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City of Manchester Public Health Department

HCH Manchester - Mobile Community Health Team @ CMC Community Health Services
Program Office:
195 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: (603) 663-8716
Fax: (603) 663-8766
Grantee Location:
1528 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: (603) 624-6466
Fax: (603) 628-6004
Email: msavarese@cmc-nh.org
Web: www.manchesternh.gov/citygov/hlt/home.html
Director: Timothy Soucy, MPH
HCH Coordinator: Marianne Savarese, BSN
Medical Director: William W. Windler, MD
UDS Number: 010130

Project Description

HCH Manchester offers primary medical care, behavioral health care, substance abuse counseling, case management, health education, and nursing outreach to men, women , children and teens who are homeless in Manchester. Through its long-standing partnerships, HCH Manchester extends its reach beyond Manchester, by facilitating clinical assistance and access to care for people who are homeless throughout the entire State.

HCH Manchester offers primary care clinics daily,on site at two shelter locations: at New Horizons for New Hampshire, the State's largest emergency shelter for single men and women, and at Families In Transition, a multi-site, statewide transitional housing program for families, and adults. HCH Manchester conducts Nursing Street Outreach 4 days per week in partnership with the local PATH clinician and Homeless Runaway Youth team. HCH Street outreach extends beyond the streets to riverbanks, woods, smaller shelters, and drop-in centers, as well as to those families living doubled-up in substandard housing within diverse ethnic and refugee communities. HCH-Health Education sessions are conducted weekly, on site, at various shelters on a rotating basis. Classes are offered to patients. shelter guests and shelter staff alike. Generous State funding and recent partnership with The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester, have enabled twice weekly Behavioral Health clinic sessions that are fully integrated within the HCH Manchester system of primary care, offering psychiatry on site at New Horizons shelter, for the very first time.

For twenty years, HCH Manchester has maintained long-standing partnerships and extensive linkages with virtually all health and human service agencies, and academic institutions throughout the State of New Hampshire and the greater Manchester community.

Estimated homeless population: 1,700 Patients served: 1,310

Catholic Medical Center - Division of Community Health Services
195 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 03102
Contact: Paul Mertzic
Phone: (603) 663-8709
Fax: (603) 668-8766
Email: pmertzic@cmc-nh.org

Poisson Dental Facility at Catholic Medical Center
100 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 03102
Contact: Mary Beth Pierce
Phone: (603) 663-6275
Fax: (603) 663-8766
Email: mpierce@cmc-nh.org

The Doctor's Office
102 Bay Street
Manchester, NH 03104
Contact: William W. Windler
Phone: (603) 625-1724
Fax: (603) 625-1230

Families First Health and Support Center

100 Campus Drive, Suite 12
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: (603) 422-8208
Fax: (603) 422-8218
Email: info@familiesfirstseacoast.org
Web: www.familiesfirstseacoast.org
Director: Helen Taft
HCH Coordinator: Maureen Keating
Medical Director: Robert Slocum, DO
UDS Number: 014040

Project Description

Two mobile health teams travel within a 100 square mile area, visiting shelters, soup kitchens, camp grounds, and other isolated areas frequented by individuals who are homeless. The team consists of a project coordinator, nurse, nurse practitioner, alcohol/substance abuse counselor, care coordinator, and mental health counselor.

Services include primary medical care, medication, substance abuse counseling and referrals, laboratory and diagnostic testing, oral health treatment and referral, immunizations, medical/social care coordination, health education, eligibility screening, and tracking and follow-up through an electronic medical records system.

Linkages include health and social service agencies (AIDS Response-Seacoast, Alliance for Community Health, Stafford Network), shelters (Cross Roads House, My Friend's Place, Rochester Overflow Shelter, A Safe Place, New Generation), community health centers (Avis Goodwin CHC, Lamprey Health Care), hospitals (Exeter, Portsmouth Regional, Frisbie, Wentworth-Douglass), mental health centers (Seacoast Mental Health/Community Partners), a network of volunteer physicians and dentists administered by SeaCare Health Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (United Way of the Greater Seacoast, City of Portsmouth), and outreach (Rockingham Community Action, Strafford Community Action).

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 1,200 Patients served: 908

Child and Family Services
99 Hanover Street
Manchester, NH 03105
Contact: Michael Ostrowski
Phone: (603) 668-1920
Fax: (603) 668-6260
Email: ostrowskim@cfsnh.org

HUB Family Resource Center
61 Rutland Street
Dover, NH 03820
Contact: Greg Burdwood
Phone: (603) 749-9754
Fax: (603) 743-6986
Email: gburdwood@hubfamilies.org

Harbor Homes, Inc.

45 High Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Phone: (603) 882-3616
Fax: (603) 821-5620
Email:k.fortin@harborhomes.org
Director: Peter Kelleher
HCH Coordinator: Kathi Fortin
Medical Director: Dana O'Shea, MD
UDS Number: 01E00025

Project Description

Harbor Care Clinic is a new access point grantee made possible through funding from the ARRA. On June 30, 2009, Harbor Care Clinic began providing primary and preventive care services to people experiencing homelessness in the greater Nashua area. Harbor Care Clinic operates primarily from one fixed location with two fully equipped exam rooms. Outreach and health education are also conducted at shelters and other areas frequented by individuals who are homeless.

Services include primary medical care, medication, substance abuse couseling and referrals, mental health counseling and referrals, laboratory and diagnostic testing, medical/social care coordination, and eligibility screening. Harbor Care Clinic utilizes electronic medical record and practice management systems.

Harbor Care Clinic has established linkages with health and social service agencies throughout the greater Nashua area including Lamprey Health Care, a 330(e) grantee also located in Nashua.

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