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Child and Adolescent Health Center

The Child and Adolescent Health Center services are aimed at achieving the best possible physical, intellectual, and emotional status of adolescents by providing services that are high quality, accessible, and acceptable to youth. 

Program Goals 

  • To increase access to healthcare and clinical services such as well-child visits, sick visits, school and sport physicals, immunizations and more!  

  • To promote healthy living and health education programs for children, adolescents, parents and professionals through community outreach  

  • To continue to strengthen relationships with school personnel, health facilities and other community centers and youth agencies  

  • To involve children, adolescents, parents and professionals in increasing their awareness of health issues affecting them and their peers 

Program services 

  • Individual, family, and group therapy  

  • Case management  

  • Psychiatric services  

  • Trauma-informed interventions  

  • Prevention groups  

  • Community presentations for schools, parents and community members  

  • Health Education  

  • Support groups 

  • Lab tests (TB test, pregnancy, immunity titers, etc.) 

  • School physicals / Sports physicals 

  • Immunizations / Medications 

  • Co-management of Chronic Illness  

  • Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment  

  • Treatment of acute illness  

  • Preventative Care  

  • Comprehensive Health Assessment  

  • Confidential Medical Services (HIV testing, STD testing)  

  • Referral for Specialty Care 

Target Audience 

Primary care services are offered to youth and adolescents ages 0-21 years old regardless of insurance status  

Mental Health services are offered to those between the ages of 7-21 years old 

It says on the website Dearborn and Dearborn Heights Residents. But we service all residents. 

 

Funding Source 

The Michigan Child and Adolescent Health Center (CAHC) program is jointly funded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE)  

Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) 

  

Contact 

Contact: Assma Khatib  

Email: akhatib@accesscommunity.org  

Phone: 313-216-2230