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Program/Project Name
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Family Crisis Center Medical Clinic
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Affiliation Name
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Denver Health/Denver Department of Human Services
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Website URL
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http://www.denvergov.org/humanservices/DenverHumanServices/ProtectionPrevention/FamilyCrisisCenter/tabid/441484/Default.aspx
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Model Type
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Evaluation
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City
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Denver County
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State
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CO
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State specific location
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Denver Health medical clinic within Denver Department of Human Services facility (Family Crisis Center)
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How is program/project funded?
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State Funding, County Funding, Health Insurance
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Describe how it's funded
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Denver Department of Human Services
contracts with Denver Health to provide these services. Costs to DDHS
are offset by billing for medical examinations done (Medicaid) with some
additional funding from other activities of the medical team (teaching,
testimony). |
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What services does it provide
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Entry to care health assessment
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Where does it provide services
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County-based
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Description of program/project
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The Denver Health (DH) medical clinic at
Denver Department of Human Service's (DDHS) Family Crisis Center
provides multiple services. These services include medical screening of
all children entering into out of home care, child abuse and neglect
evaluation for area children upon request of a healthcare provider, law
enforcement, or human services, and the initial evaluation and ongoing
medical care for youth placed in residence at the Family Crisis Center
which is a therapeutic residential child care facility. Finally,
medical staff contacts family when a child is placed in out of home care
for the purposes of gathering healthcare history and provides some
intial case management for these children as indicated as well as
ongoing case management for children being placed outside the metor
area. Children placed in the metro area are cared for at the
Connections for Kids foster care clinic which is also a DH/DDHS
program. |
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How are patients tracked?
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Colorado TRAILS (human services database)
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Provide special focus
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No special focus
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Program/Project strengths
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| This
program's long-standing collaborative relationship between Denver
Health (Denver's safety net hospital) and Denver Department of Human
Services ensures the program's ability to integrate the health plan into
permancy planning for the child. Strong relationships between the
healthcare community, human services, the courts, Denver Children's
Advocacy Center and the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of
Child Abuse and Neglect provide the framework for innovative approaches
to the medical care of children in out of home placement such as the
development of the Connections for Kids foster care clinic at Denver
Health's Eastside Family Health Center. |
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Program/Project challenges
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| Ongoing
challenges with funding as this is an integrated program between Denver
Health and Denver Department of Human Services. DDHS has reduced
funding at times despite relying upon the same level of services at the
clinic. |
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Contact Name
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Kathryn Wells, MD, FAA
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Email Address
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kathryn.wells@dhha.org
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Phone Number
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720-944-3747
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