The
Institute's Healthcare for the Homeless Project provides
services at seven Manhattan sites. Each site is assigned
a medical provider and a social worker, unless the site
has its own social service staff.
The
program's goals are to make health care services easily
accessible to the homeless population, to engage clients
into care and identify and stabilize chronic medical
and mental health conditions, and to assist people in
getting the medical and social services they need. There
is an emphasis on reaching out to identify clients who
are at high risk for HIV infection and to promote HIV
diagnostic testing and then follow-up care and services.
This
program is funded by Care for the Homeless, which receives
federal and other funding.In
addition to the services provided by the Institute (described
below), Care for the Homess staff provide HIV intensive
case management, substance abuse counseling, psychiatry
and mental health, HIV pre/post test counseling and
HIV and general health education at many of our sites.
Ali
Forney Center This is a shelter for
homeless youth who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or transgender.
The Institute provides medical care and social services
once a week.
All
Angels Church
251 West 80th Street This church has a small food
program and offers showers and clothing to homeless
people. The Institute provides medical and social services
there two days a week.
Broadway
Presbyterian Church
601 West 114th St. This church has a soup kitchen
for homeless and low-income people three days per week.
The Institute provides medical and social services two days
a week.
George
Daly House
269 East Fourth St. This is a transitional
residence for 80 men and women age 50 and older who
are, generally, substance free and in good mental health.
The Institute provides medical services one day per
week. The site provides social services.
Project
Reachout
Amsterdam Avenue at 88th St. Outreach
workers visit Central Park and other Upper West Side
locations daily to attempt to bring mentally ill homeless
people to the Project Reachout site. The Institute provides
medical care once a week, and Project Reachout offers
extensive social services.
The
Senate
206 West 92nd Street This is a supportive SRO offering
permanent housing to formerly homeless people, many
of whom are mentally ill. The Institute provides medical
care once a week.
Valley
Lodge
149 West 108th St. Valley Lodge is a transitional
residence for homeless men and women over age 50, operated
by the West Side Federation for Senior Housing. The
Institute provides medical care two days a week and
8 hours of nursing services during the week, and the
site provides intensive social services for these clients,
many of whom have chronic medical problems or mental illness.
