Reflections on Success: Health Center Voices

South Dakota

Falls Community Health
Sioux Falls

Falls Community Health is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Falls Community Health received expansion grant funding to increase access to health care for homeless or near homeless individuals of Sioux Falls. While conducting outreach, workers encountered one gentleman staying at the local homeless shelter. He was introduced to the center by an employee of the shelter. This gentleman was diabetic and had been without health care for 5 years. He began receiving services through Falls Community Health and was able to obtain diabetic education and medication. With the support of Falls Community Health staff, he was able to obtain glasses, new diabetic shoes, and have extensive dental work completed. Today this gentleman is no longer living on the streets and he has become very proactive in the management of his health care. With the expansion grant that Falls Community Health received, the center has been able to reach and touch the lives of individuals like this gentleman and is positioned to “providing an open door to medical and dental care.”