Health Center Expansion Projects

The Capital Expansion Projects are part of the DOH’s Capital Health Project (CHP) initiative to invest Tobacco Settlement/Community Health Care Financing and other local funds to improve the health of District residents. The DOH granted over $100 million for capital expansion projects for District health centers and hospitals, including grants covering approximately 75% of the project costs to the following organizations:

Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC):

• Start-up and Operating Costs for CNMC’s new satellite pediatric emergency department located on UMC’s campus (Ward 8)
• Activities to link families to usual sources of primary care

DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA):

• Bread for the City’s 11,000 square foot expansion of its 7th St NW site (Ward 2)
• Community of Hope’s new 37,000 square foot health center on S. Capitol St SW (Ward 8)- construction beginning in 2012
• Mary’s Center’s new 28,000 square foot health center on Georgia Ave NW (Ward 4)
• Unity Health Care’s 28,000 square foot replacement of the former Anacostia Health Center (Ward 8)
• Unity Health Care’s new 43,000 square foot Parkside Health Center on Kenilworth Terrace NE (Ward 7)- construction beginning in 2012
• Unity Health Care’s 20,000 square foot replacement for its Brentwood Health Center (Ward 5)- construction beginning in 2013

KIPP DC

• Kids Smiles’ new non-profit pediatric dental clinic on Benning Road SE (Ward 7)

Providence Hospital’s Geriatric Clinic Without Walls house call program (Various Wards)

United Medical Center (UMC)

• Construction of the new CNMC satellite pediatric emergency department on UMC’s campus
• Elevator modernization project
• Upgrade of equipment in UMC obstetrical ward

Washington Hospital Center (WHC)

• Renovations of emergency department (ED) and MedStar Trauma Center areas
• Purchase of equipment for the ED, Trauma Center and intensive care unit (ICU)
• Implementation of an electronic health record for the ED and ICU
• Campus security enhancements