HOME places single adults with AIDS in the homes of Maryland
citizens who are certified by the state to provide room, board, and
personal care. The program also provides referrals to other
community services, emergency funds, and in-home aide services to
allow clients to remain in their homes when possible.
Project HOME
costs the state about $692 per month to maintain a person with AIDS
in a certified Project HOME residence. Nursing-home costs for the
same person reach $2,400 per month. The project has served 1,194
since its inception in 1986. Last year 75 percent of the total
served were able to live in their homes, working with a case
manager and/or in-home aide services.
Contact:
Eugene P.
Bartell
Executive
Director
Community
Services Administration
311 W.
Saratoga Street
Baltimore,
Maryland 21201
NEW
JERSEY
Project
Care: Community Assistance in Rehabilitation Efforts (CARE)
provides a variety of services to juvenile probationers living in
high-crime urban areas in Essex County. Responsibility for CARE
juveniles is spread among teams that include representatives from
colleges, local schools, outreach centers, neighborhood
associations, sororities, and community centers. They tutor the
young people and counsel them on subjects ranging from school to
jobs to avoidance of drugs. The county-community partnership
provides an average of 135 hours a year to each juvenile and
family—ten times the number of hours given by a probation
officer with a traditional caseload. By reducing negative
influences and increasing attention to emotional and psychological
needs of juveniles, the program has resulted in a 50 percent
reduction in recidivism among its clients.
Contact:
George
Sherman
Principal
Probation Officer
Essex County
Probation Division
110 South
Grove Street
East Orange,
New Jersey 07018
CITY OF
NEW YORK
In response
to the severe shortage of high-quality medical care for poor
children, the Child Health Clinics of the city's Department
of Health transformed 45 well-baby clinics into full primary-care
centers for children from birth to adolescence. Unlike traditional
preventive care clinics, which referred most sick children to
emergency rooms, the new centers also provide curative services. A
pediatrician and public health nurse assigned to each family handle
all health problems by appointment, including most acute illnesses
and common chronic conditions like asthma. The clinics also provide
walk-in services for immunizations, screening for lead poisoning,
testing for tuberculosis, and special assistance for children who
have been sexually abused. In 1993 the clinics served 90,000
children who previously had not received coordinated primary health
care.
Contact:
Katherine S.
Lobach, M.D.
Assistant
Commissioner
Child Health
Services Bureau of Child Health
125 Worth
Street, Box 23
New York, New
York 10013
PORT
AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
The
Regional Alliance for Small Contractors, an organization
spun off from the Port Authority, offers training and technical
assistance in the management of small construction firms. Services
are provided by leading industry professionals and are geared to
small construction