Young Children's Health Center (YCHC) is a community-based pediatric clinic that provides comprehensive health services to families with children from birth to young adulthood residing in the southeast heights of Albuquerque. Staff is bilingual Spanish/English in order to better serve the community. Special components of this clinic include home visitation to families with babies 0-36 months, behavioral health services, case management, and outreach activities to local schools and the community center, which includes gang prevention and intervention and other neighboring activities. Networking and collaboration with other community programs is a priority and strength of YCHC. Children with special healthcare needs and their families are offered the opportunity to participate in a "medical home" model of individualized care.
Partnership Activities:
CBO serves as an alternate treatment site for patients
Patient/family satisfaction surveys
Patient and/or family support groups
Patient and Family Advisory Council
Educational and/or care management tools offered to patients/families
