Care Alliance

Public housing primary care: recognizing the need to provide high quality and accessible care to a population vulnerable to health disparities, and in an effort to maintain our care relationships as our patients were housed, in 1998, care alliance applied for and received funding from hrsa to provide medical and dental care specifically to those living in and around public housing. Since that time, care alliance has operated one clinic within the cuyahoga metropolitan housing authority (cmha) developments. This space has enabled the organization to provide its services in easily accessible location to public housing residents and in a culturally sensitive manner. The facility is located on the near east side of the city inside carl b. Stokes social services mall. After the recent renovation of our stokes clinic, the location offers care alliance 34-1748776 primary medical and podiatry services across the lifespan of our patient population. In april 2015, care alliance opened the central neighborhood clinic to provide comprehensive primary medical, behavioral, podiatry, and dental services to adults and children living in cleveland's central neighborhood, home to the highest concentration of public housing in northeast ohio. Clients served = 7,441.

Hiv/aids: care alliance is committed to providing quality health care to underserved populations at risk for health disparities. As such, care alliance provides care to people living with hiv/aids (plwha) through community-based and in-house hiv testing, counseling, linkage to care, and referrals to supportive services. In an effort to provide medical, dental and supportive services to plwha, our team works to maintain and develop strong relationships with hiv service providers in the cleveland area to ensure a continuum of care and non-duplication of services. Hiv testing, education, and medical care is located at our central clinic, when an individual seen in the clinic or outreach location tests positive for the hiv virus, he or she is immediately linked to care. Individuals who test positive are introduced to our outreach worker for basic hiv education and discussion about the importance of consistent medical care and medication regimens. All new care alliance patients are seen by the care coordinator for an initial assessment to understand the need for supportive services. Ongoing supportive services include partner notification; medical evaluation and ongoing care; adherence education; medical case management and eligibility assistance; short-term mental health and short-term substance abuse counseling; specialized chronic illness care patients with co-morbidities; oral health care services and referrals for oral surgery; and are scheduled with hiv specialist for treatment.care alliance has established partnerships with many safety net agencies to offer outreach hiv testing and bridging services to at-risk, unaware or out-of-care populations, including the lutheran metropolitan ministry men's shelter, bishop cosgrove center, and norma herr women's shelter,among others. In care alliance's role as the primary care home for many of cleveland's underserved populations, the organization strives to ensure that patients stay in care, utilize all appropriate services, and comply with treatment regimens to maintain health and well-being. Clients served = 77.