Homeless - Diana Hornung

Project Summary:

Opening a homeless teen acute health care clinic with the help of MEDIC and Briarpatch to address the needs of the homeless youth population in Madison. The clinic will operate 1x/week and offer acute care with referral to other clinics for reproductive health, mental health, drugs and alcohol.

Major Steps Taken as of Dec. 99:

Needs assessment in conjunction with Briarpatch
Coordinated with MEDIC and voted the clinic "in"
Contacted youth coordinator of Madison, legal services of UW
Recruited students to work on this: organize supplies, publicize, coordinate referrals.

Major Challenges

Determining how to treating homeless youth under 18 without parental consent...contacted UW legal services and a multitude of clinics that provide care to adolescents to see how they manage.
Managing my time between school and project.....I'm still working on this !!!!

Partnerships Developed

Briarpatch, MEDIC

LOCUS's Role in Your Project

My mentor gave me my initial lead to contact Madison youth coordinator who then set me up with Briarpatch.
LOCUS(both advisors and students) has given me the support and motivation to keep this going.