SAMACO, KOBE ROBERT E. MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEM
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CASE STUDY 2: Supporting Mobile Health Clinics: The Children’s Health Fund of New
York City
New York Children’s Health Project (CHP) is a New York based health care organization
committed to the health care of children, from birth up to age 24, who cannot afford to pay medical
expenses. CHF cofounded in 1987 by Dr. Irwin Redlener, who was inspired by a poster of
Volunteers in Services to America (VISTA) when he was in pediatrics in Denver children’s
hospital. The Children’s Health Fund (CHF) announced a new mobile clinic which will travel
weekly to shelter sites across the city and provide homeless families access to comprehensive,
continuous medical and integrated behavioral healthcare, in addition to mental health
screenings. The mobile clinics are technology-enriched to provide immediate access to electronic
health records and the most advanced care possible.
The mobile clinic, made possible as part of a $700,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry
B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, will enable the CHF New York program, the New York Children’s
Health Project (NYCHP) at Montefiore, to provide care to nearly 3,000 homeless children and
families in NYC annually. In New York City, NYCHP provides comprehensive, compassionate,
family-centered healthcare to the city’s most medically underserved children and families. It
reaches thousands of homeless children, youth, and adults through innovative programs that
include a fleet of mobile clinics, several shelter-based clinics, and the Deerfield Child and Family
Health Clinic in the Bronx. NYCHP is one of the nation’s largest mobile health programs serving
children and families who are homeless. Along with supporting a new mobile clinic, the Helmsley
has awarded more than $42 million in grants to organizations across the city.