South Florida

The South Florida Children’s Health Project (SFCHP), was established as a response to Hurricane Andrew and today provides comprehensive health care predominantly to minority, uninsured and underinsured children in rural and urban areas throughout Miami-Dade County, Florida. The staff provides these services on their state-of-the-art mobile medical clinic (MMC). Most of the patients seen on the MMC are uninsured school-aged children between 5 – 12 years of age. A number of barriers such as limited transportation, lack of information, language, cultural differences and financial obstacles prevent these families from obtaining preventive health care. The SFCHP is part of Children’s Health Fund’s Referral Management Initiative, which is designed to ensure that children in high-risk populations have access to specialty care.

Available Services:

• Comprehensive primary care, including physical examinations and immunizations;
• Management of acute and chronic illnesses;
• Referral to subspecialty care and dentists;
• Nutrition assessment, cholesterol screening and body weight monitoring;
• Developmental and lead screenings; vision and hearing testing;
• Psychological counseling and case management; social work services;
• Community and social services referrals;
• Health education, literacy program, classes and presentations.

CHF's Special Initiatives:

• Referral Management Initiative

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