When you’re sick, you need to get to the doctor. Right? In 2018 we funded Choice Health Network, located on McCallie Ave in Downtown Chattanooga, with food cards that were able to keep HIV+ individuals from going hungry. Case manager Kelly Smith is charged with identifying HIV+ individuals in the community and assisting them (based on income eligibility) with the things most of us take for granted, our health.
Transportation is one of the services Choice Health Network offers, but the monies provided by the government have run short. The state allows $3000 for the fiscal year, which has never been enough, but with the addition of 15 new clients in the past 2 months, the funding is going faster than ever. And with their client base projected to double over the coming year additional funding was imperative. Quite simply, our $2,000 grant money will be used to purchase gas cards, bus passes and allow for reimbursement of .47/mile for case managers who use their own vehicles to transport clients to their doctor appointments. Case managers for the win.