To mobilize college students to break the link between poverty and health. Family Help Desk The Harriet Lane Clinic
200 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287
A pediatric clinic associated with Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the Harriet Lane Clinic serves roughly 6,000 children annually. Working along side a dedicated team of health professionals including pediatricians, nurses, social workers and lawyers, students provide individual solutions to the complex problems faced by children and families.
Druid Health District
1414 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217
Approximately 15,000 people from the most impoverished neighborhoods in Baltimore pass through the doors at the Druid Health District annually. This facility offers family planning sevices, dental services, STD and HIV/AIDS testing, and the nations first Men's Clinic.
Eastern Health District - "La Carolina"
620 N Caroline St., Baltimore, MD 21205
As one of the primary facilities serving the Spanish-speaking population in Baltimore City, "La Carolina" offers STD and HIV/AIDS testing, dental services, and family planning services to roughly 15,000 annually. Students will be working with bi-lingual staff to help provide information and resources to the city's expanding Latino population.
Daybreak Rehabilitation Program
2490 Giles Road, Baltimore, MD 21225
A Methadone outpatient clinic located in the south-side of Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood; offers unique programs such as art, painting, health and parenting class for over 3,000 clients annually. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center - Center for Addiction and Pregnancy
4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
An outpatient and residential program that provides a comprehensive, coordinated and multidisciplinary approach for drug-dependent mothers and their drug-affected babies including health, child care, and family planning programs. IBR Reach Mobile Health Services
2104 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218
This innovative methadone outpatient clinic provides access to treatment through the use of a mobile van unit and offers a variety of other services including alcohol abuse programs, workforce development, mental health services and acupuncture services.
Baltimore City Health Department - Needle Exchange Program
Multiple sites around the city
An HIV/AIDS Hepatitis C prevention program that offers intravenous drug users risk reduction education to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. This mobile van unit delivers services at 15 sites around the city.
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