Kids Mobile Medical Care

Five days a week, the bright white KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic drives into federally designated health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) and offers comprehensive general pediatric health care services at four different sites and comprehensive adolescent health care services at a two additional sites. The first three sites are located near seven public housing areas with an estimated 2,000 underserved children. Our fourth site is located at an Emergency Homeless Shelter. Our fifth and sixth sites, which serves two public high schools with an estimated 1,800 students, is dedicated to providing comprehensive adolescent health care.

Our comprehensive health care model offers patients the following services:

  • School/sports/summer camp physicals
  • Well and sick visits
  • Immunizations
  • Tuberculosis screeningsHearing/vision screenings
  • Gynecologic services
  • Referrals to specialists as needed
  • Medical management for chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes and HIV/AIDS
  • On-call services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week

Child Advocacy and Mental Health

Although primary care is our main focus, we have realized that many of our families have pressing non-medical needs. As a result, our program includes social services. All of our patients with mental health, advocacy or social service needs are referred to the Child Advocacy and Mental Health (CAMH) Coordinator who will assist them in obtaining services that will further support the health care provided by the Mobile Clinic. Additionally, our CAMH Coordinator is instrumental in helping children reach needed special educational services provided by the school system. In this way, the KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic helps to ensure that each child receives truly comprehensive care.

Adoption Clinic

Since 1990, the Center for Child & Human Development has delivered services especially designed to meet the needs of adoptive parents, foster parents and their children.

The Adoption Clinic is one of the few clinics in the United States specializing in the evaluation of medical, developmental and psychosocial problems of adopted children. The clinic offers pre-adoption counseling for prospective adoptive parents, as well as comprehensive medical and nutritional evaluation, developmental screening, and intervention strategies.

The  staff works closely with primary-care pediatricians, social service agencies and adoption agencies.  Ongoing follow-up is provided. Referrals to subspecialists are available through the Georgetown University Children's Medical Center. Subspecialists include experienced professionals from a wide range of disciplines such as:

  • Audiology
  • Communication Disorders\
  • Developmental Pediatrics
  • Gastroenterology & Nutrition
  • Genetics
  • International Health
  • Neurology
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Ophthalmology
  • Physical Therapy
  • Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Speech & Language Therapy

In close collaboration with several parent groups, the Center for Child & Human Development conducts or sponsors local and regional conferences to disseminate information. Issues addressed pertain to adoption (in general) and foreign adoptions (in particular) and include health, child development, cultural differences, parenting, psychosocial, legal and ethical aspects of adoption.

       

Kids Clinic for the Deaf

We are a unique deaf-friendly clinic that is a part of the Children, Youth, and Ambulatory Services (CYAS) clinic at Georgetown University Hospital. We provide excellent well childcare for the parents and children of the Deaf community.

During Kids Clinic for the Deaf office hours, these services are provided:

  • Pediatrician Fluent in ASL
  • Gallaudet Interpreters
  • TTY for triage and appointments
  • Amplifier Devices
  • Deaf-friendly nurses and reception staff

Education and Outreach

Education is a key to prevention and wellness for both the individual and the community. Our staff spends a significant portion of each visit educating families on prevention and other healthcare related issues. In the community, as well as in the high schools we serve, we are reaching out by offering education sessions to community residents on general topics such as asthma, immunizations, and nutrition. The KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic is a regular participant in health fairs, immunization campaigns, and other outreach activities throughout the wards we serve. This outreach offers us visibility to both those who need our services and those community service organizations that wish to partner with us to provide more comprehensive services to the children in the District of Columbia.

Fellowship in Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy

A fast-paced exciting two year pediatric fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital which combines: Community pediatric program management training in a clinical setting, child advocacy work in the heart of the nation's capital and a Masters in Public Health.

Fellows will work directly with underserved/medically vulnerable children and families on the KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic and at community clinics.
Fellows will learn about skills related to management such as grant writing, budgeting/finance, operations, program development and staff development.
Fellows will work with child ad vocates locally, regionally and/or nationally.
Fellows will be involved in teaching students, residents, and community members about child health care issues.
Fellows will learn about the problems facing children and work to make a difference in the communities in which they live.
Fellowship has been awarded the APA Community Pediatric Award.