Case Studies
What is it?Founded in 1985, First State School (FSS) is an outpatient school operated by Christiana Care Health System in cooperation with the Delaware State Department of Education administered through the Red Clay Consolidated School District. The school enables chronically ill children to get…
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The Interim Care Program (ICP) provides shelters in Placer and Sacramento counties that offer homeless men and women a place to recuperate from their medical conditions following hospital discharge. The same program, but under a different name – the Transitional Care Program (TCP) – is…
OverviewAtlantiCare is an integrated system of services designed to help people achieve optimal health. It includes AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center (ARMC), AtlantiCare Health Engagement, the AtlantiCare Foundation, and AtlantiCare Health Services. Its nearly 5,300 employees and 600 physicians…
What is it?The mobile Fire Safety House is a teaching tool for instructing school-age children on how to best respond should their homes catch on fire. With two training rooms, props, and non-toxic smoke, the Fire Safety House teaches children about smoke alarms, checking doors, two ways out, and…
OverviewProtecting the Golden Hour aims to increase the number of qualified emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to ensure that residents and tourists have high-quality emergency care when needed. Bringing together regional ambulance services, emergency units, and rural hospital emergency…
OverviewHigh-school students have gained a new appreciation for the importance of good nutrition through Camp FRESH, a summer wellness program for Wilmington’s youth. The program teaches teens (ages 13 to 18) the benefits of healthy eating and encourages them to pass along the knowledge. Camp FRESH…
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Far from home, a new life begins. Over the past decade, Boise has quietly become one of a select number of U.S. cities to serve as an official “resettlement” destination for international refugee families fleeing troubled regions across the globe. The refugee population resettling in…
OverviewCHOICE Regional Health Network is a nonprofit collaborative of membership organizations dedicated to improving community health in Central Western Washington through collective action and planning of health care leaders. CHOICE was founded in 1995 by health care leaders from throughout a…
What is it?With the goal of improving health and quality of life for local residents, local hospitals brought together various health organizations and created a mission to serve the most vulnerable populations – the underinsured, uninsured, working poor, and those hard-to-reach populations due to…
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Camp Good Grief, Teen Camp Good Grief, and Camp Good Grief for Adults are three programs offered free to residents of the Memphis community to help them recover from the death of a loved one. The children’s bereavement camp started first in 1999, providing an enjoyable, accepting, and…