Weaving a new safety net for patients and their families at UVA Medical Center who need temporary assistance with lodging, food, travel expenses and co-pays. IHS is a 24/7 response, all volunteer public charity. It provides short-term assistance for Pay Range 1 (indigent) patients who travel long distances for treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville), as well as for family caregivers who accompany them. IHS serves those with little or no funds to cover vital necessities and who are referred by the Office of Social Work at UVA Hospital. IHS underwrites the cost of medications and co-pays, travel, local lodging, food, and pediatric requests to serve infants, such as infant car seats.