Programs and Centers

• Community University Health Care Clinic
  CUHCC provides full-service primary care to an ethnically diverse, low-income, urban neighborhood population. Opened in 1966, CUHCC has a long history of providing care to underserved and vulnerable patients and families, with a mission of advancing the well-being of people experiencing health disparities. Dental, nursing, nutrition, psychology, social work, legal, and medical providers staff the clinic. Most patients are uninsured or underinsured; 70% are people of color, immigrants or refugees. On-site interpreters work with providers for the multiple cultures and languages of CUHCC patients, including Somali, Hmong, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Cambodian. 

• Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
  Begun in 1976, the Behavioral Pediatrics program was one of the first such clinical and training programs in the US, and in 2002 became one of the first DBP Fellowship Programs to be accredited by the ACGME after the establishment of the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Sub-Board of the American Board of Pediatrics.
  
  The DBP Program - serves as a consultation and referral source for families and physicians locally and throughout the Upper Midwest. It specializes in the evaluation and management of a wide variety of developmental and behavioral concerns, including offering specialized self-regulation training for children, adolescents, and families in computerized biofeedback, self-hypnosis, relaxation and mental imagery.
   
• Kids Into Health Care
  KIHC is a three-year summer internship for students of color entering 9th, 10th, and 11th grade who are interested in careers in the health care field. This year, 15 highly motivated students from Minneapolis and St. Paul schools have been selected from an all-time highly competitive pool of 37 applications to participate in the internship. This will be the fourth group of scholars accepted into K.I.H.C. who will have the amazing opportunity to explore wonderful things such as tour the Visible Heart Lab, Physical Therapy, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Veterinary Medicine, and more. In addition, the scholars will have the opportunity to talk to and interact with doctors, nurses, dentists, and more.
   
• St. Joseph's Home for Children
  St. Joseph's Home for Children cares for children in need by addressing immediate needs for shelter and stability and offering long-term solutions to emotional and behavioral issues.
   
• The Center for Safe & Healthy Children
  The Center for Safe and Healthy Children at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital, Fairview is dedicated to caring for possible victims of child maltreatment and preventing abuse and neglect in children and adolescents. We are a team of medical, nursing and social work professionals who are committed to high-quality care and to being the leading source of hope and healing for children, adolescents and their families.
   
• University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital, Fairview
  (University and Riverside campuses) - Inpatient General Pediatrics services & Newborn Nursery