ACTION Foster Care Clinic

Program/Project Name

ACTION Foster Care Clinic

Affiliation Name

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Website URL

N/A

Model Type

Medical Home

City

Philadelphia

State

PA

State specific location

Large, academic, urban primary care center

How is program/project funded?

Health Insurance

Describe how it's funded

No dedicated funding source, services billed to health insurance (largely Medicaid)

What services does it provide?

Standardize screening (developmental/mental health),In-clinic mental health evaluation,Subspecialty referrals,Ongoing primary care/medical home

Where does it provide services?

Locally-based

Description of program/project

The mission of the ACTION (All Children Thrive in Our Neighborhood) Foster Care Clinic is to provide holistic care to foster, kinship and biological families with the goal of creating a safe, stable, nurturing environment for children while they are in foster care and post-permanency. Established in September 2020, ACTION Clinic is a medical home model, receiving referrals for patients from the hospital’s consultative program, the CHOP Fostering Health Program.

How are patients tracked?

Commercial electronic medical record

Does the program provide special focus?

No special focus

Program/Project strengths

• follow AAP Fostering Health guidelines
• developmental, behavioral and mental health surveillance and screenings
• trauma-informed anticipatory guidance"

Program/Project challenges

• obtaining funding for a dedicated social worker and/or care coordination nurse
• challenges communicating with child welfare agencies
• paucity of timely trauma-informed mental health services (therapy and psychiatry)"

Contact Name

Jennifer Keim MD MPH

Email Address

keimj@chop.edu

Phone Number

N?A