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COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - OVER 26,000 PEOPLE IN FORSYTH COUNTY LIVE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND WITHOUT ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. APPROXIMATELY 14,000 PEOPLE ARE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. THESE NUMBERS EXIST WITHIN THE WEALTHIEST AND HEALTHIEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF SUCH GREAT WEALTH WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN TREATMENT FOR EVEN THE MOST BASIC OF AILMENTS MAKES FORSYTH COMMUNITY CLINIC, THE ONLY WHOLLY FREE HEALTHCARE OPTION IN THE COUNTY, A CRUCIAL PIECE OF THE HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM. NOT HAVING PUBLIC OR RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION TO GET ONESELF TO THE CLINIC, WHICH FOR SOME IS MANY MILES, MEANS ACCESS TO BASIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS REMAINS ELUSIVE. FORSYTH COMMUNITY CLINIC (FCC), A CLINIC PROVIDING NON-EMERGENT, FREE HEALTHCARE TO THE UNINSURED, LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF FORSYTH COUNTY, IS PURCHASING A MOBILE MEDICAL CLINIC. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE A LONG-TERM OPERATIONAL SHIFT, MOVING THE CLINIC FROM A CENTRALIZED STATIONARY ENTITY TO ONE THAT TRAVELS WEEKLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO ADULT, FORSYTH COUNTY RESIDENTS AGED 18-65 WHO HAVE NO INSURANCE AND LIVE 200% BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. MOBILE HEALTHCARE IS A GROWING TREND ACROSS THE NATION, BUT IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. FORSYTH COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MAKING REGULAR ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE A MAJOR BARRIER FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE MOST IN NEED OF TREATMENT. PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING TO A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT (AND IT’S NOT ALWAYS JUST A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE – FEAR, DISTRUST, SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE FOR MANY PEOPLE) OFTEN END UP NOT RECEIVING ANY TREATMENT. THIS LACK OF TREATMENT COMPOUNDS AND THEN IT BECOMES CRITICAL. IF A PATIENT STRUGGLES TO ATTEND ONE APPOINTMENT, GETTING THEM TO COME BACK FOR REPEATED TREATMENT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS IN ITS CURRENT CLINIC LOCATION, MEMBERS OF THE FCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND ME MBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY AGREE THAT THE AREAS OF GREATEST NEED ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, CLOSER TO THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES THE PATIENTS LIVE IN AND TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO AS MANY UNINSURED PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, THE FCC IS SHIFTING TO A MOBILE MODEL FOR DELIVERING FREE HEALTHCARE. BY LAUNCHING THE FIRST MOBILE HEALTHCARE CLINIC IN FORSYTH COUNTY, FCC REMOVES SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE AND TAKES HEALING DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE. THE MOBILE CLINIC WILL BE STAFFED BY VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROVIDERS, PRIMARILY NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND REGISTERED NURSES. PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE COMPLETE MEDICAL CARE INCLUDING NO-COST LABORATORY TESTS, RECURRING MEDICAL OVERSIGHT FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES, ACCESS TO FREE AND DISCOUNTED MEDICATION, AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF FREE AND REDUCED COST REFERRALS INCLUDING IMAGING, SPECIALTY CARE AND DENTAL TREATMENT. PATIENTS CAN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE TELEMEDICINE AND FREE TELE-COUNSELING. FCC HAS IDENTIFIED THE AREAS OF HIGHEST NEED UTILIZING CENSUS TRACKING DATA AND, WITHIN EACH DESIGNATED ZONE HAS SELECTED SITES WHERE THE MOBILE CLINIC WILL BE STATIONED WHEN IT IS IN THE FIELD. THESE LOCATIONS INCLUDE FOOD PANTRIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, RECOVERY CENTERS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS. IN THE PREVIOUS NINE MONTHS, FCC HAS HELD POP-UP CLINICS IN MANY OF THESE LOCATIONS, BOTH ON ITS OWN AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY’S BOOKMOBILE, THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE YMCA. FORSYTH COMMUNITY CLINIC’S MISSION IS TO BE A MEDICAL HUB FOR ALL THE NEEDS OF THE UNINSURED PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE COUNTY AND THE MOBILE CLINIC IS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN MAKING SURE THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO NOT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - OVER 26,000 PEOPLE IN FORSYTH COUNTY LIVE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND WITHOUT ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. APPROXIMATELY 14,000 PEOPLE ARE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. THESE NUMBERS EXIST WITHIN THE WEALTHIEST AND HEALTHIEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF SUCH GREAT WEALTH WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN TREATMENT FOR EVEN THE MOST BASIC OF AILMENTS MAKES FORSYTH COMMUNITY CLINIC, THE ONLY WHOLLY FREE HEALTHCARE OPTION IN THE COUNTY, A CRUCIAL PIECE OF THE HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM. NOT HAVING PUBLIC OR RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION TO GET ONESELF TO THE CLINIC, WHICH FOR SOME IS MANY MILES, MEANS ACCESS TO BASIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS REMAINS ELUSIVE. FORSYTH COMMUNITY CLINIC (FCC), A CLINIC PROVIDING NON-EMERGENT, FREE HEALTHCARE TO THE UNINSURED, LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF FORSYTH COUNTY, IS PURCHASING A MOBILE MEDICAL CLINIC. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE A LONG-TERM OPERATIONAL SHIFT, MOVING THE CLINIC FROM A CENTRALIZED STATIONARY ENTITY TO ONE THAT TRAVELS WEEKLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO ADULT, FORSYTH COUNTY RESIDENTS AGED 18-65 WHO HAVE NO INSURANCE AND LIVE 200% BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. MOBILE HEALTHCARE IS A GROWING TREND ACROSS THE NATION, BUT IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. FORSYTH COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MAKING REGULAR ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE A MAJOR BARRIER FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE MOST IN NEED OF TREATMENT. PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING TO A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT (AND IT’S NOT ALWAYS JUST A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE – FEAR, DISTRUST, SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE FOR MANY PEOPLE) OFTEN END UP NOT RECEIVING ANY TREATMENT. THIS LACK OF TREATMENT COMPOUNDS AND THEN IT BECOMES CRITICAL. IF A PATIENT STRUGGLES TO ATTEND ONE APPOINTMENT, GETTING THEM TO COME BACK FOR REPEATED TREATMENT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS IN ITS CURRENT CLINIC LOCATION, MEMBERS OF THE FCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY AGREE THAT THE AREAS OF GREATEST NEED ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, CLOSER TO THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES THE PATIENTS LIVE IN AND TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO AS MANY UNINSURED PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, THE FCC IS SHIFTING TO A MOBILE MODEL FOR DELIVERING FREE HEALTHCARE. BY LAUNCHING THE FIRST MOBILE HEALTHCARE CLINIC IN FORSYTH COUNTY, FCC REMOVES SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE AND TAKES HEALING DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE. THE MOBILE CLINIC WILL BE STAFFED BY VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROVIDERS, PRIMARILY NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND REGISTERED NURSES. PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE COMPLETE MEDICAL CARE INCLUDING NO-COST LABORATORY TESTS, RECURRING MEDICAL OVERSIGHT FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES, ACCESS TO FREE AND DISCOUNTED MEDICATION, AND ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF FREE AND REDUCED COST REFERRALS INCLUDING IMAGING, SPECIALTY CARE AND DENTAL TREATMENT. PATIENTS CAN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE TELEMEDICINE AND FREE TELE-COUNSELING. FCC HAS IDENTIFIED THE AREAS OF HIGHEST NEED UTILIZING CENSUS TRACKING DATA AND, WITHIN EACH DESIGNATED ZONE HAS SELECTED SITES WHERE THE MOBILE CLINIC WILL BE STATIONED WHEN IT IS IN THE FIELD. THESE LOCATIONS INCLUDE FOOD PANTRIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, RECOVERY CENTERS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS. IN THE PREVIOUS NINE MONTHS, FCC HAS HELD POP-UP CLINICS IN MANY OF THESE LOCATIONS, BOTH ON ITS OWN AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY’S BOOKMOBILE, THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE YMCA. FORSYTH COMMUNITY CLINIC’S MISSION IS TO BE A MEDICAL HUB FOR ALL THE NEEDS OF THE UNINSURED PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE COUNTY AND THE MOBILE CLINIC IS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN MAKING SURE THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO NOT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.