GWU - ISCOPES
Bread for the City
1525 Seventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
www.breadforthecity.org
Site Description
Bread for the City (formerly Bread for the City/Zacchaeus Free Clinic) is a private, non-profit organization in the inner-city Shaw community of Washington, DC. The mission of the clinic is to "provide vulnerable residents of Washington, DC with holistic services, including food, clothing, medical care, legal and social services, in an atmosphere of dignity, respect, and peace...to alleviate suffering caused by poverty and to rectify the conditions that perpetuate it." The clinic provides services to over 7,000 working and unemployed underserved residents... per month; most of whom do not meet eligibility requirements for Medicaid.
The Shaw community is very culturally diverse, and includes many African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, and new immigrants from West Africa and Asia. Located in the District’s Ward 2, the clinic serves a population where the infant mortality rate is 12.4/1000 live births, and the leading causes of deaths include heart disease, cancer, stroke, HIV/AIDS, and homicide. In addition, 13.4% of all adult Medicaid recipients and 15.3% of all child recipients from DC reside in Ward 2.
Expectations of Team Members
Team members are expected to attend and actively participate in ISCOPES’ team meetings, functions, and program events, as well as be committed to the team’s projects and the team process. There are no additional site specific expectations.
Anticipated Project(s)
Bread for the City has several ideas on which to build from the 2006-07 ISCOPES team’s project. The previous team provided the groundwork on health literacy with specific focus on medication compliance. An initial survey was completed showing very low literacy levels of our patient population. The next step would be to develop tools for patients on using medications correctly, pretest these tools, implement and evaluate them.
Past Projects
--Nutrition bulletin board displays.
--Walking maps around Bread for the City for a nutrition/fitness program called Fit for Fun.
--Buying scales for each room and developing handout for patients to facilitate discussion with providers about weight and health.
--Additional information can be found at:
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