City of Derby, Connecticut
PROCLAMATION
Valley Project Access
1st
Year Anniversary
WHEREAS,
There are an estimated 10, 200 uninsured residents in the
Valleyand 19,550 residents who are below 200% of the federal
poverty level.
WHEREAS, Valley
Project Access grew out of our physician community’s desire
to more appropriately deliver health care to the low income
uninsured people of the Valley.
WHEREAS, Among
the Valley physicians providing pro bono services for
uninsured patients, there was a growing concern about the
prohibitive cost of prescription medications and specialty
services.
WHEREAS, Physicians rallied around the Valley Project
Access system of healthcare delivery, because it could offer
high quality, free, comprehensive services to their patients
for whom cost was a barrier to improved health status.
WHEREAS, The
driving force behind this ground breaking initiative is the
Physician Alliance for access to care and treatment,
comprised of 59 physicians who have each volunteered to
provide free care to Valley Project Access patients and who
have embraced the Project Access model.
WHEREAS, Valley
Project Access is a physician led program that links
low-income (under 200% FPL), uninsured Naugatuck Valley
residents to high quality, free specialty care services;
necessary ancillary and diagnostic procedures; affordable
prescription drugs; and available state insurance and
assistance programs.
WHEREAS, Their
community partnerships with Valley physicians, Griffin
Hospital, Community Health Connection/Hill Health (Federally
Qualified Health Center) and area organizations have allowed
our uninsured residents, who are under 200% of the federal
poverty level, to receive access to a coordinated system of
care that addresses a wide continuum of their health care
needs.
WHEREAS, It
is the first of its kind in Connecticut and has inspired
other similar programs in the state.
THEREFORE, I,
Marc J. Garofalo, Mayor of the City of Derby, do hereby
proclaim February 16, 2005 to be the 1st Year Anniversary of
Valley Project Access in honoring the tireless efforts of
volunteer physicians who comprise the Valley Physician
Alliance for Access to Care and Treatment.
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