Portland Community Health Center

Programs: The organization provides a comprehensive array of primary care services to its target populations across the full lifecycle - pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric care. Financial assistance counselors assisted new and prospective patients with enrollment in the affordable care act marketplace for insurance coverage, and assisted with identifying eligibility and enrollment for medicaid, medicare, and/or other assistance programs. The organization provided enabling services and peer support including case management,translation services, and transportation vouchers to ensure access to care and connection with needed social services and basic needs. Referrals for specialty care are facilitated by a referrals coordinator, and through formal arrangements with local hospitals and specialists who accept portland community health center's sliding fee scale and provide charity care for those patients unable to pay. Laboratory and radiology services are provided through local hospital systems on a sliding fee scale that ensures the same or lower charges for the health center's patients. Health fairs and screening clinics are provided at local schools, housing authority communities, library, and social service agencies.

the orgnization provided comprehensive mental health and substance abuse counseling services in a fully integrated manner on-site at its portland and south portland, maine locations. Licensed clinical social workers on each health care team help patients make needed changes through health coaching and providing behavioral strategies that improve health and reduce harm. Some of these include stress management techniques, smoking cessation, and motivational interviewing. Support groups and educational sessions are offered on site at nominal or no fee. These include nutrition classes, support groups for new immigrants, meetings of alcoholics anonymous, and a variety of special interest topic health sessions, for example, diabetes education.