National Health Care for the Homeless Council
HCH Grantee Directory
Heartland Health Outreach
Heartland Health Outreach, Inc. (HHO) the health care partner of Heartland Alliance, was founded in 1985 as a Health Care for the Homeless demonstration project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trust. Today, it is a community health organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Chicago’s most vulnerable populations – people who are homeless, severely mentally and/or living with multiple chronic diseases. HHO provides comprehensive, integrated services, including primary, oral and behavioral healthcare, care coordination and health education and prevention services through its main health center in the Uptown community, its satellite clinic on the west side of Chicago, and through medical outreach services at more than 50 overnight and transitional shelters and drop-in centers throughout Chicago. Oral healthcare is provided at the main health center and in the Englewood community. HHO partners with two HCH sub-recipients to extend access to care in south suburban Cook, DuPage and Lake counties. In addition, HHO provides TB treatment and housing and specialized primary care, case management, nutrition, mental health and housing services for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Services
Patients have access to healthcare support on a 24 hour basis, with emergency on-call and via the patient portal on the electronic health record. Other services include: referrals to specialty and urgent care, optometry, mammograms, and X-rays; vaccinations; cancer screening; laboratory services; prescriptions; physical exams; diabetes and other chronic disease management; interpretation services; and smoking cessation services.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 75,000
Patients served: 14,495
General Info
Director
Ed Stellon
HCH Coordinator
Katy Kelleghan
Medical Director
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar
UDS Number
051900
Contact Info
Phone Number
(773) 275-2586
kkelleghan@heartlandalliance.org
Website
http://www.heartlandalliance.org
Address
Physical Address
1015 West Lawrence Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640