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C.L. Brumback Health Center
- Palm Beach County Health Department
38754 State Road 80
Belle Glade, FL 33430
1150 45th Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Phone: (561) 514-5303
Fax: (561) 514-5547
Email: lucille_pica@doh.state.fl.us
Web: www.pbchd.org/centers/westpalm.html
Director: Jacqueline Lobban-Marsan,
MPA
HCH Coordinator: Lucille Pica,
ARNP
Medical Director: Richard Birnberg,
MD
UDS Number: 041740
Project Description
The C.L. Brumback/West Palm Beach Health Center
for the Homeless Project is organized to improve
the health status of people who are homeless
through increased access to and availability
of comprehensive health care services. The program
collaborates with existing homeless partners
to provide our medical services at community
based locations as well as in the clinic setting
located in West Palm Beach.
Services
Comprehensive primary care is available 5 days
a week, between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm. Services
are provided on-site by staff physicians, midlevel
providers, nurses and other medical and administrative
support staff. Our team of providers and nurses
make it possible to provide adult and pediatric
primary care, maternity, gynecology, family
planning, pediatric HIV/AIDS care, STD, immunizations,
and hearing and vision screenings. Support staff
makes it possible to provide nutritional education,
on-site diagnostic laboratory testing, confidential
HIV counseling and testing, health insurance
eligibility assistance, pharmacy (medication),
comprehensive referral services and health education.
Mental health, substance abuse, housing and
other social services are provided by the Homeless
Outreach (HOT) Program that is located at the
center.
Linkages
Linkages include Caring Kitchen, Turtle Nest
Village, The Lord’s Place, Palm Beach
County Victim Services, Salvation Army, Oakwood
Center, St. Ann Place, J.A.Y. Outreach Ministry,
Operation Hope, Operation Jump Start, and St.
George’s Center.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 2,484 Patients
served: 572 Subcontractor(s):
Division of Human Services (Homeless
Outreach Program)
810 Datura Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Contact: Rebecca Gregory
Fax: (561) 355-4801
Email: rgregory@co.palm-beach.fl.us
Camillus Health Concern, Inc.
336 NW Fifth Street
Miami, FL 33128
Phone: (305) 577-4840
Fax: (305) 373-7431
Email: apstable@hcnetwork.org
Web: www.camillushealthconcern.org
Director: Alina Perez-Stable,
MSW
Medical Director: Rosendo I.
Collazo, DO
UDS Number: 042400
Project Description
Camillus Health Concern (CHC) is a comprehensive
primary health care center that provides a continuum
of services for people who are homeless and
underserved in Miami-Dade County. Guided by
its philosophy to treat individuals with dignity
and to offer opportunities for independence,
CHC has grown into one of the most comprehensive
health care programs in South Florida.
Services
CHC has three fixed sites and a multitude of
street sites. Services are provided at its main
site in downtown Miami and at two service providers
for homeless individuals: Better Way of Miami
(substance abuse treatment center) and Salvation
Army (social services and shelter facility).
CHC has two full-time outreach teams–one
focusing on medical street outreach and the
other on HIV prevention education. Outreach
services are provided at numerous street and
shelter sites throughout Miami-Dade County.
CHC provides adult and pediatric primary health
care, respite care, women’s preventive
services, oral health, behavioral health, podiatry,
specialty services, case management, and transportation.
CHC ensures that patients have access to comprehensive
services by working with Camillus House, which
offers meals, emergency shelter, transitional
housing, and substance abuse treatment, along
with community-based agencies. Together, Camillus
Health Concern and Camillus House offer comprehensive
health and social services for persons who are
homeless.
Linkages
CHC maintains extensive collaborations and
linkages with a variety of partners in the community,
including Jackson Memorial Hospital, Florida
Department of Health, health professions training
programs with the University of Miami School
of Medicine, and various social service providers
serving individuals who are homeless.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 7,160 Patients
served: 5,243
Subcontractor(s):
Barry University School of Graduate
Medical Sciences
11300 Northeast Second Avenue
Miami Shores, FL 33161
Contact: Chester A. Evans
Phone: (305) 899-3249
Fax: (305) 899-4798
Concepcion-Felipe Dental Services
13310 Southwest 20th Street
Miami, FL 33175
Contact: Jorge Conception
Phone: (305) 510-5479
Fax: (305) 373-7431
Efrain Gonzalez, Ph.D.
12490 Southwest 96th Street
Miami, FL 33186
Contact: Efrain Gonzalez
Phone: (305) 284-2814
Fax: (305) 373-7431
Evelyn Lopez-Brignoni, MD
9500 South Dadeland Boulevard, Suite 604
Miami, FL 33156
Phone: (305) 670-1411
Community Health of South Dade,
Inc.
10300 Southwest 216 Street
Miami, FL 33190
Phone: (305) 253-5100
Fax: (305) 254-2011
Email: bhartley@hcnetwork.org
Director: Brodes H. Hartley,
Jr., MHA
HCH Coordinator: Hermine Pollard
Medical Director: Anthony Amofah,
MD, MBA, CHCQM
UDS Number: 040320
Project Description
Community Health of South Dade, Inc. (CHI)
provides a full spectrum of comprehensive primary
and behavioral health care services at six modern
facilities and five school-based health centers.
Services include eligibility assistance, transportation,
interpretation, translation, case-management,
outreach, and health education. CHI also has
a 16-hour Urgent Care Center (UCC) and an Ambulatory
Walk-In Service (AWIS).
Services
CHI provides comprehensive primary and behavioral
health care services, including internal medicine,
family practice, pediatric, OB/GYN, dental,
mental health/substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS
testing, treatment and counseling. The project's
potential clients constitute 3,000 migrant and
seasonal farm workers and homeless individuals.
In addition to addressing health issues, CHI's
services include school absenteeism, adolescent
high risk behavior, pesticide exposure, and
communicable disease. Outreach is a critical
component for identifying new homeless users.
Linkages
Linkages include South Dade Ministries Alliances,
YMCA, Goulds Coalitions of Ministers and Lay
Persons, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Homestead
Hospital, Miami Children’s Hospital, Jackson
South Hospital, Coalition of Florida Farmworker
Organization (COFFO), Everglades Community Association,
South Florida Aids Network, and Homestead Housing
Authority.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 10,190
Subcontractor(s):
Camillus Health Concern, Inc.
336 Northwest Fifth Street
Miami, FL 33128
Contact: Alina Perez-Stable
Phone: (305) 374-1065
Fax: (305) 372-1402
Email: aperez-stablea@hcnetwork.org
Family Health Centers of Southwest
Florida, Inc.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1357
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Web: http://fhcswf.hcnetwork.org
Location:
2256 Heitman Street
Fort Meyers, FL 33901
Phone: (239) 278-3600
Fax: (239) 278-3203
Email: cspeelman@hcnetwork.org
Director: Lalai S. Hamric,
CEO
HCH Coordinator: Carol Speelman,
RN
Medical Director: James H.
Taylor, DO
UDS Number: 041680
Project Description
The Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida
Health Care for the Homeless Project is organized
to improve the health status of people who are
homeless through increased access to and availability
of comprehensive health care services. The program
collaborates with existing homeless providers
in Lee County to help avoid duplication of services.
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida–HCH
provides care at three sites: Salvation Army,
Downtown Fort Myers Medical and Dental Center,
and Community Cooperative Ministries Soup Kitchen.
Outreach locations include Chapel by the Sea
on Fort Myers Beach, All Soul's Episcopal Church
in North Fort Myers, and Rescue Mission in downtown
Fort Myers.
Services
Comprehensive primary care is available 5 days
a week, including several evenings. Internal
referrals for dental, women's health services,
and pediatrics are located in close proximity
to each site. Limited radiological services,
pharmaceuticals, and specialty referrals are
available. Partnering agencies provide mental
health and substance abuse services. Clinical
staff includes two ARNPs, a part-time internal
medicine specialist, medical assistants, and
an outreach worker. After-hours care and hospital
services are provided by on-call providers at
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida.
Linkages
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida
has linkages with Lee County Health Department,
Salvation Army, Ruth Cooper Center, Southwest
Florida Addiction Services, Lee County Coalition
for the Homeless, Florida Gulf Coast University-Department
of Social Services, Community Cooperative Ministries,
and Lee County Housing Authority.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 8,000 Patients
served: 3,356
Health Care Center for the Homeless,
Inc.
232 North Orange Blossom Trail
Orlando, FL 32805
Phone: (407) 428-5751
Fax: (407) 428-6204
Email: bburns@hcch.org
Web: www.hcch.org
Director: Bakari F. Burns,
MPH
Medical Director: Gabriel Nuriel,
DO
UDS Number: 413580
Project Description
Health Care Center for the Homeless, Inc. (HCCH)
is a non-profit health center that has met the
medical needs of the homeless and medically
indigent members of the Metro Orlando area since
1993. In January 2006, HCCH opened the Orange
Blossom Family Health Center that continues
the tradition of unique, culturally sensitive
service delivered in modern, cheerful, and colorful
atmosphere. HCCH continues to be the sole provider
of health care to persons who are chronically
homeless in the streets and woods of Orange,
Osceola, and Seminole Counties.
Services
Services include primary and preventative adult
and pediatric medical services, oral health
care, vision services, medical case management,
TB shelter (for those with infectious TB), mental
health and substance abuse services, pharmacy
services, and outreach services in the wooded
areas of Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties.
Linkages
HCCH has linkages to Heart of Florida United
Way, Florida Hospital, Orlando Regional Healthcare,
Orange County Health and Family Services, Primary
Care Access Network (PCAN), and City of Orlando.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 8,000 Patients
served: 3,000
I.M. Sulzbacher Health Care
for the Homeless
611 East Adams Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (904) 359-0457 Ext.
8100
Fax: (904) 359-0926
Email: bobjohnson@imsch.org
Web: www.imshomelesscenter.org
Director: Sherry Burns
HCH Coordinator: Michael Cochran,
MPH
Medical Director: Charles Harkness,
MD
UDS Number: 420630
Project Description
The I.M. Sulzbacher Center provides on-site
medical services to address the chronic and
acute health care needs of the Center's guests
who are homeless and other persons who are medically
indigent and uninsured in the community.
Services
The I.M. Sulzbacher Center's Health Care for
the Homeless program provides adult primary
care, mental health care, specialty clinics,
HIV/AIDS testing and case management, TB testing,
breast health care, vision care and prescription
eyeglasses, and an on-site pharmacy. Care is
provided by both paid and volunteer family practice
physicians, specialty physicians, nurse practitioners,
nurses, case managers, and other support personnel.
The HOPE Homeless Outreach Project provides
medical triage, HIV testing, HIV/AIDS linkage,
and case management services to unsheltered
persons who are living on the streets in Jacksonville.
The Sulzbacher Dental Clinic provides care to
relieve pain, eliminate infection, and restore
the smiles and dental health of persons who
are homeless.
Linkages
The Sulzbacher Center partners with "We
Care Jacksonville," a grass roots network
of medical professionals, hospitals, and public
health facilities that provide free medical
and specialty care both on-site at the Sulzbacher
Center as well as at scattered community and
office sites throughout Jacksonville. The Community
Asthma Project is based at the Sulzbacher Center's
clinic and provides bimonthly specialty care
for adults and children with asthma. Safe-Lite
Optical and the Northeast Florida Optometric
Association provide on-site eye exams and prescription
glasses. St. Vincent Mobile Ministries brings
a health van to the Center for extended primary
care services. At least 30 percent of the guests
at the Center have serious mental health diagnoses,
and Gateway Community Services and Shands Jacksonville
provide a weekly psychiatry residency program
to address this need. Clinic and staff work
cooperatively with the Duval County Public Health
Department to provide HIV and TB testing and
follow-up.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 17,525 Patients
served: 7,857
North Broward Hospital District
Health Care for the Homeless
303 SE 17th Street, Suite 502
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
Phone: (954) 355-4953
Fax: (954) 355-4936
Email: sdimarzo@nbhd.org
Web: www.browardhealth.org
Director: Scott DiMarzo
HCH Coordinator: Nadine Reeves,
RN, BSN
Medical Director: John Berges,
MD
UDS Number: 412940
Project Description
The North Broward Hospital District Health
Care for the Homeless Program provides comprehensive
health care and social services to individuals
who are homeless in Broward County at fixed
and mobile locations.
Services
Program staff provide comprehensive health,
dental, and social services at mobile sites
and community based health centers, including
adult and family shelters, detox and substance
abuse treatment centers, and day centers. Services
are also provided at four medical centers. Access
to substance abuse treatment is made through
referral to Broward County Alcohol/Drug Abuse
Services, residential treatment centers, and
other local treatment facilities.
Linkages
Specialty care is provided through informal
relationships with local providers. These services
include oral surgery, dentures, and ophthalmology/optical
services. Emergency care, inpatient/outpatient
services, and other specialty care services
are provided by North Broward Hospital District
medical centers and ambulatory locations.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 8,000-10,000
Patients served: 8,999
Subcontractor(s):
Broward County Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Services Division
1011 SW Second Court
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Contact: Jackie Panellas
Phone: (954) 357-5454
Fax: (954) 357-5468
Email: jpanellas@broward.org
Broward House
PO Box 350367
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335
Contact: Angelo Castillo
Phone: (954) 522-4749
Fax: (954) 522-9357
Ft. Lauderdale Retirement Home
401 SE 12th Court
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-1919
Contact: Jackie Heath
Phone: (954) 524-3312
Fax: (954) 524-3314
Memorial Health Care System
4105 Pembroke Road
Hollywood, FL 33021
Contact: Rochelle Ayala
Phone: (954) 985-1551 Ext. 2037
Pinellas County Human Services
Department
647 First Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 582-7595
Fax: (727) 582-7228
Email: lfreeman@co.pinellas.fl.us
Web: www.pinellascounty.org/socialservices
Director: Maureen Freaney
HCH Coordinator: Lisa S. Freeman
Medical Director: Paulette
Thompson, DO
UDS Number: 042040
Project Description
Pinellas County Human Services Department
operates a Mobile Medical Unit which provides
outreach to persons who are homeless in Pinellas
County.
Services
The Mobile Medical Team operates as a division
of Pinellas County Human Services Department,
providing medical care through outreach to shelters,
soup kitchens, homeless drop-in centers, and
other areas where persons who are homeless congregate.
The team includes one physician, two RNs, a
social worker, and two social work assistants/drivers.
Services include comprehensive primary care
for children and adults, well child/prevention
care, emergency health services, prescriptions,
referrals and payment for inpatient hospitalization,
outreach, entitlement eligibility assistance,
referrals to other providers in the social services
network, referrals to medical specialists, and
dental services. Two ARNP's provide on-site
mental health assistance.
Linkages
Substance abuse services are provided through
agreements with Operation PAR, Turning Point-Inebriate
Intervention Center, and Alcohol Community Treatment
Services.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 4,710 Patients
served: 1,965
Subcontractor(s):
Directions for Mental Health
1437 Belcher Road
Clearwater, FL 33765
Contact: Tom Riggs
Phone: (727) 524-4464
Fax: (727) 524-4474
Email: riggs@directionsmn.org
Gulfcoast Legal Services
641 First Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Contact: Pamela J. Wiener
Phone: (727) 821-0726
Fax: (727) 821-3340
Email: pamelaw@gulfcoastlegal.org
Pinellas County Health Department
Florida Department of Health
PO Box 13549
St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3549
Tampa Community Health Centers,
Inc. - Tampa Family Health Center
Mailing Address:
PO Box 82969
Tampa, FL 33612
Location:
1514 North Florida Avenue
Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: (813) 866-0930
Fax: (813) 866-0929
Email: cbottoms@hcnetwork.org
Web: www.tampachc.com
Director: Charles R. Bottoms
HCH Coordinator: Charles R.
Bottoms
Medical Director: Rob Sanchez,
MD
UDS Number: 412810
Project Description
Tampa Community Health Centers delivers health
services to people who are homeless in the Tampa
area through its satellite facilities, Tampa
Family Health Center and a mobile van.
Services
The project operates a clinic and an outreach/case
management unit. The clinic is located in the
vicinity of a number of homeless shelters, a
homeless family care unity, and several soup
kitchens. The clinic is staffed by a full-time
physician, ARNP, dentist, and hygienist. Tampa
Community Health Center provides primary health
care, case management, social services, and
health and nutrition education to families,
single adults, and runaway youths.
Linkages
Linkages include Hillsborough County Homeless
Coalition, Bay Area Legal Services, VA Homeless
Office, Salvation Army, Metropolitan Ministries,
Tampa Housing Authority, and other shelters
and agencies working with individuals who are
homeless.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 11,500 Patients
served: 2,033
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