Municipality of San Juan, San Juan Health Care for the Homeless Program The San Juan Health Care for the Homeless Program (SJHCHP) is an adjunct program of the Special Programs Division of the San Juan Health Department of the Municiaplity of San Juan. Is the only program of continuum of care that offers exclusive preventive and primary health care services to the homeless population of the Municipality of San Juan, in 8 communities and 12 linkages within a population of 434,374 inhabitants as per Census Tract Year 2000. San Juan urban center serves as the backdrop and living space for an estimated homeless population of 2,287, 27.2% of the total estimated in Puerto Rico(8,419). Its communities are designated Medically Underserved Area (MUA #03907) and a Medically Underserved Population (MUP), since November 1, 1978 and Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA #172999721F) since December 1, 1983. SJHCHP provides primary health care services from Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the main clinic at Dr. Gualberto Rabell Health Center, in response to the health care needs of the homeless population. The comprehensive primary care services are provided by a clinical staff composed of general practitioners, registered nurses, case manager & social worker. Ancillary services include: pharmacy, laboratory and radiology. Its health care services are delivered to city’s homeless in situ, such as: Sexual Transmitted Disease (STD) treatment, Hepatitis B vaccination, substance abuse/alcohol counseling and referral, health maintenance, TB, cancer and dental screening, wound care, blood/urine specimen collection, health education, psychosocial needs assessment, case management & enabling services, networking, advocacy, tracking and community outreach. Referrals are provided for drug/alcohol programs, additional diagnostic work-ups and other specialized services within the Main Site Center, the SJHD and other health agencies. Continuity of care is achieved by assuring the consistency of the pr ovider in charge of the participant’s care: assigning specific staff to deliver the services on regular schedule basis; working closely with the facility (site) staff to deliver the services and developing systems that respond to the facility’s functions and utilization by the participants. Services Through the SJHCH Program comprehensive and preventive primary health care, several services are provided to the city’s homeless, such as health maintenance, TB, cancer and dental screening, onsite STD treatment, immunizations, wound care, blood/urine specimen collection, health education, psychosocial needs assessment, substance abuse/alcohol counseling, case management/enabling services, networking, advocacy, tracking and community outreach. Referrals are provided for drug/alcohol programs, additional diagnostic work-ups and other specialized services within the Main Site Center, the San Juan Health Department and other health agencies. Continuity of care is achieved by assuring the consistency of the provider in charge of the participant’s care: assigning specific staff to deliver the services on regular schedule basis; working closely with the facility (site) staff to deliver the services and developing systems that respond to the facility’s functions an d utilization by the participants. The Program has expanded its health care services hours from 5 to 8pm in two (2) of the sites and with the recent acquisition of a mobile unit we are accessing areas where homeless persons congregates. Asthma, Basic Needs, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Cancer Screening, Case Management/Social Services, Diabetes Testing/Care, Domestic Violence Shelter/Services, Flu Vaccinations, Hepatitis C screening/treatment, HIV/AIDS screening/education, Immunizations, Labs, Medical Respite Care, Medications/Prescription, Mental Health Counseling, Mobile Van/Transportation, Multidisciplinary Health Teams, Outreach, Pharmacy, Physical Exams, Pneumococcal vaccine, Primary Health Care, Referrals for Specialty Care, Substance Abuse Treatment, TB screening/education, X-ray Linkages The SJHCH Program provides services to 8 communities and 12 linkages: Old San Juan, Santurce, Rà o Piedras, Barrio Obrero, Puerto Nuevo, San José, Sabana Llana and the Llorens Torres Public Housing Project within a population of 434,374 inhabitants as per Census Tract Year 2000. Statistics Estimated homeless population: 2,287 Patients served: 1,170 Subcontractors Caribbean Medical Testing Center Reference Laboratory PO Box 192071 San Juan, PR 00919-2071 Contact: Victor Morales Phone: (787) 884-2365 Fax: (787) 884-2361 General Info Director Dr. Amarilis Padilla UDS Number 020690 Contact Info Phone Number (787) 723-1360 Fax Number (787) 723-6247 Email apadilla2@sanjuanciudadpatria.com Address Physical Address 1306 Ave Fernandez Juncos San Juan, PR 00909 Mailing Address PO Box 21405 San Juan, PR 00928-1405 Blank - Please do not delete Alabama Birmingham Alabama Regional Medical Services (ARMS) Aletheia House, Inc Mobile Franklin Primary Health Center Tuscaloosa Whatley Health Services Alaska Alaska Island Community Services Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center Arizona Circle the City El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center DBA El Rio Health Arkansas Jefferson Comprehensive Care System, Inc. – Open Hands California Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless Program Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center Care Link - Community Medical Centers, Inc. Center for the Vulnerable Child, Children's Hosptial & Research Center Oakland Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas Clinica Sierra Vista Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo Community Health Alliance of Pasadena Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Contra Costa Health Services Department County of Sacramento DHHS/Primary Health Services Elica Health Centers Family Health Centers of San Diego Gardner Family Health Network, Inc. Golden Valley Health Centers Hurtt Family Health Clinic JWCH Institute La Maestra Family Clinic Los Angeles Christian Health Center Marin City Health & Wellness Center Mendocino Community Health Clinic, Inc. Northeast Valley Health Corporation Open Door Community Health Centers Operation Samahan Ritter Center SAC Health System San Fernando Community Health Center San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium San Francisco Community Health Center San Mateo Medical Center Santa Barbara County Public Health Department - Health Care for the Homeless Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System Santa Cruz Community Health Centers Santa Cruz County Homeless Persons Health Project Santa Rosa Community Health Share Our Selves Shasta Community Health Center Solano County Health and Social Services Department St. John's Well Child & Family Center St. Vincent de Paul Village Family Health Center Venice Family Clinic Ventura County Health Care Agency WellSpace Health West County Health Centers, Inc. Colorado Colorado Coalition for the Homeless - Stout Street Clinic Metro Community Provider Network Homeless Project Peak Vista Community Health Centers Pueblo Community Health Center Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center dba Axix Health System Connecticut Charter Oak Health Center, Inc. Community Health Center, Inc. - Wherever You Are - Health Clare for the Homeless Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center Generations Family Health Center, Inc. Norwalk Community Health Center, Inc. Optimus Health Care, Inc. Southwest Community Health Center - McKinney Health Care for the Homeless StayWell Health Center Blank - Please do not delete Delaware La Red Health Center, Inc. Southbridge Medical Advisory Council, Inc. District of Columbia Unity Health Care, Inc. Florida Brevard Health Alliance Broward Health C.L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics Camillus Health Concern, Inc. Citrus Health Network, Inc. Community Health of South Florida, Inc. Escambia Community Clinics Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, Inc. Genesis Community Health, Inc. Health Care Center for the Homeless, Inc. I.M. Sulzbacher Health Care for the Homeless Langley Health Services Neighborhood Medical Center Pinellas County Health Care for the Homeless Program Rural Health Network of Monroe County Florida, Inc. Tampa Family Health Centers, Inc. Georgia First Choice Primary Care Four Corners Primary Care Center Mercy Care Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc. The J.C. Lewis Health Care Center, Inc. of Union Mission, Inc. Hawaii Waikiki Health Center Idaho Dirne Health Centers, dba Heritage Health Terry Reilly Health Services Illinois Aunt Martha's Health and Outreach Center Central Counties Health Centers, Inc. Crusaders Community Health Heartland Health Outreach Lawndale Christian Health Center Pillars Community Health Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation VNA Health Care Indiana ECHO Community Health Care, Inc. HeatlhNet, Inc. Indiana Health Centers, Inc. - Project Homecoming LifeSpring Health Systems Marram Health Center Regional Health Clinic Iowa Community Health Care, Inc. Eastern Iowa Health Center People's Community Health Clinic, Inc. Primary Health Care, Inc. Kansas GraceMed Health Clinic Health Partnership Clinic, Inc. Hunter Health Clinic, Inc. Blank - Please do not delete Kentucky Audubon Area Community Care Clinic Eastern Kentucky University Bluegrass Community Health Center Family Health Centers, Inc. HealthFirst Bluegrass Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance, Inc. Kentucky River Foothills Development Council, Inc. Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, HomePlace Clinic Louisiana Baton Rouge Primary Care Collaborative, Inc. Health Care for the Homeless Odyssey House Louisiana Primary Health Services Center Southwest Louisiana Primary Health Care Center Start Corporation Maine Greater Portland Health Nasson Health Care, York County Community Action Corporation Maryland Frederick Community Action Agency, City of Frederick Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. Massachusetts Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program City of Springfield Department of Health & Human Services Community Health Connections, Inc. Community Healthlink, Inc. Duffy Health Center Greater Lawrence Family Helath Center, Inc. Greater New Bedford Community Health Center, Inc. Michigan Central City Integrated Health Cherry Health Covenant Community Care, Inc. Covered Bridge Healthcare of St. Joseph County Detroit Healthcare for the Homeless dba Advantage Health Centers Downriver Community Services, Inc. Family Health Center, Inc. Health Care for the Homeless Genessee Community Health Center Grace Health Hamilton Community Health Network, Inc. Ingham County Health Department Mercy Health Saing Mary's Heartside Health Center Oakland Integrated Healthcare Network Packard Health Minnesota Hennepin County Health Care for the Homeless West Side Community Health Services Mississippi Central MS Civic Improvement Associations, Inc. dba Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center Coastal Family Health Center Blank - Please do not delete Missouri Affina Healthcare Northwest Health Services Swope Health Services Montana Partnership Health Center, Missoula City-County Health Department PureView Health Center RiverStone Health Southwest Montana Community Health Center Nebraska Charles Drew Health Center - Homeless Nevada Community Health Alliance Nevada Health Centers, Inc. - Health Care for the Homeless Northern Nevada HOPES Silver State Health Services New Hampshire Families First of the Greater Seacoast Harbor Homes, Inc. Health Care for the Homeless Program, City of Manchester New Jersey Atlanticare Health System: Mission Health Care City of Newark, Department of Child & Family Well-Being Henry J. Austin Health Center at Ewing Street Jewish Renaissance Foundation , Inc. Metropolitan Family Health Network, Inc. Project H.O.P.E. Zufall Health Center New Mexico Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. Amador Health Center El Centro Family Health First Nations Community HealthSource La Familia Medical Center's Health Care for the Homeless Presbyterian Medical Services/Farmington Community Health Center New York Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Care for the Homeless Community Health Center of Buffalo Cornerstone Family Healthcare Covenant House New York - Under 21, Inc. Damian Family Care Centers East New York Health Center - Housing Works, Inc. Hudson River HealthCare, Inc. ICL Healthcare Choices, Inc. La Casa de Salud, Inc. Mt. Vernon Neighborhood Health Center Neighborhood Health Center North Country Children's Clinic NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers Community Medicine Program Project Renewal The Children's Hospital/Mopntefiore Medical Center The Floating House Unity Hospital of Rochester Health Readh Health Care for the Homeless Program (HCHP) Upper Room AIDS Ministry (URAM)/Harlem United William F. Ryan Community Health Center North Carolina Advance Community Health Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers Charlotte Community Health Clinic Goshen Medical Center - Eastpointe Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. New Hanover Community Health Center, Inc. dba MedNorth Health Center Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. Piedmont Health Services, Inc. Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine Western Northern Carolina Community Health Services Blank - Please do not delete North Dakota Homeless Health Services Ohio Care Alliance Health Center Cincinnati Health Network, Inc. Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, dba PrimaryOne Health Ironton-Lawrence County CAO Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Neighborhood Health Association - Mildred Bayer Clinic Samaritan Homeless Center Southeast, Inc. Oklahoma Community Health Centers, Inc. Morton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. Oregon Adapt, dba SouthRiver Community Health Center Central City Concern Coast Community Health Center Community Health Centers of Lane County La Clinica Multnomah County Health Department Native American Rehabilitaion Association of the Northwest, Inc. Northwest Human Services - Clinic Outside In Rogue Community Health The Wallace Medical Concern White Bird Clinic Pennsylvania Community Health Net North Side Christian Health Center Primary Care Health Services, Inc - Health Care for the Homeless Project HOME Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) Rural Health Corporation of Northeaster Pennsylvania, McKinney Clinic Puerto Rico Corporacion SANOS Med Centro: Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico, Inc. Migrant Health Center, Western Region, Inc. Municipality of San Juan, San Juan Health Care for the Homeless Program Servicios De Salud Primarios De Barcelonta, Inc. Rhode Island Providence Community Health Centers Thundermist Health Center of Woonsocket South Carolina Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center Fetter Health Care Network Little River Medical Center, Inc. New Horizon Family Health Services, Inc. South Dakota Community Health Center of the Black Hills Outreach Program Falls Community Health Tennessee Chattanooga Hamilton County Health Department Cherokee Health Systems Christ Community Health Services, Inc. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing Memphis Health Center, Inc. - Health Care for the Homeless Neighborhood Health Tri-State Community Health Center Texas Avenue 360 Health & Wellness Bee Busy Wellness Center Centro San Vincente Homeless Clinic Community Health Center of Lubbock, Inc. CommUnity Care Dallas County Hospital District - Homless Outreach Medical Services (HOMES) El Centro del Barrio d/b/a Centromed Harris Health System - Health Care for the Homeless Program Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston Heart of Texas Community Health Center, Inc. Project Vida Health Center Regence Health Network, Inc. - Tyler Street Resource Center Utah Fourth Street Clinic, Wasatch Homeless Health Care Midtown "Hope" Community Health Center Mountainlands Community Health Center, Inc. Vermont Community Health Centers of Burlington, Safe Harbor Homeless Healthcare Program Blank - Please do not delete Virginia 48th Street Physicians Greater Prince William Community Health Center The Daily Planet Washington Community Health Association of Spokane Community Health Center of Snohomish County Cowlitz Family Health Center Health Care for the Homeless Network of King County Metropolitan Development Council Sea-Mar Community Health Centers The NATIVE Project Yakima Neighborhood Health Services West Virginia Valley Health Systems, Inc. Wisconsin N.E.W. 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