PHENND Fellows: Health Services Community Coordinator

Woods is a Life Cycle Care Management Organization with more than 110 years of experience serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Woods is part of a System of Care that is composed of Woods Services and 12 nonprofit affiliates and related organizations based in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, employing a total of 6,600 people and serving 50,000 individuals, with 1,500 employees at its headquarters in Langhorne – all focused on the same purpose. The overarching goal and mission is to ensure that people with disabilities can live as independently as possible and access all needed services that enable them to do that. Health and wellness play a critical role in people’s ability to work, volunteer, and otherwise participate in civic life. Woods outpatient services in Langhorne, PA, collectively called Woods Healthcare, provides primary medical, behavioral, and dental health care services to community members with intellectual disability, autism, and behavioral health challenges, delivered through healthcare providers who are knowledgeable, compassionate and skilled at treating this complex population. This project is a part of the PHENND Fellows VISTA program housed at the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND). PHENND is a network of over 25 colleges and universities that strengthens service-learning, civic engagement, and community partnership in Philadelphia.