HAZEL PARK – The nonprofit Corktown Health recently opened its second location in Hazel Park, which is expected to open in the first quarter of 2025. The medical clinic will be open to all and specializes in the LGBTQ community, which has traditionally been underserved.
Corktown Health @Hazel Park is located at 24310 John R Road, between Woodward Heights Boulevard and Interstate 696. The site was once a lumber yard and later Cellarmen’s, which made cider and mead. The inauguration of the paintings took place on June 14 and the paintings are already underway.
The building has been largely unoccupied since 2019 and will undergo a complete renovation as part of its transformation into a new clinic. The building will be a facility with approximately 19,000 square feet, designed by Albert Kahn Associates.
The Hazel Park clinic is Corktown Health’s second facility to date (the other is Corktown Health @Detroit, at 1726 Howard Street in Detroit) and aims to provide quality health care to everyone, including other LGBTQ people and their families, regardless of status. The ability to pay.
“In terms of disparities in fitness care, the data showed that the most marginalized groups are also the ones who have experienced the greatest point of disparity in terms of fitness: LGBTQ people of color are the most marginalized of all. So if we can close the gaps within those communities, we know we can serve everyone,” said Mike Flores, chief financial officer of Corktown Health. “Even though we focus on LGBTQ people, we serve everyone, and everyone is served as they come. However you identify, you are welcome here.
“And our knowledge proves it,” he said. At our Detroit location, 60% of our patients identify as LGBTQ and 40% are not; and 60% have Medicaid and Medicare or one of those controlled plans, while 40% do not. So, our knowledge shows that if we can provide the highest point of care in the most positive environment, then we will be able to serve everyone, and that’s how our patients feel.
He said a wide diversity of services will be featured on the new site, adding number one healthcare, dental care, geriatric care, STI screening and treatment, behavioral health, gender-affirming care, smoking cessation, cancer screening, telefitness and boating insurance.
For others living with HIV, the clinic will also offer HIV health care, HIV prevention services, early intervention and medical case management services, emergency cash assistance and shelter services, as well as food and nutrition services, adding nutritional counseling and food vouchers. .
There will also be food and nutrition for others with other conditions such as diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and obesity.
The clinic aims to perceive each user and their situation very well. Each patient is entitled to forty-five guaranteed minutes for their first consultation; Follow-ups last at least 15 minutes but increase up to 30 minutes.
“This allows the provider enough time to ask questions and allows the verbal exchange to evolve organically from the patient’s perspective,” Flores said. “Not being in a hurry allows the patient to be more fair and honest about their experiences, and more comfortable sharing what they would possibly want or wish for in the future.
“Let’s say there’s a patient who offers herself as a woman and has suffered trauma similar to sexual assault,” she said. “If we can identify it right away, we would possibly know that the most productive user to provide care is a woman rather than a man. And as we learn more about the patient, we may think that the only other people who deserve to interact with that patient are those who also present as women.
The first location, in Detroit, opened in 2017 and is billed as the first medical center in Michigan to focus on the LGBTQ community. It currently serves more than 4000 people, about 30% of whom are living with HIV. The Detroit location even remained open to the COVID-19 pandemic by temporarily implementing telehealth and other remote service delivery bureaucracies.
“We use the example of the patient who works in the service industry and doesn’t actually have the option to drive into town 30 minutes away, wait in our lobby, look for the facilities they need, and then go back to work. Start your shift at the right time Thanks to our telefacilities, you can be available during your lunch break and get our facilities without having to move from your location. This can be especially helpful for follow-ups, and we’re serving other people. take credit for that,” Flores said.
“We also have patients as far north as Battle Creek and Grand Rapids who seek our service because of the care we provide, and telehealth allows them to stay connected even if they’re in another part of the state,” he said. It also allows us to fill a certain comfort point, as some of our patients might not feel comfortable at first. “
Corktown Health itself is a non-profit organization established in 1986 as Health Emergency Lifeline Programs (HELP), which specializes in HIV care. In 2021, HELP and the Detroit clinic merged into the Corktown Health organization.
To help fund its operations in the LGBTQ community, Corktown Health launched a campaign last summer called “Driving Health Equity,” with a purpose of raising $8 million. Last month, the campaign had raised $6. 2 million. Donations can be made at corktownhealth. org/donate.
Other investment resources come from a combination of federal, state, and local grants, as well as donations from foundations and individuals, as well as reimbursable services.
Rep. Mike McFall, D-Hazel Park, who most recently serves District 8 in the Michigan House of Representatives and is running for the newly formed District 14, said he’s proud to make the new clinic a reality by securing a public budget for it.
“They also got investments from the federal and county government,” McFall said. “I think it’s going to be a smart catalyst for our running back John R. Marijuana corporations have already done a lot of things, but I think we’re going further. marijuana and for other corporations. I also think this clinic will be wonderful because it is similar in design to a network center and will function as a network center, open to all. And the design will feature a lot of glass, opening the front to be smooth and airy.
McFall said Corktown Health has already had a positive effect on the region.
“They’ve hosted two dental clinics here, where they work with the University of Detroit School of Dentistry, and if you have insurance, they like to rate it, but if you don’t, you still get the services. Even though they’re mostly LGBTQ people, they’re going to work with anybody, so if someone here or in the domain needs services, they probably won’t be turned away,” she said. “Corktown Health has been a really smart partner for the city. “.
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