HCH Directory - Colorado

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Administration:
2111 Champa Street
Denver, CO 80205
Phone: (303) 293-2217
Email: jp@coloradocoalition.org
Clinic:
2100 Broadway
Denver, CO 80205
Phone: (303) 293-2220
Fax: (303) 293-3977
Web: www.coloradocoalition.org
Director: John Parvensky
HCH Coordinator: Joan Christensen
Medical Director: Edward Farrell, MD
UDS Number: 080620

Project Description

Through its Stout Street Clinic, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) has been providing integrated health care, mental health care, dental services, substance treatment services, and housing assistance to people who are homeless in metro Denver since 1985. Since 1993, through Public Housing Primary Care, health care and mental health care have also been provided to residents of the Denver public housing development, known as Quigg Newton, and the immediately surrounding neighborhood.

Services include preventive and primary care, prenatal, pediatric, dental, ophthalmic/optometric, mental health, substance abuse treatment, pharmaceutical, outreach, case management, benefits acquisition, a children’s center, medical respite, vocational, residential, supportive housing, rental assistance, and permanent affordable housing. Colorado Coalition for the Homeless also provides education and advocacy activities throughout the State of Colorado, including an annual conference focusing on homelessness. CCH’s housing development activities have created more than 1,000 units of housing for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Denver Health Medical Center (DHMC) provides emergency, inpatient, and specialty services. St. Joseph’s Hospital provides radiology services. SSC maintains other linkages with hospitals, educational institutions and homeless service agencies. Other linkages include Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continuum of Care), and Mental Health Center of Denver.

Estimated homeless population: 10,268 Patients served: 10,715

Subcontractor(s):

Denver Health and Hospitals
777 Bannock Street
Denver, CO 80204
Contact: Stephen Bailey
Phone: (303) 436-8612
Email: stephen.bailey@dhha.org

People's Clinic
3303 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Contact: Jacob Blass
Phone: (303) 449-0858
Email: jacobb@peoplesclinic.org

Administration:
MCPN Administration, Inc.
3701 South Broadway Street
Englewood, CO 80113
Phone: (303) 761-1977
Fax: (303) 761-2787
Email: kwatson@mcpn.org
Web: www.mcpn.com
Location:
Helena Clinic
15501 East 13th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80010-7203
Phone: (303) 343-6736 Ext. 104
Fax: (303) 343-1006
Director: David S. Myers
HCH Coordinator: Ken Watson, PhD
Medical Director: Barry Martin, MD
UDS Number: 080730

Project Description

Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN) Homeless Project addresses the needs of people experiencing homelessness in Aurora and Lakewood.

Services include primary care medical services, substance abuse and mental health counseling, case management, outreach, human service referrals, and other forms of assistance. Each clinic is equipped with multiple exam rooms and is staffed by a physician, nurse practitioner, and case management/care coordinators/outreach services. All clients have access to other services in the larger MCPN system, including colposcopy, ultrasound, physician support and consultation. Through referral arrangements, clients have access to mental health, substance abuse, dental and pharmaceutical services.

MCPN has numerous linkages in the community to serve individuals who are homeless. Through referral mechanisms and on-site access, services are provided by Aurora Mental Health, Jefferson Center for Mental Health, Aurora Housing Authority, Comitis Crisis Center, Inter-Faith Ministries, Tri-County Health Department, Jefferson County Health Department, and the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

Estimated homeless population: 5,000 Patients served: 3,049

Peak Vista Community Health Homeless Health Center

722 South Wasatch
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: (719) 471-2789
Fax: (719) 577-4362
Email: homeless@peakvista.org
Web: www.cchn.org/health_centers/map/peakvista.asp
Director: BJ Scott
HCH Coordinator: Gregory Morris, PA-C
Medical Director: Michael Welch, DO
UDS Number: 081460

Project Description

Peak Vista Community Health Centers, Inc. (CHCI) provides primary health care to individuals who are homeless. Services are provided at the Homeless Health Center.

Services

A mid-level health professional provides services weekdays at the Homeless Health Clinic located five blocks from the shelter. In addition, a physician provides part-time on-site services and a female clinician provides a women’s health clinic. Staff provides outreach services at the local shelters and homeless camps. To ensure continuity and quality of care, the provider often takes his medical backpack and searches the streets and camps to give patients their test results and treatment plans. A medical van provides a variety of services to individuals living on the streets. Emergency dental services and substance abuse counseling are also provided on-site.

Linkages

Substance abuse treatment and counseling are provided through arrangement with the health department's McMaster's Clinic. Inpatient detoxification and treatment are arranged by referral. Patients with dental needs beyond the scope of the Homeless Health Center are referred to Peak Vista CHC’s main dental clinic. The Homeless Health Center also has linkages with Marion House and Soup Kitchen social outreach team, Catholic Charities, Urban Peak, El Paso County Department of Health and Environment.

Estimated homeless population: 3,500 Patients served: 1,400

El Paso County Department of Health and Environment
301 South Union Boulevard
Colorado Springs, CO 80910
Contact: Connie Allen
Phone: (719) 578-3159
Fax: (719) 578-3182
Email: connieallen@epchealth.org

Harbor House Medical Van
McMasters Clinic 2649 Yampa Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Contact: Cheri Smith
Phone: (719) 447-4725

Urban Peak Medical Van
423 East Cucharres
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Contact: John McIlwee
Phone: (719) 630-3223

Pueblo Community Health Center - Health Care for the Homeless

1008 North Grand Avenue Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone: (719) 584-3964
Fax: (719) 253-1988
Email: lisa.esquibel@pueblochc.org
Web: www.cchn.org/health_centers/map/pueblo.asp
Director: Byron Geer
HCH Coordinator: Lisa Esquibel
Medical Director: David Krause, MD/Michael Barris, MD
UDS Number: 080170

Project Description

Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC) provides primary health care services in one location at Posada (homeless support center) in downtown Pueblo where the majority of individuals who are homeless dwell.

PCHC provides a mid-level provider, nurse, and project coordinator for primary health care, substance abuse evaluation, and referral assistance. PCHC provides on-site substance abuse evaluations, counseling, and referrals to Crossroads Managed Care, a substance abuse treatment provider. The center also provides educational information, both verbal and written, so patients will be aware of options for healthier lifestyles. The project coordinator maintains and evaluates day-to-day policies and procedures. Referrals to 24-hour emergency services, radiology services, mental health counseling, dental services, and pharmaceutical services are also included in this centralized project. Posada provides building space and the on-site services of an outreach case manager and transportation specialist. The case manager’s primary responsibilities include coordinating community support services to help individuals obtain safe, affordable, and permanent housing. Specific responsibilities include outreach and addressing an individual’s immediate survival needs. The transportation specialist transports individuals and families to referral sites. Cab and bus vouchers are also provided.

Spanish Peaks Mental Health Center provides mental health case management services for adults and children through the Federal Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH). PATH employees refer individuals who are homeless to substance abuse treatment programs provided through local organizations, as well as provide emergency mental health evaluations and interventions, psychiatric evaluation and treatment services, consumer advocate services, and residential services. Crossroads Managed Care accepts referrals for substance abuse treatment. Other informal linkages include the Pueblo County Department of Social Services, providing entitlement and eligibility assistance, as well as the YWCA, a domestic violence shelter which schedules informational sessions about homeless-related issues for their clients. Services are also provided through Posada's central service center

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 2,500 Patients served: 493