2021 Domestic Access to Care Update
Howard Brown Health operates within a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model. This model establishes the infrastructure to provide patients with team-based, patient-centered primary care to meet their acute medical needs, manage chronic diseases, prioritize their self- determined goals, and promote overall health and wellness. With an emphasis on LGBTQ+ people, uninsured and under- insured individuals, and patients living with HIV/AIDS, Howard Brown Health provides comprehensive programs that offer under-resourced communities critical access to systems of care. A $10,000 grant will allow Satish Alapati, BDS, MS, PhD, in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry, to provide onsite endodontic treatment to 150 patients in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, improving health outcomes in the community.
4 projects funded
111 patients served
331 procedures conducted
454 volunteer hours
$ 26,847.69 spent ( $ 35,239 awarded)
“ We are extremely grateful for this grant that provided for instruments, equipment and supplies to care for our patients. A wonderful outcome was the recruitment of an additional volunteer endodontist who saw the video. In January he will begin frequent clinic sessions along with Dr. Nieves, and the waiting time for root canal procedures will shorten. ” Peggy Leitch Executive Director Mercy Clinic of Fort Worth
“ We have now partnered in a deeper way with UNC Adams School of Dentistry, hosting the endo residents twice a month to kick our Endo Initiative into a deeper level! I am stoked by this and the win-win in that our patients
get more teeth saved and upcoming endodontists
are giving back! ” Sommer Wisher Executive Director Wake Smiles
These grants, worth a combined $32,871, will serve nearly 2,000 deserving children and adults across the United States.
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