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Ongoing Projects

Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Healthcare and Patient Navigation Services

Posted Mon, July 22, 2019

Grantee: Country Doctor Community Health Centers
Timeframe: July 2019 - June 2020 | Amount: $198,151

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.

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Expanded Care at Haller Lake

Posted Tue, December 11, 2018

Grantee: Lahai Health
Timeframe: July 2018 - June 2020 | Amount: $170,000

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.

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Pursuing Health Equity Through Community-Clinical Linkages in South King County

Posted Tue, December 11, 2018

Grantee: YMCA of Greater Seattle
Timeframe: July 2018 - June 2020 | Amount: $75,000

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.

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Immigrant, Refugee, Undocumented Outreach (IRUO) Program of Seattle Counseling Service

Posted Mon, July 22, 2019

Grantee: Seattle Counseling Service
Timeframe: July 2019 - June 2020 | Amount: $110,000

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.

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Permanent Supportive Housing Health Navigators

Posted Tue, December 11, 2018

Grantee: DESC - Downtown Emergency Service Center
Timeframe: July 2018 - June 2020 | Amount: $340,000

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.

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Integrated Health Clinic

Posted Tue, December 11, 2018

Grantee: REST: Real Escape from the Sex Trade
Timeframe: July 2018 - June 2020 | Amount: $150,000

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.

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Affordable Health Coverage for Low-Income Seniors: Addressing Medicare Underinsurance

Posted Mon, July 22, 2019

Grantee: NoHLA - Northwest Health Law Advocates
Timeframe: July 2019 - June 2020 | Amount: $60,000

NoHLA will engage in an initiative to study and propose options for Washington State and King County to address problems with access to health coverage for low-income individuals with Medicare but unable to afford costs Medicare does not cover.

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Providing Health-related Services and Improving Health Access and Outcomes for Homeless Children

Posted Mon, July 22, 2019

Grantee: Boyer Children’s Clinic
Timeframe: July 2019 - June 2020 | Amount: $145,000

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.

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Mobile Therapy Unit

Posted Tue, December 11, 2018

Grantee: Encompass Northwest
Timeframe: July 2018 - June 2020 | Amount: $100,000

The Mobile Therapy Unit program will provide therapies for children and families in rural areas and other underserved locations throughout King County.

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Maintaining Behavioral Health Peer Services for King County’s LGBTQ Community and Allies

Posted Tue, December 11, 2018

Grantee: Peer Seattle
Timeframe: July 2018 - June 2020 | Amount: $355,000

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.

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Understanding Our Strengths, Elevating Our Priorities: Community Health Board Coalition

Posted Mon, July 22, 2019

Grantee: Somali Health Board
Timeframe: July 2019 - June 2020 | Amount: $150,000

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.

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Community Health Navigators to Decrease Disparity in Hypertension Control for African Americans

Posted Mon, July 22, 2019

Grantee: Harborview Medical Center
Timeframe: July 2019 - June 2020 | Amount: $172,822

Harborview Medical Center will develop a pilot patient navigation program for African Americans with hypertension, informed and designed in collaboration with community members. Harborview Medical Center will establish and build upon long-term relationships and create a program that is sustainable and scalable to support the larger Harborview, UW and King County African American population longitudinally.

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Safe Healthy Empowered Women’s Clinic (SHE)

Posted Mon, July 22, 2019

Grantee: Aurora Commons
Timeframe: July 2019 - June 2020 | Amount: $166,000

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.

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Improving Access Through Community Health Worker Coaching (IACWC)

Posted Tue, December 11, 2018

Grantee: International Community Health Services
Timeframe: July 2018 - June 2020 | Amount: $399,734

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.

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