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AtlantiCare Health Services

2009 Bacharach Boulevard
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Phone: (609) 344-5714
Fax: (609) 345-0775
Email: sandy.festa@atlanticare.org
Web: www.atlanticare.org
Director: Sandra L. Festa, LCSW, CADC
HCH Coordinator: Sandra L. Festa, LCSW, CADC
Medical Director: James Manlandro, MD
UDS Number: 027710

Project Description

AtlantiCare Health Services Health Care for the Homeless project provides primary health care and substance abuse, mental health, and outreach services within a case management framework for persons who are homeless in Atlantic County.

AtlantiCare Health Services is located in the Atlantic City Rescue Mission. The project provides primary care and integrative behavioral health services through an expansive multidisciplinary team. In addition, an ambulatory detoxification program is offered with intensive outpatient treatment.

AtlantiCare has linkages with 25 social service agencies to provide services within the community.

Estimated homeless population: 5,000 Patients served: 2,005

Henry J. Austin Health Center at Ewing Street

Administrative Office:
321 North Warren Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
Phone: (609) 278-5900
HCH Clinic:
112 Ewing Street
Trenton, NJ 08609
Phone: (609) 396-9600
Fax: (609) 392-4819
Email: marylou.killian@henryjaustin.org
Web: www.henryjaustin.org
Director: Walter L. Isaacs
HCH Coordinator: Ann Hashagen, NP-C
Medical Director: Eric Schwartz, MD, MBA
UDS Number: 020070

Project Description

Henry J. Austin Health Center operates at four locations in the greater Trenton area. Its Health Care for the Homeless program is located in a new, state-of-the-art facility across the street from a shelter for homeless individuals and a new transitional housing program for families. The project employs two full-time adult medicine/GYN providers, a part-time pediatrician, behavioral health care, and social work services at its Ewing Street location. These services complement the full lifecycle of primary care offered at Austin's North Warren Street location and its satellite sites at Chambers Street in Trenton and in Hamilton Township.

Henry J. Austin Health Center at Ewing Street serves men, women, and children in a full spectrum of primary care. Services also include behavioral health, social work, podiatry, infectious disease treatment, HIV and Hepatitis C testing and treatment, outreach, referrals, and health promotions/disease prevention. Austin Center participates in the BPHC Diabetes Collaborative. Staff provide mobile health screenings throughout the city, including a local shelter, soup kitchen, and several transitional housing programs. Austin Center at Ewing Street anticipates expanding its dental services at this new facility.

Ewing Health Center staff work closely with Community Options shelter, Escher Street SRO Housing, Greater Trenton Behavioral Healthcare, Homefront services to homeless families with children, Rescue Mission, Salvation Army, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), and other community-based agencies.

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 5,000 Patients served: 1,375

Subcontractor(s):

Family Guidance Center
2300 Hamilton Avenue
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Contact: Jeff Robbins
Phone: (609) 587-7044
Email: jeff.robbins@fgccorp.org

Lawrence Levine, Podiatrist
1420 Brace Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Phone: (609) 795-1003
Fax: (609) 795-5994

Metropolitan Family Health Network, Inc.

935 Garfield Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07304
Phone: (201) 478-5802
Fax: (201) 478-5814
Email: fjordan@metrofhn.org
Web: http://metrofhn.com
Director: Carolyn Holmes
HCH Coordinator: Frank Jordan
Medical Director: Patrick Beaty, MD
UDS Number: 217710

Project Description

The Homeless Program uses a multidisciplinary, integrated model, and client-centered, team approach. Six culturally-competent and culturally diverse staff members serve the homeless population in Hudson County and beyond.

The Homeless Program provides primary care, mental health services, referral for HIV-antibody testing, outpatient substance abuse counseling, and screening services for diabetes, hypertension, and tuberculosis. A pharmacy is on-site. Referrals are made for gynecological, dental, mammogram, and podiatry services. The program uses a variety of outreach methods and community connections to identify and serve homeless individuals, particularly those with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues. Staff members include physicians, a nurse practitioner, a licensed social worker/therapist, counselors, and a van driver.

Linkages for dental, mammogram, podiatric, and HIV services are provided. The Homeless Program also has linkages with all of the shelters in the community.

Estimated homeless population: 4,500 Patients served: 2,261

Metropolitan FHN Pharmacy
953 Garfield Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07304
Phone: (201) 369-6918
Fax: (201) 333-1149

Newark Homeless Health Care

394 University Avenue
2nd Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 733-5300
Fax: (973) 733-4328
Email: parrawayd@ci.newark.nj.us
Web: www.ci.newark.nj.us/municipal_services/all_servic es/health_all/newark_homeless.htm
Director: Maria Vizcarrondo
HCH Coordinator: Darryl Parraway
Medical Director: Tania Mason-Eastmond
UDS Number: 020710

Project Description

Newark Homeless Health Care was originally funded in 1985 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The project is administered by the City of Newark, Department of Health and Human Services, under the Division of Medical Care Services. This linkage to the city's health department provides an array of additional services for individuals experiencing homelessness in Newark.

Newark Homeless Health Care provides health care, social services, and substance abuse/mental health counseling services at various shelters within the city of Newark. On-site medical services are provided by five medical teams in five shelters and one multi-service center. A Special Care Clinic has been established at the Health Department for patients who are homeless. Services provided on-site include medical history/screening, blood work, immunizations, prescription assistance, service referrals, and an array of other primary care services. Additional funding has allowed the project to expand medical services to individuals with HIV/AIDS. In addition to the core services of primary care, Newark Homeless Health Care provides HIV/AIDS patients with support services, including case management, transportation, and group support. Newark has several outreach initiatives, including an adult immunization team and a social services component at the Newark Liberty International Airport, the busiest airport in the New York metropolitan area, where intervention, case management, shelter assistance, transportation, and medical service referrals are provided to homeless persons residing at the airport complex.

Various preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic services are obtained through a direct referral system generated on-site. Services include x-rays for diagnosis of chest diseases, substance abuse treatment, and follow-up.

Estimated homeless population: 273,546 Patients served: 4,000

Cathedral Health Care (St. Michael's Medical Center)
111 Central Avenue (C*8)
Newark, NJ 07102
Contact: Kenneth Waller
Phone: (973) 877-5000 Ext. 8677
Fax: (973) 242-6275
Email: kennethw@cathedralhealth.org

Project H.O.P.E.

Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation
1600 Haddon Avenue
Camden, NJ 08103
Phone: (856) 635-2475
Fax: (856) 635-2486
Email: deshieldsp@lourdesnet.org
Web: www.lourdesnet.org/lourdes/hope.php
Director: Patricia DeShields, MSW, LSW
Medical Director: Vincent T. McDermott, Jr., MD
UDS Number: 024480

Project Description

Project H.O.P.E. uses a multifaceted approach, including mobile health outreach, street outreach, and primary care clinics, to reach people who are homeless. These components are intended to fill the gaps in the continuum of services which have been identified through a network of homeless service providers in the city and through Project H.O.P.E.'s 9 years of experience. Project H.O.P.E. strives to provide the highest quality of client-centered care to men, women, and children.

Project H.O.P.E. operates two clinics. Bergen Lanning Health Center is Project H.O.P.E.'s "medical home" for the homeless. A satellite clinic is conducted weekly at the Volunteers of America Aletha Wright Shelter/Transitional Living Program. This clinic provides physicals, infectious disease screening, housing referrals, mental health counseling, case management, and social services. Transportation assistance is available. Case management and follow-up continue for 1 year after permanent housing is obtained. Project H.O.P.E.'s mobile health van travels to Camden City sites providing assessments, primary care services, screenings, emergency care, TB testing, health care education, drug/alcohol counseling, and employment and housing counseling. Staff conduct intakes, assess needs, case manage, counsel, and refer clients. The Street Outreach component travels to 32 sites, distributing meals and care packages. All Project H.O.P.E. staff participate in street outreach.

Project H.O.P.E. partners with several other agencies in Camden City to provide a continuum of care and smooth transition between services. These agencies include, but are not limited to, Camden Area Health Education, The Bridge, Cathedral Kitchen, Camden County Board of Social Services, Camden County Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Food Bank of South Jersey, Homelessness Prevention Program, Interfaith Homeless Outreach Council, Leavenhouse, My Brothers Keeper, Neighborhood Center, New Visions Community Services, South Jersey Behavioral Health Resources, and Volunteers of America - Delaware Valley.

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 2,500 Patients served: 1,038