Family First Health Provider, Dr. Luis Garica reflects on his recent mission trip to the remote village of Kakatoro in Eastern Ecuador.
CPBJ: Clinics frustrated over failure to renew funding
While families and advocates are celebrating renewal of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, community health centers were largely left out of the legislation that reopened the federal government this week.
Read the full article from Central Penn Business Journal here.
Family First Health Expands Substance Use Treatment Program to Columbia Center
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Media Contact: Courtney Lewis
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Family First Health Expands Substance Use Treatment Program to Columbia Center
Columbia, PA: Family First Health’s Center of Excellence provides patients with substance use disorders the support they need to reach, and maintain recovery. The team links patients to community resources and support services, and then walks alongside each patient to ensure that critical needs are met and that the patient remains in care for as long as needed. The goal – to give each patient the supports needed to get, and stay healthy.
The program began in 2016, with Family First Health’s Hanover Center and George Street Center offices. On September 12, 2017, Family First Health will begin offering these services to patients in our Columbia Center office. Services at these three locations include:
- Support and medical care coordinated with the primary care provider.
- Access to a comprehensive care management team comprised of case managers, recovery support specialists, and a licensed clinical social worker.
- Customized support to navigate the care system and get to/maintain recovery.
- Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) to support sustained recovery.
For more information regarding the Center of Excellence, substance use treatment program, please call the program manager, Erin Cosgrove-Findley at 717-801-4864.
York College students reach out to Hispanic community
York College students, as part of the Public Relations Student Society of America’s 2017 Bateman Case Study Competition, worked closely with Family First Health and other local organizations to provide outreach to the Hispanic Community in York. The student group focused on the mental health needs of individuals and developed a social media campaign for outreach.
York Dispatch: Should you enroll in marketplace health plans for 2017?
Should you enroll in 2017 health insurance plans on the federal marketplace?
That’s the post-election question.
Family First Health certified application counselors Tammy Wampler and Arlene Feliciano walked through the process of helping consumes navigate enrollment, and what to know for 2017.
Family First Health honors World AIDS Day
About 13 percent of York County residents with HIV don’t know they’re infected with the virus, according to estimates from Family First Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
We spoke with the York Dispatch on why everyone should get tested, and why bringing awareness to the spread of HIV is still important.
Teen births — where you live matters
When it comes to teen birth rates, where you live matters.
A November report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows U.S. teen births nationwide dropped 9 percent between 2007 and 2015 to their lowest point in history — 22.3 births per 1,000 females — from 41.5, but there are large disparities when it comes to geographic regions.
“We are gaining a better understanding of the nuances that impact rates of teen pregnancy, along with many other health indicators, and those are largely linked to social determinants of health,” said Family First Health CEO Jenny Englerth.
York Dispatch: The true cost of chronic illness
About 5,800 new Pennsylvanians will get the news this month that they have a chronic illness that’s treatable but not curable.
“Ideally preventative care is going to help identify those risk factors for chronic illness early on before that’s even able to materialize,” Family First Health CEO Jenny Englerth shared in a recent article from the York Dispatch. “Focusing on children and adults through healthy eating, exercise, immunizations — all those things position people to prevent progression of that illness.”
Family First Health receives $50K grant from Memorial Health Fund
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Media Contact: Courtney Lewis
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FAMILY FIRST HEALTH RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR DELTA RESIDENTS
York, PA – Family First Health, in York, has received a $50,000 grant from the Memorial Health Fund to support its Healthy Delta initiative. Announcement of the grant was made by Jane M. Conover, President of the York County Community Foundation, whose Board of Directors approved the grant on October 26, 2016.
Jenny Englerth, CEO of Family First Health, said the funds would be used to build on the work done by the Healthy York County Coalition in 2016 by further evaluating community health status using a community health worker model and engaging stakeholders in development of a primary care service delivery model designed to improve health outcomes for individuals and families living in Delta and the surrounding areas.
Founded in 1970, Family First Health is a non-profit, federally qualified health center dedicated to increasing access to affordable, high-quality medical care, dental care and social services. Annually, they provide services to over 21,000 people at six convenient locations across Adams, Lancaster and York counties.
The Memorial Health Fund improves the complete physical, mental and social well-being of the residents of York, Pennsylvania and its surrounding communities.
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