New York
Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Inc.
650 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (718) 596-9800
Fax: (718) 596-9889
Interim Executive Director: Frank Leveille
PHPC Program Manager: Beverly Howard-Parris
Project Description
Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center (BPMC), a NY State licensed Article 28 Diagnostic
and Treatment Center and non-profit community-based facility, operates three
sites in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill area of North Brooklyn. The main site is
a Community Health Center, the second a School Based Health Center located in
the Benjamin Banneker Academy (a New York City Board of Education Charter
School), and the third a Public Housing Primary Care program to serve the
residents of the Whitman, Ingersoll and Farragut public housing community.
Services
Geriatrics, adolescents, pediatrics, HIV/AIDS medical services, OB/GYN, and dental
Linkages/Partnerships
BPMC's 25 years in the community have led to many long-standing linkages and
partnerships with agencies, including the Brooklyn Queens Community Health
Center Network. Linkages and partnerships developed from the PHPC program
include:
New York City Housing Authority, respective tenant associations for Whitman, Ingersoll and Farragut housing, local public schools, community-based agencies including Community Counseling and Mediation Services, Brooklyn Bureau of Community Services Daycare Program, local faith-based agencies, St. Michael's Catholic Church and Church of the Open Door.
BPHC Collaborative Participation
The Brooklyn Alliance of Clinical Collaboratives in the Prenatal Care Clinical Collaborative and the Childhood Asthma Collaborative
Public Housing Locations/Site
Whitman Ingersoll Farragut
297 Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
South Brooklyn Health Center
120 Richards St
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Statistics:
Estimated residents in public housing: 20,000
Project Users: 817
Hudson River HealthCare, Inc
William E. Shands Community Health Center
1037 Main Street
Peekskill, NY 10566
Phone: (914) 734-8800
Fax: (914) 788-3963
www.hrhcare.org
Chief Executive Officer: Anne Nolon
Vice President, Health Center Administration: Allison Dubois
Project Description
Hudson River HealthCare operates a health center at a public housing site during business hours with capability of making home visits. The
clinical primary health care team conducts services both onsite at HRHCare and
offsite at the William Shands Community Health Center at Bohlman Towers, in the
homes of targeted residents of public housing, and within the Emergency Room at
the local hospital.
The Clinical Services Team is comprised of a physician, a primary care case manager, a RN, and a MSW/health education specialist. Residents requiring ongoing primary, dental, mental health and substance abuse treatment and follow up are referred and tracked at HRHCare and their network of specialty care providers.
HRHCare also implemented an onsite Public Housing Health Education Resource Center for residents and the surrounding community. An outstationed hospital based Community Care Resource Specialist is available to serve residents of public housing accessing emergency room care.
The Maternal-Infant Care Partner program, a dynamic support program for pregnant and newly parenting women, has been implemented onsite at public housing.
Services
Health care services: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics/adolescent
medicine, gynecology, perinatal care, obstetrics, family planning, nutrition
(referral for treatment), optometry, podiatry, and psycho-social support.
Additional services: Dental, mental health, HIV counseling & testing, WIC, contract pharmacy, HIV case management and education, laboratory, disease prevention, alcohol/substance abuse, family and youth services, and outpatient treatment.
Linkages/Partnerships
Peekskill Housing Authority's Tenant Associations, Hudson Valley Task Force for
the Homeless and those at risk of Homelessness, Peekskill Public Housing
Authority, Peekskill City School District, Department of Social Services,
Peekskill Community Service Center, Public Health Services - Region II
Westchester Housing Action Council, Hudson Valley Hospital, Northern Westchester Coalition for Housing and Homeless, Salvation Army - Family Resource Center; Peekskill Pastor's Association, Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health/Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Dominican Sisters Family Health Services, Hudson River Housing
BPHC Collaborative Participation
Diabetes and Pilot Prevention Collaboratives
Public Housing Locations/Sites
Bohlman Towers
807 Main Street
Peekskill, NY 10566
Dunbar Heights
Peekskill, NY 10566
Barham House
951 Main Street
Peekskill, NY 10566
Statistics
Estimated residents in public housing: 2,000
Project users: 1,300
South Bronx Health Center for Children and Families
Community Pediatric Programs of Montefiore Medical Center
871 Prospect Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459
Phone: (718) 991-0605
Fax: (718) 991-2931
www.montefiore.org
Executive Director, Community Pediatric Programs: Karen Redlener, MS
PHPC Medical Director/Key Clinical Quality Person: Peter Meacher, MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP
Project Description
The South Bronx Health Center for Children and Families (SBHCCF) of the
Community Pediatric Programs (CPP) at Montefiore Medical Center is a
"medical home" to children and families in a community that has
historically lacked access to a health care system. The Health Center is
located in the Motts Haven/Hunts Point section of the Bronx.
The health center has 12 medical exam rooms, two treatment rooms, a warm and inviting waiting area, and a large community meeting space. Additional sites include a satellite health center a few blocks away in the program's original storefront site, where WIC and dental services are provided.
Services
Pediatrics, adult primary care, women's health care, Ob/Gyn, prenatal services,
family planning, birthing and parenting classes, mental health and
developmental counseling, social work case management, adolescent and peer
support groups, entitlements and insurance enrollment assistance, nutrition
counseling and education, asthma treatment and education, subspecialty care
referral and management, HIV care, primary dental care services, pediatric
literacy project, and health education. A community partner provides free legal
services on-site.
Linkages/Partnerships
WIC Program - NYCHHC Morrisania Neighborhood Family Care Center, Police
Athletic League, Hispanic AIDS Forum, New York Legal Assistance Group, ASPIRA
of New York, Osborne Association, Abraham House, Argus Community ACCESS
Program, Trabajamos Community Head Start, Bronx Community Pride Center, Therapeutic
Imprints, United Bronx Parents Inc., Banana Kelly Community Improvement
Association, The Point Community Development Corporation.
BPHC Collaborative Partnership
Northeast Redesign Collaborative
Statistics
Estimated residents in public housing: 65%
Project users: 5,670
