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Agency Highlights for September 2014
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Tri-Town Saves US Health Care System
Over $7 Million Annually
According to an Economic Impact Statement released by Capital Link, the Tri-Town Community Health Center provides an annual savings to the US Health Care system of over seven million dollars. The study was conducted on behalf of the RI Health Center Association for all Community Health Centers in Rhode Island and focused on three impact areas: Community, Economy, and Tax Revenue. The report includes the following highlights:
- Tri-Town provided 23,309 medical encounters to 5,542 patients last year;
- Over 70% of these patients have a household income under 100% of the federal poverty line, and over 95% are under 200% of federal poverty;
- Tri-Town's Health Center created over 40 full time jobs and supported an additional 75 jobs in related industries. The total economic impact of these 115 jobs was $22,929,583;
- Tri-Town's total impact on tax revenue was over $2.9 million ($1 million state/local and $2 million federal)
It is important to note that these figures only include the impact of Tri-Town's Health Center - they DO NOT include the impact of all other programs and services operated by the agency.
The full impact of all Tri-Town programs is estimated to be significantly higher!
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Tri-Town Receives 5 Year Strategic Prevention Grant
Tri-Town has been awarded $150,000 per year over the next five years from the RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) to address two of the nation's top substance abuse prevention priorities: 1) underage drinking among youth aged 12 to 20; and 2) prescription drug misuse and abuse among youth aged 12 to 25.
Tri-Town will utilize the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) current Strategic Prevention Framework as the planning model to work toward the following program priorities:
- identify factors within the community that contribute to youth use of alcohol,
- marijuana and prescription drug misuse;
- develop a community level strategic plan;
- create an implementation plan detailing how funds will be used to address their targeted substance; and
- evaluate the impact of evidence based interventions implemented in the community.
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Your views are important to us. If you have suggestions or comments about how we can improve our services, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Joseph R DeSantis
Chief Executive Officer
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