The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two significant capital grants totaling $5.5 million to Care Alliance, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving Cleveland’s homeless and public housing residents. The …
Category Archive: News
Apr
09
Crain’s Honors Dr. Dan Meges
Care Alliance congratulates our medical director, Daniel L. Meges, MD for being recognized as one of this year’s Health Care Heroes by Crain’s Cleveland Business. Dr. Meges first began serving the homeless in 1992 as a volunteer at the evening …
Apr
04
Care Alliance Welcomes New CAO
Care Alliance is pleased to welcome a new member of our executive team, Kate Fox Nagel, MPH. Ms. Nagel joined Care Alliance as the Chief Administrative Officer in March 2012 after serving as a member of Care Alliance’s Board of Trustees …
Mar
22
Staff Spotlight: Diabetes Educator
Staff Spotlight: Karen Ridley, Chronic Care Nurse and Diabetes Educator Karen Ridley is a nurse with a passion for helping people understand their diagnoses and for empowering them to take charge of their health. With a Bachelor’s of Science in …
Mar
06
National Dentist Day
Smile! It’s National Dentist Day If you’ve been to the dentist in the last six months, you are luckier than many people who don’t have dental insurance coverage. According to the Ohio Department of Health, dental care continues to be …
Mar
01
February: A Generous Month for Care Alliance Supporters
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we called on friends of Care Alliance to donate items to help keep our patients warm, and you stepped up in a big way. You donated blankets, socks, hats, gloves, over-the-counter medications and toiletries that …
Feb
24
Cleveland International Film Festival 2012
Care Alliance Partners with the Cleveland International Film Festival Care Alliance is excited to announce that we will be partnering with the Cleveland International Film Festival to present a film at this year’s festival, which kicks off on March 22. …
Feb
17
Our Outreach Nurse on the Importance of Working Together
Outreach Nurse Spotlight: Robin As our February spotlight of the Outreach Program continues, we sat down with outreach nurse Robin to talk about how Care Alliance goes out into the community to help the homeless in Cleveland. Robin works in …
Feb
13
Outreach Volunteer Spotlight
A Passion for Compassion Volunteer Spotlight: Robbie Siska, Outreach Volunteer It takes a special type of person to succeed in outreach to the homeless. It takes compassion, patience, and no small measure of courage to reach out to people who …
Dec
20
Remembering the Invisible
We’ve all done it before – walked through downtown Cleveland and sidestepped someone asking for spare change or trying to get warm over a heating grate. Maybe we’ve handed them a few quarters, or pretended we didn’t see them. To …
