TO ALL OF YOU THAT MADE OUR 2018 BENEFIT A SUCCESS
Dear Friends,
I want to thank all of you that came out to celebrate with us on October 13 at our Wesley Benefit Dinner and Dance. It was a wonderful evening with our friends and supporters including many who joined us for the first time.
Please know that your presence honors our mission to the homeless and underserved and your contributions expand services to the needy. We are fortunate to have you in the Wesley Health Centers family and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
Al Ballesteros, MBA
President & Chief Executive Officer
For more pictures of the Wesley Benefit, you can visit our social media channels or click HERE!
The Wesley Health Centers Recuperative Care Program provides residential services to homeless individuals with acute medical conditions that would benefit from a respite program that provides case management, personal care, medical care & access to long-term housing resources & placement.
ALSO THANKING OUR SPONSORS
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SILVER SPONSORS:
King Taco
Pacific Premier Bank
Prima Waste Management
Supervisor Mark Ridley – Thomas
BRONZE SPONSORS:
Al Ballesteros & José Torres
Dennis Bleakley, MD
El Proyecto Del Barrio, Inc.
Gluck Building Company
Kathleen House
McKesson
Mutual of America
Nonstop Wellness
SCHARP
COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS:
Advantage Healthcare Services
Cesar Portillo
Empire Cleaning Supply
Gordon Stefenhagen
Houston / Tyner
Medpoint Management
Paul Gregerson, MD
Richard Espinosa
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The Corner of Hope facility, in the Skid Row neighborhood, is an expansion of the Center for Community Health Downtown (CHC) health center. This new Wesley Health Center will be opening soon!
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The Corner of Hope facility, in the Skid Row neighborhood, is an expansion of the Center for Community Health Downtown (CCH) health center. This new Wesley Health Center will be opening soon!
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Caries-risk assessment and periodontal disease assessment
Dental services include deep cleaning, fillings, root canals, extractions and dentures
Information about proper care of teeth and gums
Oral hygiene instructions
Referrals to dental specialists when care cannot be directly provided within the dental clinic
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Wesley Health Centers is now providing Quality HIV Medical and Homeless Health Care in East Hollywood
We have recently moved our PATH medical clinic to a new location while the old location is undergoing renovation. In addition to homeless health care, we’ve added Men’s Wellness Clinic which offers STD testing and PrEP medication, as well as primary health care for everyone.
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Wesley Health Centers is now providing Quality HIV Medical Care in the city of Pasadena, CA.
The previous Andrew Escajeda Comprehensive Care Services (AECCS), as well as the previous Michael Antonovich Dental Clinic, came under the management of Wesley Health Centers on December 1, 2015.
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Health Net Foundation Grants $200,000 to Help Ease the Hopelessness of Homelessness
Grants to JWCH and OPCC will assist in establishing pilot programs to provide inpatient and outpatient care and temporary housing for Los Angeles County homeless patients
LOS ANGELES, December 15, 2015 – Health Net Foundation, Inc., the charitable foundation of Health Net, Inc., is providing grants of $100,000 each to JWCH Institute, Inc. and OPCC to assist in establishing pilot programs aimed at providing inpatient and outpatient care and temporary housing to Los Angeles County homeless patients.
“Statistics show that nearly one-third of Los Angeles County’s homeless live with mental illness, one quarter suffer from substance abuse and one-fifth have a physical disability,” said Patricia Clarey, president of Health Net Foundation. “It’s important that groups and organizations come together to address the medical and social issues surrounding homelessness, and we hope to support an approach that looks at them from several angles, including housing and access to health care.”
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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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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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