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Causes: Health, Public Health
Mission: The Primary Care Coalition envisions a vibrant community that supports all people in leading healthy lives. Our mission is to build partnerships, strengthen systems, and lead collaborative programs that improve the health and lives of vulnerable people and families.
Target demographics: people experiencing vulnerability to lead healthy lives through partnerships, systems building, and collaborative programming.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 1,360 patients to access brand name medications through pharmaceutical patient assistance programs. Provided behavioral health counseling to more than 1,800 patients. Arranged needed specialty care appointmetns for 1,300 patients. Connected over 5,000 children to health programs.
Geographic areas served: Montgomery County, Maryland and the surrounding communities.
Programs: Care for Kids, which provides affordable primary, specialty, behavioral health, and dental care for children of low-income families in Montgomery County who are not eligible for other state or federal health programs. Montgomery Cares, which delivers primary and preventive care, behavioral health, specialty care referrals, and access to medications for low-income and uninsured adults who live in our community. Nexus Montgomery is a hospital-led collaborative that aims to reduce avoidable or unnecessary hospital use (including readmissions) by connecting people to timely and appropriate community-based care and support services.