About Us

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NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED (FY 2011; ended 6/30/11)
• All Health Services: 4,500
     Primary and Prenatal Care: 4,153
     Dental Care: 1,785
     Mobile Health Care for the Homeless: 695
• All Family Center Services: 2,005
     Parenting and Family Groups, Children’s Programs: 1,613
     Home Visiting: 526 (149 families)

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS (FY 2011; ended 6/30/11)
• Where They Live: Portsmouth: 35% … Hamptons/Seabrook: 17% ... Other Rockingham County: 22% … Strafford Cty: 17% … Maine: 8%
• Socioeconomic Status, Health Center Patients: 62% live below the federal poverty guideline (i.e., $18,530 or less for a family of three); another 30% live below 200% of the poverty level.
• Socioeconomic Status, Family Center Clients: Sixty-one percent had incomes in the very-low, low or moderate range.
• Insurance Status, Health Center Patients: 55% were uninsured and used our sliding fee scale … 31% had Medicaid … 6% had Medicare … 8% had private health insurance.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION (FY 2012; began 7/1/11)
Current Agency Budget: $4,077,000
• 81% of expenditures support direct services to clients.
Funding Sources
• Patient Fees: 40%
• Government Contracts: 20%
• Grants: 14% (includes United Way: 0.01%)
• Contributions and Fundraising: 23%
• Investment and Other Miscellaneous Income: 3%

A GROWING DEMAND FOR SERVICES
Over the past two years (FY09 to FY11), Families First saw increases of:
• 69% in behavioral health visits
• 27% in parents and children attending parent/family programs
• 33% in dental visits
• 35% in medical visits to Health Care for the Homeless sites
• 29% in new Health Center patients
• 9% in number of primary-care patients served

Awards

Champions in Action, 2011
National HIMMS Davies Community Health Award (as part of CHAN), 2008
Smith Award for Excellence in Service to Children and Families, 1998
Community Champions Award, 2002
Dunfey Award for Excellence in Management, 2003

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