Community Connections
What is it?The Preventing Alcohol and Drug Abuse through Primary Education (PADAPE) program provides multimedia, age-appropriate prevention lessons to school-age children in their classrooms and adheres to the Principles of Prevention recognized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Making use…
What is it?Baby Love, which started in 1988, is a community-based outreach program of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Strong Memorial Hospital that is designed to engage at-risk women in early and continuous prenatal care. Recent evaluation of the program revealed that high-risk…
What is it?In existence since 1998, the Yonkers Childhood Heath Initiative (YCHI) has partnered with more than 60 public and private organizations. YCHI’s primary goals center on school-based programs for children that establish proper protocols for asthma treatment, needed immunizations and the…
What is it?The Kings County Hospital Center Wellness Center is a hospital-based fitness center that provides patients with free, supervised programs of exercise training. Who is it for?Diabetics and those suffering from the insulin-resistance syndrome and its related co-morbidities, as well as…
OverviewThe Bronx has been particularly hard hit by HIV, with up to 2 percent of its population living with AIDS and a death rate from AIDS that is nearly 10 times the national average. In 2001, the North Bronx Healthcare Network, which includes Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx…
What is it?The Link Choice program is a set of highly discounted health services offered by area health care providers to employers and individuals who cannot afford traditional health insurance coverage. The program is not an insurance plan; rather, it is an agreement by local health care…
What is it?As the only fully certified hospital-based child advocacy center in the New York Metro area, the Butler Center helps children who have been abused or neglected and provides emergency medical treatment and psychosocial evaluations for 1,000 children each year. The Center also provides…
What is it?Carthage Area Hospital’s Community Partners - Primary Care Network is a collaborative infrastructure of health care providers, schools, local government, civic organizations and others to develop, implement and maintain opportunities to ensure needed access to basic primary health care…
What is it?By increasing positive experiences through education and support, Butler Health System aims to improve the quality of life for Butler residents with its Family First Resource Center. Many services are free; others accept most insurance or out-of-pocket payments.
What is it?The Free Prescription Delivery program brings medications to the Delaware Valley Family Health Centers in Downsville two days a week and to the Roscoe Health Center Monday through Friday. Who is it for?Customers of CVS living in the Downsville and Roscoe area who are eligible for the…