The Health Federation of Philadelphia (HFP), founded in 1983 as a non-profit corporation, represents a consortium of federally qualified community health centers, including those operated by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. HFP supports its members in their efforts to deliver high quality, coordinated primary care services in medically underserved communities.

HFP works to identify critical unmet needs in Philadelphia's low-income neighborhoods and among its vulnerable populations. Further, HFP strives to find solutions by developing public and private sector partnerships, tracking resources and opportunities, searching for proven interventions or designing new approaches that expand the scope and integration of health-related services.

HFP's current activities include:

• extensive home visiting services for at-risk women, children and families
• an Early Head Start Program in the North Philadelphia Empowerment Zone that serves teen and young adult parents and their children
• a health-focused AmeriCorps program, known as the Philadelphia Health Corps
• HIV prevention, testing and counseling through the Women's Anonymous Test Site (WATS)
• coordination of AIDS-related services in communities served by the health centers 
• The Resource Center, which provides health promotion materials for community-based programs
• a variety of public health training opportunities, ranging from skills training for community health workers to AIDS-related education for health care providers
• research, planning, coordination and development support of sound public health policies and programs
• design of operational or business solutions that enhance access to and/or efficiency of health care services
• quality management services including strategies to support public health core competencies and continuous quality improvement in health and human services

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