Families First

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Families First

Our Mobile Healthcare Program offers easy-to-access health care at several locations along the NH Seacoast. We bring medical and social work services to convenient places like shelters, soup kitchens, and community organizations. No appointments are needed. Simply check out our schedule and come on by!

We take Medicaid (NH and Maine), Medicare, and most other insurance plans. If you are uninsured, no problem! We’ll help you get insurance if possible. If not, charges are based on your ability to pay and calculated using our sliding scale discount program. You will not be turned away due to an inability to pay.

Because this service is part of Families First Health Center, all patients get:
*24/7 access to a nurse on call for medical advice.
*continuous care through a single electronic health record.
*access to many other health and family services at Families First.

Services

Greater Seacoast Community Health is a network of community health centers providing primary care, pediatrics, dental care, prenatal care, behavioral health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, mobile health services, WIC, social work services, a pharmacy, parenting classes, playgroups and home visiting.

We believe everyone should be empowered to maximize health and well-being and strive to make our many programs and health services integrated, high quality, affordable, recovery friendly, trauma informed, inclusive and easy to access.

Linkages

Our HCH Program works with other community and state agencies to serve our patients.

These include health and social service agencies (AIDS Response-Seacoast, Alliance for Community Health, Waypoint), shelters (Crossroads House, My Friend’s Place, Homeless Center for Strafford County, 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), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (United Way of the Greater Seacoast, Cities of Portsmouth, Dover, and Rochester), and outreach (Rockingham Community Action, Strafford Community Action). We also partner with the Strafford and Rockingham County Departments of Public Health, several peer recovery organizations (Connections Peer Support, SOS Recovery Centers, Safe Harbor Recovery Center, and Infinity Peer Support), and substance use disorder organizations (The Doorway, SENHS/Turning Point, and Hope on Haven Hill).

Statistics

Estimated homeless population: 4,451 in New Hampshire on any given night in 2020

Consumer Advisory Board

This program does have a Consumer Advisory Board.

General Info

Executive Director/CEO

Jim Avrett

HCH Coordinator

Sarah Carsman

Medical Director/CMO

Dr. Joann Buonomano, MD/CMO

Other Leadership Staff

Sally Naredla, RN, BSN/Clinical Coordinator

Tiffaney Burdick, LPN/HCH & Medical SUD Program Manager

UDS Number

014040

Contact Info

Phone Number

(603) 422-8208

Fax Number

(603) 422-8218

Email

lzhe@familiesfirstseacoast.org

Website

https://getcommunityhealth.org/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/families1st

Address

Physical Address

8 Greenleaf Woods Drive
Suite 100
Portsmouth, NH 03801

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