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To break the link between poverty and poor health by mobilizing
college students to provide sustained public health
interventions in partnership with urban medical centers,
universities, and community organizations.
Project HEALTH's student-run Family Help Desks use the clinic as a gateway to connect low-income families with critical community and government resources that promote children's health and put families on the road to stability.
- Grew annual revenue by 18 percent from $1.54 million in FY2006 to $1.83 million in FY2007, and increased the number of clients served by 33 percent from 2,329 to more than 3,000.
- Established seven new Family Help Desks, bringing the total to 18 Family Help Desks across six cities, including Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New York, Providence, and Washington, DC.
- Increased organizational capacity, doubling the size of the staff and hiring a chief operating officer to oversee national program operations and quality improvement.
- Within three months of receiving Family Help Desk services, an average of 31 percent of 2,174 clients obtained necessary resources such as food, housing, child care, and job training (between July and December 2007).
- Project HEALTH received the National Association of City and County Health Officials "Model Practice Award" and the Baltimore City Health Commissioner Commendation Award, among others, in recognition of its innovative model.
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In the coming year, Project HEALTH will increase the number of clients more than 25 percent by launching at least four additional Family Help Desks. Project HEALTH will also increase the percentage of operating costs provided by university and clinical partners to move toward sustainability.
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