Ryan white title III HIV capacity development and planning grants - when children, adolescents, adults, and families face challenges and crises, family centers INC

Offers educational, social support, medical, mental, and oral health solutions. Family centers' multi-faceted network of programs give individuals and families the tools needed to establish a strong educational foundation, overcome problems, carry on healthy productive lives and achieve personal success. Each year, family centers programs serve more than 26,000 children, adults, and families. Family centers health care, a federally qualified health center, offers joint commission accredited, high-quality services that employ a multi-disciplinary approach in the provision of comprehensive physical, dental and mental health treatment. Family centers health care (fchc) is a special population federally qualified health center with a 330(i) designation for public housing primary care. Sites for family centers health care are at 111 wilbur peck court public housing community providing medical and dental care, 20 bridge street, and 986 bedford street for mental health. Additionally, there are 9 school-based health center sites in greenwich and stamford also offering primary care, mental health, and oral health programs. Our newest site opened in february 2025 at 75 holly hill in greenwich in conjunction with greenwich hospital/yale new haven health care. Family centers health care assumed administration of this ambulatory care site providing primary care to pediatric and adult patients, integrated mental health, and a teaching residency program. By adding this site, we now have space to expand our current dental program operated out of 111 wilbur peck court. Our plan is to procure dental equipment for the new center, expand services and migrate 80 clients living with HIV, basically doubling our current capacity. This infrastructure development will support essential oral health services. Family centers health care served 3,779 unduplicated patients in 2024, providing 5,680 primary care visits, 11,350 mental health/psychiatry visits, and 1,609 oral health visits. Family centers health care is planning to increase productivity/visits by 49% when fully operational. We are requesting $150,000 for a one-year period to obtain needed dental equipment to support the expansion, with plans to apply for ryan white part c EIS funds when they become available.