Title: DRUG DETOXIFICATION
1The Atlanta Community Access Coalition
NACo LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE MARCH 4, 2006
2COALITION BUILDINGHOW TO BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
3History of Health Coalition
- Reach
- Healthy Start
- Atlanta Regional Health Summit
- Atlanta Fulton Coalition For Health Wellness
- Atlanta Alliance
- Prevention Research Center
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4Who We Are!
FULTON COUNTY HEALTH WELLNESS Lead Agency
GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM
SOUTH SIDE HEALTH CENTER
GEORGIA BLACK UNITED FUND
WEST END HEALTH CENTER
THE ATLANTA PROJECT
Pathways Community Network
OAK-HURST HEALTH CENTER
ATLANTA REGIONAL HEALTH FORUM
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
FULTONCOUNTY MHMRSA
MORE- HOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
SAINT JOSEPHS MERCY CARE
5Target Population
- The target population for this project is the
uninsured and underinsured residents of Fulton
County, Georgia. This includes individuals who
are homeless, at-risk for homelessness, and the
working poor. -
6Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Fulton County, Georgia - August 98-July 99
- No source of insurance Prevalence
- All Groups 14.4
- African American Males 22.6
- African American Females 21.3
- White Males
8.6 - White Females
4.5 - Adults ages 18 and older
7Fulton County Residents
- Estimated Number of Uninsured
- (Ages 18 and up)
- 88,807
- Based on BRFSS prevalence and 2000 census data.
8Successful Project Implementation Three
Critical Ingredients
9Current Delivery System (Concerns)
- Separate Medical / Social Services Network
- Administrative inefficiencies
- Few clients with medical home
- Lack of strategic planning and evaluation
- Coordination of care / services
10New ACAC Delivery System of Services
(Improvements / Benefits)
- Improved / comprehensive coordination of service
delivery - Improved health and social services referral
system - Increased number of clients with medical home
- Linking expanded health and social services
- Increased number of clients receiving timely
services - Streamlined administrative procedures
- Encourages health promotion and disease
prevention activities - Improved strategic planning and forecasting
- Increased administrative efficiencies
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- Movement toward a true continuum of care and
improved health status
of the people of Fulton
County
11ACAC SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL
12ACAC Organization Chart
13Evaluation
- Process
- Structure
- Outcomes
14Sustainability
- Cost savings reinvested in program
- Ability to demonstrate results
- In-kind services
- Future Funding Opportunities