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Show SUMMER 2004 Page 10 The West View Fourth Street Clinic Serves” Health Resources IHC Rose Park Elementary Family Health Center, 1130 West Sterling Drive, 578-8491-only students and their families of Rose Park Elementary who don’t have insurance. Northwest Community Health, 1365 West 1000 North, 328-5750 THC Clinic, 855 California Avenue, 977-0502 Dental Service-Donated Dental, 404 South 400 Disadvantaged Population By Melissa Sillitoe When The Fourth Street Clinic first opened its doors in 1987, homeless people were waiting in line for its free medical services. The small, 1000-square-foot clinic was originally housed in the Travelers Aid Society Community Shelter (now called The Road Home), but has since grown into its 9000-square-foot space at 400 South 400 West. West, 983-0345 (call ahead of time to see if doctor will be available.) Resource Directory Aging Services 468-2454 AIDS Hotline 1-800-537-1046 | Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services 468-2009 Battered Women’s Shelter 537-8600 Bend-in-the-River 587-9027 Board of Health 468-2750 Boys and Girls Club 364-9118 Building Inspections 535-6436 - Cancer Screening and Control Program Prior to opening up The Fourth Street Clinic, founder and Executive Director Allan Ainsworth, Ph.D., envisioned offering excellent, free medical care to homeless people. According to Ainsworth, some people become homeless when they suffer catastrophic injuries or illnesses and do not have insurance to pay for their treat- ment. | 538-6436 Ainsworth knew that there were medical practitioners who wanted a chance to give back to their community and to practice medicine the old-fashioned way—without having to worry about completing insurance paperwork. Centro de la Familia 521-4473 City Library 542-8200 Chamber of Commerce 364-3631 www.saltlakechamber.org At Fourth Street Clinic, the staff handles the paperwork Chapman Branch Library 594-8623 and allows its volunteers to practice medicine. Their volunteers include everyone from biology students to very Child Abuse/Neglect 538-4377 Community Action Program 359-2444 prestigious physicians. Consumer Protection 530-6601 or Luc Hibbs has volunteered at the Clinic for nine months and enjoys, “working with cool patients - interesting people with good stories.” He has volunteered for other medical programs but prefers working directly with patients. On a typical day, he draws blood, gives clients shots, performs tuberculosis tests, escorts patients to exam rooms, bandages wounds, or gives EKG exams. Hibbs recently completed his B.S. degree in biology and is waiting to be accepted to medical school. Fourth Street Clinic receives gifts of medical equipment, furniture, and prescription medications. Its largest _ donors include the George and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the Marriner Eccles Foundation, Pfizer, Intermountain Health Care, and Globus Relief. It actively _ partners with other agencies in the community who serve homeless clients. , Patients who need help with depression can be seen on-site. Other mental illnesses are referred to Valley 1-800-721-SAFE Crisis Help/Prevention-Valley Mental Health 483-5444 Day Riverside Library 594- 8632 Domestic Violence 1-800-897-LINK Dr. Adi Gundlapalli checks a patient's vital signs at the Fourth Street Clinic, which was set up specifically to serve the homeless population in Salt Lake City. Photo by Lance Duvall Drug Activity (report) 799-3784 Drug Enforcement Agency — 4156 Ethnic Offices: ‘Hispanic 538-8755 Polynesian 538-8691 Mental Health. In addition, Fourth Street Clinic provides Black 538-8815 a weekly outreach clinic to 450 homeless teenagers per year through their partnership with Volunteers America’s Homeless Youth Resource Center. of Asain 538-8612 — Indian 538-8808 Fire Dispatch 799-3911 While the goal of the project is to move clients into Gang Hotline 799-3647 | Girl Scouts of Utah 265-8472 ex 27 permanent medical facilities, such as local Community Health Centers, the clinic does let clients receive care for - up to a year after they have found housing. Housing Authority of Salt Lake City 487-2161 Humane Society of Utah 261-2919 Basic Home Care Translates Into Dollars - In a previous article entitled “Increase the Value of Your Home”, (The West View, Spring 2004), I wrote about the importance of real éstate value and the small things that impact it so greatly. This article explores the critical importance of basic home maintenance. Let me share the following real world example: In June 2002, a nice, attractive home in the Poplar Grove area sold for $149,000. It was nothing extravagant, just a well maintained home in good condition, clean inside and out, with a green, healthy yard that was trimmed and cared for. Overall, it was simply an attractive home with an obvious pride of ownership shown by the sellers. The new owners were obviously drawn to its attractive quality because they paid a significant amount for it, but ‘ over the next year did nothing to maintain it. The grass was never watered, plants Job Hotline for SLC Corporation 535-6625 ‘Legal Services of Utah 328-8891 Mayor’s Office of se hap property, and the price was forced down to $139,000. By Christopher Hansen never trimmed, weeds never pulled, and by year’s end the yard had dried brown and died. Inside, regular cleaning and simple care were sel_ dom applied so that its overall clean appeal had disappeared. By October 2003 (16 months later), the owners decided to move on. They placed the home back on the market, hoping to get the same price they paid. They were sorely disappointed. No offers were made for such a run-down -www.gsutah.org -Graffiti Hotline 972-7885 Affairs 535-6333 With still no interest, the price was forced lower again to only $129,000. Now the broker reports that it will be sold for something under that amount. This represents over a $20,000 loss in real dollars over Mayor’s Office 535-7704 www.ci.slc.ut.us Meals on Wheels 468-2450 | Neighborhood House 363-4589 only 16 months (that’s over $1,250 a month) all due to the Northwest Multi-purpose Center 596-0072 simple lack of basic maintenance and care. I don’t know about you, but $20,000 for me is a lot of money. Imagine Northwest Senior Center 596-0208 making $20,000 less this year than you did last. How would you get by? And yet these folks lost that money, probably unintentionally, but lost it nevertheless. . While. unfortunate, the most tragic fact is that this same situation occurs over and over again in our community, probably because most people don’t understand this key relationship: A home value is dependent upon your care. Just as a plant will die if you don’t take care of it, your home value will also fall significantly if you fail to maintain it properly. Every homeowner needs to recognize that a large percentage of their home value is dependent upon taking simple steps in proper maintenance. Yards — need to be maintained, free of clutter, green and alive. Homes need to be repaired promptly when damaged, painted when required, and cleaned regularly. It translates directly into dollars. Fail to do it, and it’s your direct loss. Christopher Hansen is a homeowner in Poplar Grove and works as a Real Estate Analyst. If your non-profit business or organization would like to be listed in THE WEST VIEW’S Resource Directory, please email Kate Rubalcava at rubalcava801 @yahoo.com or call THE WEST VIEW at (801) 355-9572 _ No More Homeless Pets in Utah 364-0370 - Poison Control Center 581-2151 Police Dispatch 799-3000 Post Office 974-2200 Prisoner Information Network 359-3589 www.prisonernetwork.com Public Utilities 483-6700 The Road Home 359-4142 | SL CAP Headstart 359-8749 Salt Lake Interfaith Hospitality Network 961-8622 Smoke Detectors-SLCFD (FREE) 799-4150 Sorenson Multi-Cultural Center 974-2420 Spy Hop Productions 532-7500 Streets and Cleanup 535-6908 Sunday Anderson Westside Center 538-2092 Tree Utah 364-2122 | Utah Foster Care Foundation 994-8631 Utah Food Bank-Community Services Council 978-2452 Valley Mental Health Offices 263-7100 Wasatch Community Gardens 359-2658 YWCA 537-8600 Zoning Information 535-7752 For all other information needs contact Information and Referral at 211 |