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Description
Background
Founded in 1991, JeffHOPE is an organization of student run medical clinics providing care to the homeless and underserved populations of Philadelphia. JeffHOPE currently operates at 5 different sites
- Eliza Shirley
Population served: Women and children
Serves as a transitional shelter and aims to help newly homeless women and children find more stable housing
- Sunday Breakfast
Population served: Men older than 18
Serves as a transitional shelter offering housing for 30 days for homeless men
- ACTS
Population served: Women and children
Provides long term housing for women and children who are homeless. The shelter is also located next to a recovery house for drugs and alcohol whose participants are also seen in clinic.
- Our Brothers’ Place
Population served: Men older than 18
Serves as a long term men’s homeless shelter. Most residents stay in the shelter for 60-90 days before finding more permanent housing.
- Prevention Point
Population served: Men, women, and children
Mobile clinic conducted along with a needle exchange program using a harm reduction model of care.
Publication Date
4-25-2017
Keywords
The Bug-Bag, Consolidating Medications to Cut Costs, Thomas Jefferson University
Disciplines
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Recommended Citation
Harrigan, PharmD, MS3, James; Bange, MD, Erin; Caro, MD, Jessica; Yeager, PharmD, Sarah; and Manoff, MD, David, "The Bug-Bag: Consolidating Medications to Cut Costs" (2017). College of Pharmacy Posters. 4.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pharmacyposters/4
