen Abdishoo, MD
UDS Number: 921430

Project Description

The Los Angeles Mission Community Clinic (LAMCC) is a Christian non-profit organization that was founded by the Los Angeles Mission in 1996. The clinic provides comprehensive medical care to homeless and uninsured individuals in the Skid Row area. The clinic is open Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings.

Primary care services include general adult and pediatric medical services, TB screening and prophylaxis, health screening (diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol), sexually transmitted diseases screening and treatment, cancer screening (cervical, breast, colon, prostate), subspecialty clinic referrals, adult and pediatric dental care, case management, and HIV services (prevention classes, referrals for housing and medical care).

Linkages include Cedar Sinai Medical Center, USC School of Medicine, LA County Department of Health Service TB Control and Satellite Clinic, White Memorial Medical Center, Korean-American Christian Dental Mission, Downtown Mental Health, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles, SRO Housing Corporation, Venice Community Clinic, Downtown Mental Health, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, California Primary Care Association, Skid Row Housing Trust, Eisner Pediatric, USC Physician Assistant Program, Volunteers of America, LAMP, Midnight Mission, Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles Mission.

Estimated homeless population: 20,000 Patients served: 3,901

Mendocino Community Health Clinic, Inc.

333 Laws Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: (707) 468-1010
Fax: (707) 468-1074
Email: lhunter@mchcinc.org
Web: www.mchcinc.org
Director: Linnea Hunter
HCH Coordinator: Anne McAfee
Medical Director: Michael Carnevale, DO
UDS Number: 091940

Project Description

Mendocino Community Health Clinic (MCHC) has been providing comprehensive primary health services in rural northern California since 1992. The HCH program adds to MCHC’s family of clinics in Ukiah, Lakeport, and Willits. MCHC is the largest safety net provider for ambulatory care in Mendocino and Lake Counties.

MCHC provides services to individuals who are homeless in the Ukiah area of rural Mendocino County. Services are provided at the Hillside Health Center site. Transportation is provided by a Care-a-Van which has an established route to the area homeless service agencies, including the Buddy Eller Homeless Shelter, Ukiah Community Center, Plow Shares Community Dining Room, Social Services, and A Healing Cooperative (faith-based mental health recovery support organization). Street outreach is provided through a subcontract with A Healing Cooperative. MCHC’s program is the result of long-term collaboration of health practitioners, advocates, and governmental and service agencies and has grown to provide services to 577 homeless people. Clinical focus areas include primary, preventive, and chronic medical care, behavioral health for patients with dual diagnosis, and oral health assessments, sealants, and services.

MCHC has linkages with Ford Street Project and Buddy Eller Emergency Shelter. MCHC is a member of local collaboratives working with the Mendocino County Department of Social Services and Ukiah Community Center. As a member of Mendocino County Homeless Services Planning Group, MCHC has been in the forefront of developing a Continuum of Care Plan to End Homelessness.

Estimated homeless population: 1,000 Patients served: 577

United Methodist Church (A Healing Cooperative)
P.O. Box 323
Ukiah, CA 95482
Contact: Pastor Lisa Warner-Carey
Phone: (707) 462-3360 Ext. 103
Email: pastorlwc@pacific.net

Mobile Medical Office

Mailing Address:
PO Box 2020 Eureka, CA 95502
Location:
301 P Street Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: (707) 443-4666
Fax: (707) 443-6123
Email: shewitt@mobilemed.org
Web: www.mobilemed.org
Director: Sally J. Hewitt, MHA
HCH Coordinator: Sally J. Hewitt, MHA
Medical Director: Wendy Ring, MD, MPH
UDS Number: 099370

Project Description

Mobile Health Care for Rural Homelessness in Humboldt County is a project operated by Mobile Medical Office, a community health center on wheels. Mobile Medical Office delivers primary care by taking the mobile clinic to several isolated rural communities in Humboldt County and to local soup kitchens.

Mobile Medical Office provides medical and mental health care, substance abuse treatment, and case management services via a mobile unit which visits shelters, soup kitchens, and neighborhoods where people who are homeless congregate. A team, comprising a registered nurse, substance abuse counselor, social worker, and case manager, provides outreach to transitional houses, homeless encampments, food banks, and persons living on the street. Dental services are provided via contract with a dental clinic near the soup kitchen which is located near the mobile unit.

Mobile Medical Office works closely with St. Vincent De Paul Society, the operator of the soup kitchen visited by the mobile clinic. The clinic has ongoing relationships with many providers of human services in Humboldt County, including domestic violence shelters, emergency and transitional housing shelters, alcohol and drug care facilities, and Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services. Mobile Medical Office is an active member and participant in the Humboldt Homeless and Housing Coalition, the Continuum of Care organization for Humboldt County.

Estimated homeless population: 5,000 Patients served: 1,337

Northeast Valley Health Corporation

1172 North Maclay Avenue
San Fernando, CA 91340
Phone: (818) 898-1388
Fax: (818) 365-4031
Email: prudenceoey@nevhc.org
Web: www.nevhc.org/files/homeless.htm
Director: Kimberly Wyard
HCH Coordinator: Prudence H. Oey, MPH
Medical Director: David Campa, MD
UDS Number: 091000

Project Description

NEVHC Cooperative Health Care for the Homeless Network (CHCHN) serves as the lead agency in administering one of the largest Health Care for the Homeless grants in the Nation. The 14 health care agencies making up the network provide comprehensive primary health care services to homeless individuals and families via 16 sites throughout Los Angeles County.

The Cooperative Health Care for the Homeless Network (CHCHN) provides primary health care, outreach, substance abuse and mental health services, case management, entitlement, eligibility assistance, provision of and arrangements for emergency health services, and referrals for inpatient hospitalization.
The Network also maintains a unique Quality Management Program specific to the homeless population. Reports include individual and Network achievements as well as trending data with specific focus on chronic disease management

The numerous CHCHN linkages are throughout Los Angeles County.

Estimated homeless population: 254,000 Patients served: 17,202

Central City Community Health Center
5970 South Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 9001
Contact: Carla Valenzuela
Phone: (323) 724-0019
Fax: (323) 724-6915
Email: cvalenzuela@centralcityhealth.org

City Help Wellness Center - Mobile Medical
2301 Bellevue Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Contact: Carlos Usmany
Phone: (213) 273-7128
Fax: (213) 273-7277
Email: carlosusmany@msn.com

Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero - Alvarado
123 South Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Contact: Melinda Serrano
Phone: (213) 201-2784
Fax: (213) 989-7702
Email: mserrano@clinicaromero.com

Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero - North East
2032 Marengo Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Contact: Deborah Villar
Phone: (323) 987-1030
Fax: (323) 987-1400
Email: dvillar@clinicaromero.com

Community Health Alliance of Pasadena
1855 North Fairoaks Avenue, Suite 200
Pasadena, CA 91103
Contact: Margaret B. Martinez
Phone: (626) 398-6300
Fax: (626) 398-5948
Email: margaret.martinez@chapcare.org

East Valley Community Health Center - Pomona
680 Fairplex Drive
Pomona, CA 91768
Contact: Alicia Mardini
Phone: (909) 620-8088
Fax: (909) 623-4861
Email: amardini@evchc.org

East Valley Community Health Center - West Covina
420 South Glendora Avenue
West Covina, CA 91790
Phone: (626) 919-4333 Ext. 220
Fax: (626) 919-6972

Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
2330 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Contact: Vickie Casanova
Phone: (213) 744-0724
Fax: (213) 748-2432
Email: vcasanova@hhcla.org

Hospital Los Angeles High Risk Youth Program
PO Box 279810, Mail Stop #2
Los Angeles, CA 90054
Contact: Lisa DeGyarfas
Phone: (323) 660-2450 Ext. 3903
Fax: (323) 664-8365
Email: ldegyarfas@chla.usc.edu

JWCH Institute, Inc.
1910 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 650
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Contact: Jenny Argame
Phone: (213) 216-8883
Fax: (213) 413-3443
Email: aballesteros.jwchinstitute.org

NEVHC Homeless Health Care Project
7843 Lankershim Boulevard
N. Hollywood, CA 91605
Contact: Kathy Proctor
Phone: (818) 765-8656 Ext. 5060
Fax: (818) 765-6982
Email: kathyproctor@nevhc.org

The Children's Clinic
2801 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90801
Contact: Itohan Oyamendan
Phone: (562) 933-0432
Fax: (562) 933-0415
Email: ioyamendan@memorialcare.org

The Los Angeles Free Clinic
8405 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Hector Godoy
Phone: (323) 337-1732
Fax: (323) 658-6773
Email: hgodoy@lafreeclinic.org

UCLA School of Nursing - Union Rescue Mission
545 South San Pedro
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Contact: Aaron Strehlow
Phone: (310) 825-1755
Fax: (310) 206-7433
Email: astrehlo@ucla.edu

USC School of Dentistry - Union Rescue Mission
545 South San Pedro
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Contact: Neil Nathason
Phone: (213) 740-1523
Fax: (213) 740-8663
Email: nathason@usc.edu

Venice Family Clinic
604 Rose Avenue
Venice, CA 90291
Contact: Elizabeth Forer
Phone: (310) 392-8630
Fax: (310) 392-6642
Email: eforer@ucla.edu

Sacramento County DHHS / Primary Health Services / Clinic Services / HCH Program

4600 Broadway, Suite 2100
Sacramento, CA 95820
Phone: (916) 874-1391
Fax: (916) 874-3336
Email: delonyv@saccounty.net
Web: http://dhhsweb.dhhs.saccounty.net
Director: Keith Andrews, MD
HCH Coordinator: Victoria DeLoney, BSN, RN, PHNII
Medical Director: Dorothy Pitman, MD
UDS Number: 090800

Project Description

The Sacramento County Health Care for the Homeless Program is part of the Clinic Services Branch of the Primary Health Division in the Department of Health and Human Services.

The HCH Program collaborates with nonprofit health services and resource programs, including Catholic Healthcare West (Mercy), Loaves and Fishes, University of California Davis Medical School, many homeless shelter and program sites, and eight county clinic sites, including a dental clinic. The clinic sites provide primary and public health services, health education, and specialty referrals. Primary care includes acute care, chronic disease management, assessment and treatment, and health education. Referrals are made for dental, vision, mental health, alcohol and drug treatments, nutrition program, and chronic disease programs geared towards diabetes management and asthma. Secondary and tertiary care is provided through contracts with local not for profit hospitals. Outreach services are provided by public health nurses (1.5 FTE) and a registered nurse (1.0 FTE). The PHNs coordinate two Well Child clinic sites with the assistance of UCD third year pediatric residents and a family nurse practitioner. These clinics provide CHDP education workshops and triage assessment. The outreach nurse provides TB screening and testing. Clients are issued TB clearance photo ID cards that are valid for six months.

The main services linkages include Salvation Army, Union Gospel Mission, Loaves and Fishes Friendship Park, Mary Hours, Sacramento Area Emergency Housing, Mather Transitional Housing, El Hogar, Women Escaping a Violent Environment (WEAVE), WIND Youth Program, Mercy Health Care Sacramento, Volunteers of America, Transitional Living and Community Support, Genesis, Guest Health Outreach, Community Services Planning Council, HEALTH Project, UC Davis Medical School, Sacramento Co. Healthy Eating and Living Programs, Sacramento Co. Chronic Disease Management program, Loaves and Fishes Clean and Sober program, Loaves and Fishes Housing program, and St. Francis Church.

Estimated homeless population: 12,000-15,000 Patients served: 7,065

San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium

1550 Bryant Street, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 355-2222
Fax: (415) 865-9960
Email: ameyer@sfccc.org
Web: www.sfccc.org
Director: John Gressman
HCH Coordinator: Allen Meyer
Medical Director: Lisa Pratt, MD
UDS Number: 091070

Project Description

The San Francisco Health Care for the Homeless Project (SFHCHP) is a partnership between the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium (SFCCC). The project provides comprehensive health care to individuals who are homeless. Services are provided at community health centers, public health clinics, shelter-based clinics, other homeless service provider agencies, and through a mobile outreach program.

The SFCCC provides administration, fiscal management, project reporting, and monitoring. SFCCC also operates the mobile outreach program, Street Outreach Services (SOS). SFCCC contracts with eight of its partner health centers and the San Francisco Department of Public Health for additional HCH services, including primary and urgent medical care, dental care, and substance abuse, mental health, case management, and outreach services

HCH services are provided at more than 60 community sites, including shelters, drop-in centers, food programs, substance abuse treatment sites, and supportive housing programs. Inpatient services are mainly provided by San Francisco General Hospital, which also provides specialty consultations, emergency services, and additional pharmaceuticals.

Estimated homeless population: 24,000 Patients served: 14,513

Curry Senior Center
333 Turk Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact: Gay Kaplan
Phone: (415) 885-2274
Fax: (415) 885-2344

Glide Health Services
330Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact: Rita Shimmin
Phone: (415) 974-6000
Fax: (415) 673-1037

Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic
558 Clayton
San Francisco, CA 94117
Contact: John Grimm
Phone: (415) 487-5632
Fax: (415) 431-9909

Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services
1748 Market Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact: Dawn Harbatkin
Phone: (415) 565-7667
Fax: (415) 252-7490

Mission Neighborhood Health Center
240 Shotwell Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Contact: Gladys Sandlin
Phone: (415) 552-3870
Fax: (415) 431-3178

Native American Health Center
160 Capp Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Contact: Mark Espinosa
Phone: (415) 621-8051
Fax: (415) 621-3985

North East Medical Services
1520 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Contact: Linda Bien
Phone: (415) 391-9686
Fax: (415) 433-4276

San Francisco Department of Public Health
101 Grove Street, #323
San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact: Barbara Garcia
Phone: (415) 255-3525
Fax: (415) 252-3005

South of Market Health Center
551 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Contact: Charles Range
Phone: (415) 626-2951
Fax: (415) 626-1096

San Mateo Medical Center

222 West 39th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
Phone: (650) 573-2966
Fax: (650) 573-2030
Email: mkennedy@co.sanmateo.ca.us
Web: www.sanmateomedicalcenter.org/
Director: Linda Franco
HCH Coordinator: Molly Kennedy
Medical Director: Sang-ick Chang, MD
UDS Number: 091140

Project Description

The mobile clinic and linked community clinics provide services to homeless and near-homeless individuals.

The HCH program provides outreach and case management for services, including San Mateo County Health Services Agency's continuum of health care, mental health, substance abuse, and more. Staff provides health education, basic medical care, screening, and referral for primary care, social services, and case management.

The project has linkages with more than 30 public and private agencies in San Mateo County.

Estimated homeless population: 25,000 Patients served: 13,592

Clara-Mateo Alliance
795 Willow Road, Bldg. 323 D
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Contact: Angel Batt
Phone: (650) 853-7065
Fax: (650) 853-5084
Email: abatt@clara-mateo.org

Mental Health
225 West 37th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
Contact: Terry Wilcox-Rittgers
Phone: (650) 573-2932
Fax: (650) 572-9347
Email: Twilcox_Rittgers@co.sanmateo.ca.us

Onsite Dental Care Foundation
1720 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 200
San Mateo, CA 94402
Contact: Joshua Perry
Phone: (650) 286-7417
Fax: (650) 286-7402
Email: jperry@onsitedental.com

Ravenswood Family Health Center
1798 Bay Road
East Palo, CA 94303
Contact: Kathleen Alexander
Phone: (650) 330-7400
Fax: (650) 321-1156
Email: kalexander@RavenswoodFHC.org

Shelter Network
1450 Chapin Avenue, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, CA 94010
Contact: Michele Jackson
Phone: (650) 685-5880
Fax: (650) 685-5881
Email: mjackson@shelternetwork.org

Sonrisas Community Dental Clinic
P.O. Box 3509
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Contact: Julia McKeon
Phone: (650) 726-2144
Fax: (650) 726-2726
Email: sonrisas@coastside.net

Santa Barbara County Public Health Department

300 North San Antonio Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone: (805) 681-5417
Fax: (805) 681-5424
Email: hch@sbcphd.org
Web: www.sbcphd.org
Director: Elizabeth Snyder, MHA
HCH Coordinator: Dana Gamble, LCSW
Medical Director: Earl Lynch, MD
UDS Number: 090830

Project Description

The HCH Project provides health and support services to people experiencing homelessness throughout the county. Eight clinics and shelter-based outreach provide primary care and specialty services.

Services are provided by a shelter-based medical team, comprising a physician’s assistant, public health nurses, and medical assistants. Clinic based services are available for more intensive primary care and urgent care needs.

Linkages include coalitions, Casa Esperanza and Good Samaritan shelters, Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, Rescue Mission of the Central Coast, Salvation Army, Transition House, Women's Shelter, Bridge House, and Hope Center.

Estimated homeless population: 6,500 Patients served: 4,084

Eastside Family Dental Clinic
923 North Milpas Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Phone: (805) 884-1998
Fax: (805) 884-1875

Easy Lift
53 Gerald Cass Place, Suite D
Goleta, CA 93117
Contact: Bob Westrick
Phone: (805) 568-5180
Fax: (805) 568-5120

Marian Community Clinic
4723 West Main
Guadalupe, CA 93434
Contact: Ninette Nusbaum
Phone: (805) 739-3890
Fax: (805) 343-2267
Email: nnusb@chw.edu

Santa Barbara Council on Alcoholism/Substance Abuse
133 East Haley Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Contact: Isabel Blagborne
Phone: (805) 564-6057
Fax: (805) 963-8849
Email: iblagborne@cadasb.org

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
Isla Vista, West Side, East Side
970 Embarcadero del Mar
Isla Vista, CA 93117
Contact: David Landecker
Phone: (805) 968-1511
Fax: (805) 968-7041

Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System

2325 Enborg Lane, Suite 3H320
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 885-5700
Fax: (408) 885-5714
Email: michael.lipman@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us
Web: www.sccgov.org/portal/site/vmc
Director: Kim Roberts
HCH Coordinator: Michael Lipman
Medical Director: Lawrence Kwan, MD
UDS Number: 911810

Project Description

The Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System (SCVHHS) comprises five departments: Valley Medical Center, Ambulatory and Community Health Services, Mental Health, Alcohol/Drug Services, and Public Health. The Valley Healthcare for the Homeless Program (VHHP) resides in Ambulatory and Community Health Services (ACHS), the primary provider of outpatient services. ACHS operates a network of 10 fixed sites, along with a shelter clinic, two mobile medical units, and two mobile dental units. Nine of ACHS’s fixed sites, along with a mobile medical unit and a mobile dental unit form 11 access points for health care to individuals who are homeless or near-homeless and other vulnerable groups.

Services

ACHS provides a full range of primary and specialty care, dental, and ancillary services, including laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, health education, care management, nutrition, and social services. The service strategy is to use a care coordination model to create a "medical home" to improve access to health care, enhance health services, promote continuity of care, and strengthen linkages with non-medical housing and support programs.

ACHS works in partnership with its sister agencies in SCVHHS, other county departments, Emergency Housing Consortium, Gardner Family Health Network (also an HCH grantee), Community Health Partnership, a consortium of community clinics, Children's Health Initiative, an insurance outreach effort, and an array of shelter, housing, food, job, faith-based, and other support services that serve individuals who are homeless. Additionally, ACHS collaborates with the Santa Clara County Collaborative on Housing and Homeless Issues on health care, housing, basic needs, and other services for homeless individuals.

Estimated homeless population: 7,600 Patients served: 3,846

Santa Cruz County Homeless Persons Health Project

115-A Coral Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 454-2080
Fax: (831) 454-3424
Email: christine.sippl@health.co.santa-cruz.ca.us
Web: www.santacruzhealth.org/phealth/2homeless.htm
Director: Rama Khalsa
HCH Coordinator: Christine Sippl
Medical Director: Poki Namkung, MD
UDS Number: 090880

Project Description

The Santa Cruz Homeless Persons Health Project (HPHP) provides comprehensive health and support services in both urban and rural settings in Santa Cruz County.

HPHP provides comprehensive care and support services through a small primary care clinic and dispensary, two county clinics, four multidisciplinary service teams, and a network of community programs. The Adult and Youth/Family services teams operate a "black bag" public health nurse-anchored model, providing outreach, a drop-in nurse clinic, harm reduction, referrals, social services, HIV counseling/testing, and transportation assistance. HPHP collaborates with county mental health and substance abuse services to implement integrated services emphasizing Housing First and employment for individuals with serious mental illness.

In Santa Cruz, linkages include Rebele Family Shelter, Page Smith Community House transitional housing program, Inter-faith Satellite Shelter Program, Homeless Community Resources Center (multi-service day center). Additional linkages include agencies participating in a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-linked Continuum of Care planning body, River Street Shelter, Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center, Santa Cruz AIDS Project Drop-In Center, Sienna House Maternity Home, Mental Health Client Action Network, County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and Dominican Hospital. In Watsonville, linkages also include Salvation Army, Loaves and Fishes, Pajaro Valley Shelter Services, and Watsonville Community Hospital.

Estimated homeless population: 7,383 Patients served: 5,738

Community Action Board Shelter Project
501 Soquel Avenue, Suite E
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Contact: Paul Brindel
Phone: (831) 457-1741
Fax: (831) 457-0617

Dientes! Community Dental Clinic
930 Mission Street, #2
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Contact: Laura Marcus
Phone: (831) 459-9211
Fax: (831) 459-7327

Janus of Santa Cruz
200 Seventh Avenue, Suite 150
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Contact: Jan Tice
Phone: (831) 432-1060
Fax: (831) 462-4970
Email: janus_sc@pacbell.net

Planned Parenthood Clinica Mariposa
40 Penny Lane
Watsonville, CA 95076
Contact: Theresa Ontiveros
Phone: (831) 724-7525
Fax: (831) 724-7438
Email: theresa_ontiveros@ppmarmonte.org

Planned Parenthood- Westside Clinic
1119 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Contact: Debi St. John
Phone: (831) 426-5550
Fax: (831) 425-0106
Email: