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Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc.

424 Decatur Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30312-1848
Phone: 678-843-8500
Fax: 678-843-8501
Email: tandrews@sjha.org
Web: www.stjosephsatlanta.org
Director: E. Thomas Andrews
HCH Coordinator: Kenneth Prince
Medical Director: Mae T. Morgan, M.D.
UDS Number: 042010

Project Description

Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services (SJMCS) has a multi-cultural focus, serving clients who are African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Caucasian. Special emphasis is placed on meeting the primary medical needs of the homeless and immigrant populations in metropolitan Atlanta and providing the associated supportive services they may need

Services are offered at four fixed site clinics and at several mobile clinics. Delivery of services at mobile clinics is accomplished using a system of five vans and a mobile coach. Services at fixed sites are available 5 days a week, with evening clinics at certain locations and at mobile clinics according to a published monthly schedule. A combination of paid staff and volunteers provides services at approximately 40 locations each month. SJMCS provides primary health care, health education, immunizations, HIV counseling and testing, AIDS outreach, an infectious disease program, dental services, women’s health care, and supportive social services. Substance abuse residential recovery programs are provided in collaboration with several private non-profit organizations.

Referrals and ancillary services are provided at Grady Memorial Hospital and other local hospitals and mental health centers. Saint Joseph’s Mercy Care Services has a close working relationship with Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta for referrals and has established many informal relationships with physicians who provide pro bono or low cost services.

Estimated homeless population: 7.019 Patients served: 9,995

Another Chance of Atlanta, Inc.
1915 Lisa Lane
Riverdale, GA 30296
Contact: Rozelle Green
Phone: (404) 349-6527
Fax: (404) 349-6528

Breakthru House
1866 Eastfield Street
Decatur, GA 30032
Contact: Barbara Boggan
Phone: (404) 289-5099
Fax: (404) 284-4648

Hope House Caring Works, Inc.
275 Washington Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Contact: Kenneth McCullough
Phone: (404) 564-4181
Fax: (404) 564-4186

Hugs Recovery Center
1151 Cleveland Avenue
East Point, GA 30344
Contact: Derick Billingslea
Phone: (404) 767-0427

Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc.
200 Hanover Park Road, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30350
Contact: Lucy Hall
Phone: (770) 642-4245
Fax: (770) 642-4246
Email: ydhl@bellsouth.net

St. Jude's Recovery House, Inc.
139 Renaissance Parkway NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Contact: Marjorie Bush
Phone: (404) 249-6272
Fax: (404) 874-2353

Stand, Inc.
4319 Covington Highway, Suite 117A
Decatur, GA 30035
Contact: Charles Snerling
Phone: (404) 288-4668
Fax: (404) 288-4688

Tangu, Inc.
159 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Contact: Walter Brooks
Fax: (404) 586-0645

The J.C. Lewis Health Care Center, Inc. of Union Mission, Inc.

120 Fahm Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: (912) 495-8887
Fax: (912) 495-8881
Email: ajones@unionmission.org
Web: www.unionmission.org
Director: Aretha R. Jones, MPH
HCH Coordinator: Rena Douse
Medical Director: Dr. Myra Pope
UDS Number: 429110

Project Description

Union Mission, founded in 1936, works to prevent and end homelessness in Greater Savannah, Chatham County.

The J.C. Lewis Health Center, a 32-bed respite care facility for the homeless, opened in September of 1999. The Center also operates outlying clinics, including the Social Apostolate and Salvation Army. The Center provides primary holistic health care through an array of venues, including outpatient clinics, off site clinics at other agencies (Social Apostolate, Salvation Army), respite care program, and educational services. The State of Georgia has chosen J.C. Lewis Health Center as a model for providing health care to homeless individuals. The Center provides technical assistance to other agencies throughout the State of Georgia.

Primary Healthcare, Physician services, medication assistance, medical case management, health prevention and promotion, shelter and housing referrals, economic education and referral, nutritional education and planning, dietary supplementation, prisoner re-entry program, 24 respite care, behavioral health counseling, transportation services.

Union Mission's partners include Memorial Health University Health Center, St. Josephs/Candler Health System, Chatham County Health Department, City of Savannah, United Way, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Georgia Region 13 for Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Recovery Place of Savannah, America's Second Harvest of the Coastal Empire, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The J.C. Lewis Health Center has formal protocols for referral and admission with Memorial Health University Medical Center and St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System. The J.C. Lewis Health Center also has linkages with the Savannah Health Mission and the Community Health Center.

Estimated homeless population: 5,845 Patients served: 4,771

Chatham County Health Department
2011 Eisenhower Drive
Savannah, GA 31406-3905
Contact: Linda Rowland
Phone: (912) 691-6226

Doctors Laboratory
5112 Paulsen Street
Savannah, GA 31405
Contact: Tamequah Gordon
Phone: (912) 352-7105