Thursday, May 22, 2025
5/22/2025
Quality Improvement Fund - Justice Involved - Quality Improvement Fund – Transitions in Care for Justice-Involved Populations - Community Health Northwest Florida QIF-TJI Expansion Funding Opportunity (HRSA-25-005) Escambia Community Clinics, Inc. CHC and HCH Florida Congressional District 001 2315 W. Jackson St. Pensacola FL 32505-7552 Project Director: Chandra Smiley, Chief Executive Officer 850-436-4630 X 90105 (phone) 850-637-1285 (fax) csmiley@healthcarewithinreach.org; http://healthcarewithinreach.org Escambia Community Clinics, Inc. d/b/a Community Health Northwest Florida (Community Health) is a not for profit Community Health Center (CHC and HCH) located in Pensacola, Florida, and the only CHC in the area. The Health Center has fifteen fixed service delivery locations and three mobile (one medical and two dental) health units in scope to serve the residents of Escambia County and Santa Rosa County in Northwest Florida. The health center’s service area is significantly underserved and has a multitude of Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/MUP) designations. In 2022 County Health Rankings, Escambia County ranks 50th out of 67 Florida counties for negative health outcomes. The Board of Directors and Health Center Leadership have a full understanding of the unique and inherent health and social service needs in the service area. With over thirty years of service to the community and a seventeen year history as an FQHC, Community Health now plays a pivotal and visible role as an active partner and advocate in improving the health status of the service area. The Health Center will support transitions in care for individuals who will soon be released from incarceration. Individuals reentering our communities will have access to high quality primary care services. Funds provided through the QIF-TJI opportunity will support an existing-evidence based model to serve the Health Center’s service area and increase access to a much needed population. This will not only address the access to healthcare, but also reduce drug overdose risk, manage chronic conditions, prevent, screen, diagnose, and treat hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis, and other infectious diseases. Facilitating the successful reentry of individuals returning to the community will enhance public health and safety. During the first year, the QIF-TJI funding opportunity will provide primary care, dental, behavioral health, women’s care services (including family planning), and pharmaceuticals. The Health Center’s service area is comprised of two counties- Escambia and Santa Rosa-both of which operate a correctional facility. The combined capacity of the two facilities is approximately 2,500. The Heath Center has an established MOU and partnership with Escambia County Jail to provide dental services, as well as coordination of efforts to establish primary care upon release. We are requesting funds in the amount of $1,000,000 to formalize a navigation program including but not limited to, clinical providers, social workers, case managers and health navigators.
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