Health Services Center Inc

Programs: The substance abuse treatment department currently had five federally funded projects: 4 her, project core, hiv/hvc care co-location project, project impact, and the bdt project. Each of these projects serves different populations and has different annual goals. Project core provides outpatient substance abuse services to persons re-entering the community from the criminal justice system. Core treatment focuses on substance abuse, job and life skills, and hiv education and rapid hiv testing. The bdt project provides intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment services to persons living with substance use disorders, particularly those at increased risk for hiv disease. 4 her focuses on health, empowerment, and recovery for women of color.

the organization provides primary care services for patients with hiv/aids. The organization also provides case management and various case managers have case loads of approximately 475 clients. Furthermore, with the development of more robust hepatitis c therapies, hsc providers treated over 125 patients for hcv as well. Staff members went the extra mile to ensure that the full array of medical and supportive services were not just available at the main location in hobson city, but accessible to the third of their patient population served at satellite clinics in fort payne, gadsden, alexander city, and valley each month as well.

during 2017, hsc continued operation of two grants for the provision of permanent and transitional housing, long-term rental assistance vouchers, and the operation of two emergency shelters for homeless men and women. As of november 2017, all permanent supportive housing units were occupied. A housing staff member attends each satellite clinic to assess any housing needs.