Success Stories by State: Texas

• Briscoe County Community Clinic
  July 2009
  This project provided primary and preventive health care services, health education, screenings, assistance in applying for entitlement programs, discounted fees for services, prenatal care, and class D pharmacy services to underserved residents of rural Texas.
• Van School-Based Health Care Initiative
  July 2009
  This project was designed to provide health promotion, health education, and primary health care services for more than 2,100 students in the Van Independent School District.
• Mobile Mammography Helping Rural Texas Community to Access Screening for Ealry Detetction
  September 2008
  The Center for Health Evaluation, Education & Resources (CHEER) a community based nonprofit in Brackettville, TX has partnered with Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio to bring their mobile mammography unit to the rural community and help prevent cancer.
• Coalition of Health Services, Inc.- Regional Liaison Services
  March 2008
  The primary purpose for the development of a regional liaison services project was to ensure coordination of services and information between the two acute care hospitals in Amarillo and rural health care facilities throughout the upper 26 counties for the Texas Panhandle.
• EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
  September 2007
  Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
• CareLink Initiative
  January 2007
  CareLink Initiative was formed to improve access to comprehensive health screening and treatment for victims of interpersonal violence in a nine county area of east Texas.
• East Texas Border Health Consortium Project
  January 2007
  The goal of this project is to deliver integrated primary and mental health care to isolated, chronically ill population groups in Harrison and Marion counties.
• Matagorda-Wharton Health Access Consortium
  January 2007
  This project addresses the all-around need for better care and care access in a medically underserved area of Texas.
• Texas Independence Program
  January 2007
  The Texas Independence Program (TIP) is designed to reduce the need for long-term institutional placement and increase options in the community for the 1,842 frail elderly and disabled residents of Texas' Colorado, Lavaca, and Jackson Counties.