HCH Directory - Iowa

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Community Health Care, Inc.

500 West River Drive
Davenport, IA 52801
Phone: (563) 336-3000
Fax: (563) 336-3125
Email: cjordan@davchc.com
Web: www.davchc.com
Director: George Barton, CEO
HCH Coordinator: Cathy Jordan
Medical Director: Syed Haque, MD
UDS Number: 071170

Project Description

Community Health Care (CHC) HCH program provides comprehensive primary health care to children and adults who are homeless throughout the Quad Cities area. Services are provided at six outreach locations.

The HCH outreach program provides preventive and acute medical visits, medications, outreach, social service coordination, and case management to men, women, and children who are homeless. Referrals are made for substance abuse treatment and mental health services. The HCH program also provides one emergency dental visit, dental referrals, HIV counseling/testing, shelter, and referrals for housing, job employment, food, and clothing. The program is provided at six sites–one on a full-time basis and five visited weekly or bi-weekly.

CHC's outreach program has extensive linkages with shelters, transitional housing programs, local pharmacies, food pantries, eye care providers, and thrift stores. Referrals are made for mental health services and substance abuse/addictions treatment.

Estimated homeless population: 2,500 Patients served: 860

People's Community Health Clinic, Inc.

905 Franklin Street
Waterloo, IA 50703
Phone: (319) 272-4300
Fax: (319) 272-4465
Email: jhoeft@peoples-clinic.com
Director: Jennifer Lightbody
HCH Coordinator: Joan Hoeft, RN, MS
Medical Director: Susan Duclos, MD/Kim Neuman, MD
UDS Number: 071410

Project Description

People's Community Health Clinic (PCHC) has a homeless health care team which provides outreach services and refers persons who are homeless to needed services.

The homeless health care team visits shelters, street locations, and transitional housing units to assess persons who are homeless, to encourage them and arrange for them to receive medical, substance abuse, and mental health services. PCHC's physicians, PAs, and nurse practitioners provide preventive and acute health care services. A certified substance abuse counselor is on staff for evaluations of clients. The center also has a dental clinic.

People's Clinic is a member of the local Homeless Coordinating Board. PCHC works cooperatively with local anti­poverty agencies, the food bank, shelters, County relief offices, VA, and other State and Federal agencies providing services to persons who are homeless. Linkages are also in place with faith based organizations who assist individuals who are homeless with their basic needs. PCHC has a referral relationship with Black Hawk/Grundy Mental Health Center for mental health services. Pathways and Covenant Medical Center are local organizations that provide chemical dependency treatment.

Estimated homeless population: 800 Patients served: 719

The Outreach Project - Primary Health Care, Inc.

979 Oakridge Drive
Des Moines, IA 50314
Phone: (515) 248-1500
Fax: (515) 248-1510
Email: bbrewton@phcinc.net
Web: www.phcinc.net
Director: Kelly Huntsman, RHIA
HCH Coordinator: Bobbretta Brewton, EdD, LBSW
Medical Director: Bery Engebretsen, MD
UDS Number: 070550

Project Description

The Outreach Project (TOP) of Primary Health Care is a blend of a McKinney-funded project, including three maternal/child-funded programs serving pregnant and parenting families through Healthy Opportunities for Parents to Experience Success/Healthy Families America, Healthy Start, and Empowerment. TOP also works closely with Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH), CAP, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other community-based mental health and housing programs. Last year, TOP completed a food assistance campaign for the State of Iowa through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food Assistance Program. The Outreach Project maintains outreach clinics in missions, shelters, and multi-service agencies. Project staff conduct outreach visits around or near bridges and in abandoned buildings where individuals who are homeless congregate.

The clinic operates weekdays providing services, including primary health care, substance abuse screening, mental health screening, referrals, and advocacy. The program is staffed by approximately 1.8 FTE providers. Outreach staff travel daily throughout the city. The two free-standing sites are located at the House of Mercy and The Homes of Oakridge campus. Services recently added include chronically homeless-street outreach, food assistance outreach enrollment, mental health outreach services, and a Social Security claims station.

TOP works closely with other McKinney-funded programs in Des Moines serving youth and young mothers. TOP has established linkages with 100 agencies and organizations, including area shelters, Iowa Department of Human Services, substance abuse treatment centers, Des Moines Department of Housing Assistance, and religious and private organizations. Other community connections include Healthy Start, Visiting Nurses Association, and Iowa Empowerment.

Estimated homeless population: 6,008 Patients served: 1,938

Behavioral Health Resources
945 19th Street
Des Moines, IA 50314
Contact: Cynthia Steidel
Phone: (515) 241-0982
Fax: (515) 241-0993
Email: cynthias@bhrci.org

House of Mercy
1409 Clark Street
Des Moines, IA 50314
Contact: Todd Beveridge
Phone: (515) 643-6500
Fax: (515) 643-6598
Email: tbeveridge@mercydsm.org