Give the gift of warmth. Please donate new or gently used blankets to our homeless on skid row.
Our largest clinic, which is located in the heart of skid row on 5th and San Pedro Street, will appreciate your gift on behalf of those who may not be indoors this winter.
Help us bring warmth. But, most importantly, hope to our homeless citizens.
WHERE TO DONATE: JWCH Corporate Office 5650 Jillson Street Commerce, CA 90040
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For more information, please contact: Daniela E. Rodriguez at (323) 201-4516, or by emailing here despinoza@jwchinstitute.org
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Dr. Gregerson and JWCH are Helping to Change Lives in Skid Row
Safety net hospitals and clinics play a vital role in our health care system, in some cases, providing the only source of much needed care to low-income, medically, and socially vulnerable populations. When it comes to caring for our cities’ homeless residents, safety net clinics may provide the only resources for medical, oral and mental health care for those who are underinsured or uninsured.
Lack of access to health care can have a significant impact on entire populations, and few examples of this are more graphic than in downtown Los Angeles, where the John Wesley Community Health Institute (JWCH), an urban clinic for the homeless on Skid Row, provides much needed care to low-income residents. Its story is beautifully told in this video: http://community.kp.org/be-inspired/story/health-care-should-never-be-out-of-reach-for-anyone.
The video follows JWCH’s medical director, Paul Gregerson, M.D., M.B.A., as he manages the multiple challenges inherent in running the clinic.
Imagine being without a home, living on the dangerous streets, and having to wait weeks for housing because health screening test results for tuberculosis are not readily available. Kaiser Permanente partnered with Dr. Gregerson and JWCH to provide no cost, same-day testing that would allow residents with negative TB tests to qualify for safe, clean housing in the downtown area. Kaiser Permanente’s work with JWCH gives patients hope by providing integrated care and services from dental care, medical exams and laboratory services to our neediest populations.
“Health care is a right… [and] everyone deserves to be treated with the same respect and love we would want,” Dr. Gregerson says in an interview. He serves as a model of the philosophy that everyone deserves good health care and respect by treating every patient who visits the clinic, regardless of their ability to pay.
Because many communities continue to suffer from limited health care resources, Kaiser Permanente helps safety net institutions, including community health centers, public hospitals, local health departments, school health centers, and local clinics like JWCH, deliver care to our most underserved and vulnerable populations.
Kaiser Permanente has a longstanding commitment to work together with our community partners, including safety net institutions, to foster healthy, thriving communities. In 2014, Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s Community Benefit program awarded approximately $11 million in grants for charity care programs that help to close the gap in health care access.
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For sponsorship and other information, please contact Tricia P. Hernandez at (323) 201-4516, Ext. 3015, or email click here.
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JWCH has expanded its Behavioral Health Services, with mental health providers integrated at clinics and new substance abuse services. Behavioral health care options include: Specialty Mental Health Services (at 5 locations), Primary Care Mental Health Services, and Specialty Substance Use Disorder Services.
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The Wesley Health Centers is proud to offer a series of educational events on access to affordable health care. Currently, our Lynwood Health Care Center will be able to serve you. Attached are event flyers with a list of upcoming event dates and times. We will be providing confidential and no-cost information on Covered California, Medi-Cal and My Health LA.
You can RSVP for any of the locations by calling our toll free number 1-855-222-4239 Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
The following information will be required on the day of the event to complete your enrollment application:
Photo identification
Number of people being enrolled (individual or family coverage), including the birth date of each person
Social Security numbers for each family member
home ZIP code
Most recent income tax return, including dependent tax information and head-of-household status (if any). Or your estimated household income.
Proof of citizenship and/or legal residency
We are Here to Help you
For directions or general information, please call JWCH Institute at 1-310-223-1035.
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When they’re not in rehearsal, some of the Colburn Wesley Project singers live on the streets of Los Angeles. The unlikely choir will be performing through this holiday season.
On Christmas Eve, 2014, the Wesley Colburn Singers were featured in this NPR interview.
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This implementation guide, as part of the LODi Project, is designed to assist individuals and organizations in expanding services to meet the needs of women of color living with HIV. It is meant to inform the development of new programs, but also to assist organizations in improving existing efforts. Target audiences include all Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees and other service providers, whether they are AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations, health departments, or clinical settings such as physician practices, hospitals, or health clinics.
The goal of this implementation guide is to provide practical advice and tools. The hope is that readers will feel empowered to embark on new programs or expand existing ones. The guide is part of the Integrating HIV Innovative Practices (IHIP) project that promotes dissemination and replication of successful SPNS initiatives. More information about IHIP materials — which include training manuals, curricula, implementation guides, related webinars, monographs, and pocket guides — can be found on the IHIP landing page on the TARGET Center website at www.careacttarget.org/ihip. The main sections of this guide summarize activities conducted by WOC Initiative grantee sites, provide practical planning and implementation steps to follow, and capture common lessons learned from across grantee sites.
Please review by clicking on the WOC link and you will see the contributions of JWCH throughout the manual.
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Composed of artists and performers from the Skid Row neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, this project was jointly birthed by The Colburn School and Wesley Health Centers (JWCH Institute) to bring music, health & well-being, and community to one of the largest homeless neighborhood in the United States. The therapeutic benefits (physiological, mental, and social) of music and singing is well documented…the Wesley Colburn Singers serves as a “bridge” to the Wesley’s health and wellness services for our homeless.
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The Wesley Health Centers is proud to offer a series of educational events on access to affordable health care. Currently, our Lynwood Health Care Center will be able to serve you. Attached are event flyers with a list of upcoming event dates and times. We will be providing confidential and no-cost information on Covered California, Medi-Cal and My Health LA.
It is meant to inform the development of new programs, but also to assist organizations in improving existing efforts. Target audiences include all Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees and other service providers, whether they are AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations, health departments, or clinical settings such as physician practices, hospitals, or health clinics.
