Teen Xpress Expands into West Orange

The Teen Xpress program offered through The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families offers a free mobile health clinic for uninsured or underinsured youth. Moving between select schools in Central Florida, this mobile health unit provides a variety of services, including:

• Medical exams
• Mental health counseling
• Case management
• Dietary counseling

Thanks to a generous gift from the West Orange Healthcare District, Teen Xpress has expanded its services into West Orange County visiting West Orange and Ocoee High Schools. The original grant of $68,500 is in its second year and has already achieved several successful outcomes and is providing students with improved clinical care, links to community resources, improved emotional well-being and improved health behaviors.

To date, the grant has helped Teen Xpress achieve the following in West Orange County:

• 328 Case Management Encounters; with 82% of students who received care reporting links to community resources
• 227 Medical Encounters; with 85% of students who received care showing improvements in clinical care
• 200 Mental Health Encounters; with 57% of students who received care showing improved emotional well-being
• 177 Nutrition Encounters; with 92% of students who received care showing improvements and increased knowledge in nutrition

West Orange Healthcare District recently pledged an additional $100,000 grant to continue support of Teen Xpress and help The Howard Phillips Center reach teens in the West Orange community.