Cook Children's annual report and community benefits

In 2011, Cook Children’s continued to celebrate success with its Homeless Initiative and the impact it’s making on the community. In fact, it was one of only 10 programs nationwide to be named a 2011 Program
of Excellence in the Hospital Charitable Service Awards.
Cook Children’s launched the Homeless Initiative in 2008 to help combat the problem of homeless children in Tarrant County who were not receiving the most basic medical or dental care. Since then,
Cook Children’s and its community partners in the program are continually making progress at helping kids that are often forgotten.
Following are just a few examples of the Homeless Initiative’s successes for the program’s first four years:
• Provided primary care through three Cook Children’s Neighborhood Clinics to 639 children through 1,454 patient encounters, including 465 well-child visits
and 859 sick-child visits.
• Completed additional medical services for the children, including 209 for dental services, 136 for vision services, 75 for behavioral health and 286 for other services.
• Helped 193 children maintain a medical home at one of Cook Children’s Neighborhood Clinics after leaving the shelter.
• Coordinated with the Tarrant County Health Department to provide tuberculosis testing to 401 children. Cook Children’s nurses also brought flu and H1N1 vaccines
on-site to children and adults at the shelters.
• Provided preventive health education to 1,534 caregivers on behavioral health topics, nutrition, colds and flu, stress management, primary care, immunizations,
emergencies, sudden infant death syndrome/co-sleeping, prevention of child abuse, asthma, communication and parenting topics.
• Organized donation drives for Cook Children’s employees to contribute supplies, new shoes, coats, bedding, towels, washcloths, socks and underwear.
• From March 2008 through September 2011, Cook Children’s has funded $727,554 to cover Homeless Initiative expenses.
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| Cook Children’s 2011 Annual Report