Access to Healthcare

This portfolio focuses on decreasing financial barriers, increasing provider availability and enhancing appreciation of the benefits of care, particularly preventive care. Funded projects strengthen the safety net by serving uninsured children, build the capacity of care providers to meet the needs of underserved children and overcome barriers to care through community outreach to underserved families. The following projects build bridges to familiar, reliable sources of health care for Wake County's children and youth. * indicates a closed grant

Technology for Dental Health

Wake County Human Services - Dental Clinic
This project is designed to integrate a dental practice management system and digital x-rays into a public health clinic to improve efficiency in operations, increasing visits/production, while providing quality care.

From: Wake County Human Services – Dental Clinic

Pediatric Integrated Care Initiative

WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Reduce the impact of cultural, language, or other barriers that contribute to disparities in mental health outcomes for children and youth, improve the capacity to conduct mental health screening, and support the co-location of services within WakeMed.

From: WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Facilitating Best Practice Adoption for Wake County Youth

Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Conduct a needs assessment and develop a plan for needed evidence-based behavioral health services.

From:  Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Purpose:  Conduct a needs assessment and develop a plan for needed evidence-based behavioral health services as well as a training plan for behavioral health providers in the specialty mental health setting and in primary care practices.

Children's Health and Development Program – Phase III

Wake County Human Services
Improve and expand CHDP services to refine current procedures and processes, add dental services, and develop procedures and processes of children upon reunification with biological parents.
From: Wake County Human Services
 
Purpose: Improve and expand CHDP services to refine current procedures and processes, add dental services, and develop procedures and processes of children upon reunification with biological parents.
 
How:
1.      Continue coordination of a care plan for all foster care children.

UNC Pediatric Multi-Subspecialty Clinic

Department of Pediatrics and the Pediatric General Surgery Division at North Carolina Children's Hospital
Provide a community-based pediatric multi-subspecialty clinic in Wake County.

UNC Pediatric Multi Subspecialty Clinic

From: Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric General Surgery Division, North Carolina Children's Hospital

Purpose: Capacity issues at the North Carolina Children's Hospital outpatient specialty clinic contribute to increased emergency room use, transfers for inpatient care, and long delays in outpatient appointments. Children with complex and chronic illness have increasing difficulty accessing diagnostic and management services.

Teen Parent Connection

YWCA of the Greater Triangle, Inc.
This program will provide comprehensive community-based support services that focus on reducing disparities in birth outcomes, enhancing parent-child interactions and relationships, and improving educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting teens.

From: YWCA of the Greater Triangle, Inc.

Summer Food Service Program*

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle
Expand the Summer Food Service Program for children who participate in free and reduced lunch programs during the school year.

From: Inter-Faith Food Shuttle

Purpose: Repeat for second year and expand the Summer Food Service Program for children who participate in free and reduced lunch programs during the school year.

How:

  1. Hire a Summer Food Service Coordinator to carry out community education with participating sites, site enrollment, administration and education.
  2. Pay associated salary costs for Culinary Job Training cooks.

Outcomes:

Strengthening a Medical Home for Youth*

Wake Teen Medical Services
Improve agency infrastructure and strengthen capacity to manage care for adolescents.

From: Wake Teen Medical Services

Purpose: Teens presenting to Wake Teen often have several challenging health issues compounded by other social/life situation factors that interfere with effective care for health concerns.

  • Strengthen Wake Teen's capacity to manage care for this at risk population by improving agency infrastructure.

How:

  1. Add one full time nurse;
  2. Develop tracking and referral protocols.

Outcome:

SouthLight's Integration Project (SIP): Electronic Health Management

SouthLight, Inc.
The purpose of this proposal is to build the capacity of SouthLight, Inc. by transitioning to an electronic health management system.

From: SouthLight, Inc.

Need: Internal quality improvement assessment indicated a number of deficiencies in regards to how client information is collected and shared: 1) checks and balances for billing; 2) follow-up data for state required information; 3) systematic coding of identification for clients; 4) exchange of information within systems for billing, progress notes, follow-up and success of treatment; 5) continuous QI data; and 6) notifications or reminders for counselors.

Pediatric Clinic*

Raleigh Rescue Mission
Establish a clinic to provide medical services for children living in the Raleigh Rescue Mission and Salvation Army shelters.

From: Raleigh Rescue Mission

Purpose: Equip and staff a clinic to provide medical services for children living in the Mission and Salvation Army.

How:

  1. Provide prompt, consistent care to children entering either shelter.
  2. Determine eligibility for public health insurance or other health access programs.
  3. Work with mothers of children to use health services.

Outcome:

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