Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
Through its Asylum Assistance Program (AAP), Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW) helps asylum seekers and those granted asylum to connect to medical and mental health care, as well as basic needs that improve well-being.
Posted Tue, December 11, 2018
This program targets disparity in obesity and diabetes in communities of color and newcomer populations in south King County through creating a community-led infrastructure that renders YMCA evidence-based programs more accessible, meaningful, and effective.
Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
Country Doctor Community Health Centers (CDCHC) provides Medical Case Management (MCM) services to support high risk People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) engage in primary care, giving them access to critical medications and adherence education to help comply with complex medication regimens. Because the healthcare disparities among CDCHC PLWHA create significant barriers to successfully managing HIV/AIDS, CDCHC created an HIV Support Team comprised of three MCM and two nurses. This team complements the medical care provided by CDCHC’s clinical team.
Posted Tue, December 11, 2018
The IACWC project will increase access to under-served populations by utilizing Community Health Workers as culturally and linguistically competent care coaches for ICHS patients.
Posted Mon, July 22, 2019
A Kind, Non-Judgmental, Accessible and Comprehensive Healthcare Delivery Model for Street Based Sex Workers (SBSW's) on Aurora Avenue. The SHE Clinic was designed to address the barriers to access and to provide the SBSW community innovative, accessible, and non-judgmental healthcare.
Posted Mon, July 22, 2019
Somali Health Board is the Fiscal Sponsor for Community Health Board Coalition (CHBC). The CHBC will conduct an asset-based, community-led assessment of the health priorities of eleven communities of color. This will lay the groundwork for building a comprehensive workplan and policy agenda.
Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
This project aims to expand access to health care for people who inject drugs (PWID), with a focus on people experiencing homelessness and/or housing instability. Specifically, Hepatitis Education Project’s (HEP) objective is to improve health in these communities through the creation of a syringe services program (SSP), as well as increased access to hepatitis C (HCV) screening, linkage to care, and cure.
Posted Tue, December 11, 2018
The Mobile Therapy Unit program will provide therapies for children and families in rural areas and other underserved locations throughout King County.
Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
Economic Opportunity Institute’s (EOI) Health Policy Associate and Executive Director will convene one-on-one meetings to develop preliminary policy models that address current cost, affordability, and accessibility barriers that remain in Washington state and threaten to further prevent health coverage with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Addressing these barriers to affordable and accessible health care within and outside of the context of the Affordable Care Act will require innovative and creative policy development, informed by local policy experts.
Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
Renton Area Youth & Family Services’ (RAYS) program will increase the availability of primary healthcare services and health education of people in Skyway, Renton, and South Seattle. The community of Skyway is often referred to as an urban island; situated in between Renton, Seattle, and Tukwila, the unincorporated community has few services and limited transportation into and out of Skyway prohibit individuals from regularly accessing medical services. There are no medical healthcare providers in Skyway.
Posted Tue, December 11, 2018
This project maintains access to behavioral health peer services for King County's LGBTQ community and positions Peer Seattle to be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement, thereby having a lasting impact on health outcomes for this population.
Posted Tue, December 11, 2018
Lahai Health will expand the medical clinic hours at the Haller Lake site to serve more low-income, uninsured, underserved patients who currently must wait 2-4 months for an appointment.
Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
The Health and Housing Choice project directly addresses the many health disparities faced by lowincome Somali and Latino residents of SeaTac and Tukwila. Global to Local (G2L) has been actively engaged with these communities for the past six years on issues relating to healthcare access and health outcomes. G2L will use PHPDA funding to support the work of two Community Health Workers (CHWs) and one part time HealthPoint staff, assigned to serve as a Clinical Community Liaison (CCL), all focused on reducing health disparities and improving health outcomes and access to care for Latino and Somali residents of SeaTac/Tukwila. The CHWs will be employed by G2L, while the CCL position will be subcontracted to HealthPoint.
Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
Ryther is partnering with YouthCare to improve the outcomes for homeless teens and young adults. Together, the two organizations will provide behavioral care that is easily accessed, in order to serve the homeless youth population and improve their outcomes. The creation of the Behavioral Health Crisis, Engagement and Treatment Team is a vital part to linking YouthCare clients with available behavioral health services. Staff members in YouthCare’s residential facilities and the Orion Center will be working in conjunction with Ryther therapists and Ryther’s psychiatrist to assess these youth and provide the services they need at YouthCare facilities.
Posted Mon, July 22, 2019
Funding from PHPDA will implement the planning and innovation work that Boyer has led over the past year to bridge gaps in service coordination among family homeless services and early intervention services. By implementing a multi-system intervention, the project will address access barriers and health outcome disparities for children who are homeless.
Posted Thu, July 20, 2017
This project will build capacity in the Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrant community in the Puget Sound region to engage in advocacy for institutional changes necessary to increase access to health care and reduce health disparities.
Posted Mon, July 22, 2019
The Immigrant, Refugee, Undocumented Outreach Program is a community program working to increase and improve access to culturally and linguistically competent behavioral health services to immigrant, refugee, and undocumented community members.
Posted Mon, July 22, 2019
CDCHC will expand and strengthen healthcare services for transgender and gender nonconforming patients who are on Medicaid or uninsured, and will extend the gender care referral network throughout the region together with other community partners.
Posted Tue, December 11, 2018
In Year One, 100 medically-compromised DESC clients in permanent supportive housing, who are unable to be served through existing healthcare resources, will receive individualized healthcare advocacy and coordination by two new Health Navigators.
Posted Tue, December 11, 2018
The Integrated Health Clinic is an in-house clinical program aiming to meet the needs of commercial sexual exploitation victims, using established trust to increase mental health, medication management, and chemical dependency care in service-resistant clients.