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Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives Earns
Accreditation
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Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives (RMYA) has received accreditation from the Council on Accreditation (COA), an international, independent and not-for-profit accrediting body for social services.
A long and rigorous process, accreditation is a significant achievement
that will serve as a catalyst to help RMYA build on its strengths and
achieve even better results for the children and families they serve.
RMYA has grown to meet the needs of thousands of children from our
community whose lives have been scarred by abuse, parental desertion,
family strain, or emotional turmoil, and to date has provided services to
almost 50,000 youth. To address the varying needs of children today, RMYA
provides a wide continuum of exceptional programs and services.
 Obtaining COA accreditation
proves that an organization provides the highest quality of service.
The RMYA San Antonio Campus is located on West Avenue, while the long-term
residential services are located on the MeadowLand Campus in Boerne, Texas,
including a Foster Family program.
Children placed in RMYA and families who seek counseling have assurance
that best-practice methods are being used, confidentiality is well
monitored, and that risk-management strategies are in place.
Accreditation also means that RMYA effectively manages its funds and has demonstrated accountability in managing all its resources -- even more proof that United Way only invests in top-notch agencies that change lives! Congratulations to Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives for doing what matters!
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CentroMed Virtual Tour
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El Centro del Barrio, a non-profit community health center doing
business as CentroMed, is a network of clinics providing medical, dental,
behavioral health (counseling), and nutritional services to the insured,
uninsured and underserved residents of San Antonio and Bexar County.
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Working at 21 service sites throughout San Antonio and Bexar
County, physicians, dentists, and other health professionals provide
comprehensive primary care services to 50,000 low-income and uninsured
members of our community each year. Accredited by the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), CentroMed provides
high quality health care services (medical, dental, social
services, counseling, and referrals for specialty care) at South
Park Medical, South Park Dental, Somerset, Southside, Santa Rosa, Ascot,
Walzem and Palo Alto Clinic locations.
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CentroMed also provides elder care services. In this photo,
staff member Bertha Bustamante (standing in rear) engages seniors in
group wellness activities. Participating in this photo are (from
left) Guadalupe Galindo, Joe Torres, Estella Mata, Gilbert Mendoza, Olga
Burton and Santiago Arriaga-Paiz.
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CentroMed clients, (from left), Maria Sanchez, Anita Ramos,
Connie SanMiguel and Juana Sanchez, visit prior to their elder-care
activities.
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CentroMed provides care to homeless individuals and
families residing in shelters or on the street.
In this photo, over 600 homeless clients attend the Health Care for
Homeless Christmas party each year at the Dullnig House. The 149th Air
National Guard and Keller Williams help sponsor the event, which features
medical screenings, gifts, food, clothing, and even Santa.
CentroMed also operates 10 primary care health clinics co-located
within or adjacent to seven homeless shelters: the Children's Shelter,
Children's Shelter Residential Treatment Center, La Paloma de Paz
(Battered Women's Shelter), Salvation Army Hope Center, San Antonio
Metropolitan Ministries (SAMM) Shelter, Dwyer Center, and Dullnig House.
Social services provided include outreach, counseling, child development,
case management, and substance abuse screening and treatment referral.
Shelter residents and homeless walk-ins are eligible for services.
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CentroMed’s Health Care for the Homeless was founded in 1989 and
offers clothing selections during its December holiday party.
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The medical and dental staff has been trained at top programs across
the country. Dr. Rosemary Garza provides a dental exam to John
Carlos, age four, at CentroMed South Park Dental, located at 910 Wagner.
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Jonathan, age six, receives a health physical from Dr. Soheir Girgis
in the pediatric department at the newly renovated South Park Clinic
located at 6315 S. Zarzamora Street. CentroMed
accepts most major private health insurance plans, as well as
Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and CareLink.
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El Centro del Barrio President and CEO Ernesto Gomez addresses a large gathering at the CentroMed ground breaking in mid-December 2007 for the CentroMed Community Health Center to be located at 3826 Commercial Avenue in San Antonio's Southside. The 10.46-acre site will open in January 2009 and serve over 24,000 patients.
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Officials breaking ground for the new location include (from
left): Ciro Rodriguez, U.S. House of Representatives,
District 23; Nelson Wolff, Bexar County Judge; Sergio "Chico" Rodriguez, County Commissioner, Precinct 1; Ernesto Gomez,
President & Chief Executive Officer of El Centro del Barrio; Noemi
Galvan Eling, Esq., El Centro del Barrio Board Chair; and Richard
Perez, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. The new Community Health Center Clinic will feature 25 dialysis stations, 31 exam rooms, 8 dental exam rooms, 4 procedure rooms and a lab. The Community and Wellness Facility will house a large community room, a serving a food preparation area, gymnasium, women's fitness area, locker rooms, cardio rooms, a café and kids camp.
If
you would like more information, please visit www.centromedsa.com and www.unitedwaysatx.org
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