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For the thousands of homeless New Yorkers who live on the city's streets, Project Renewal's comprehensive approach to moving individuals into homes and jobs often starts with the offer of food, a shower, a bed, short-term treatment for addiction and primary medical care. We therefore run a range of "low-demand" programs so as to be able to meet people where they are and take them to the next step in their recovery.

 

 
 
         
  Medical Clinics  
  Medical Clinic Project Renewal provides comprehensive medical care to clients at our residential programs at Third Street, Kenton Hall, New Providence and Fort Washington . Staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, outreach workers and other support staff, these state-of-the-art community-based clinics work closely with our MedVan, as well as our shelter-based psychiatric and case management staffs to treat people who suffer the medical ravages of homelessness. In 2000, the clinics were awarded a grant from the Health Resourcesand Services Administration's  
  (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau to deliver HIV prevention and counseling services.  
     
   
  Street Smart Van: Healthcare on Wheels for Homeless Youth  
 

StreetSmart, a mobile medical van modeled on our highly successful MedVan hit the streets in 2005, providing comprehensive health care to homeless youth, aged 15-25. The van provides preventive, primary and urgent healthcare and mental health services to young people living on the streets or at-risk of homelessness as well as linkages to education, housing and employment services.

 

 
     
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  MedVan :Mobile Medical Clinic  
  MedVan

Our fully outfitted MedVan provides professional primary medical care to homeless people 'where they are' - on the streets, in shelters, at soup kitchens and at drop-in centers. Equipped with two fully operational examining rooms and staffed by a team that includes a physician, social worker, nurse practitioner, a

 
 

pharmacist, a psychiatrist and driver/aide, the MedVan was among the first mobile medical units serving homeless people in the country when it started operations in 1986. Today, it is a national model and offers preventative, urgent and HIV/AIDS services in addition to primary care. In 2005, the MedVan provided healthcare to nearly 3,500 homeless New Yorkers.

See what WABC said about the MedVan

Read what the Staten Island Advance said about the ScanVan

Read our Press Release from PR Web

 

 
             
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  ScanVan    
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Launched in 2007, the ScanVan is the nation's first mobile radiology clinic to provide both mammograms and chest x-rays to homeless and poor patients.  The ScanVan meets two critical needs: serving poor and homeless women with little or no access to breast health services and screening for tuberculosis (a city study shows that homeless people contract TB at a rate 11 times that of the general population.  The staff provides counseling, education, and initiates and ensures follow-up treatment for all positive screenings.

Medical Imaging Magazine focuses on the "Mobile Mission" of Project Renewal's ScanVan.

 

 
       
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  Dental Clinics    
  Dental Clinic

Project Renewal opened the first free-standing dental clinic for homeless people and indigent New Yorkers in 2004. With funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau and its Bureau of Primary Care Health Care for the Homeless program, the clinic served more than 1100 clients in 2005. Clients are able to get every type of oral health care - from preventive care to emergency care to dentures.

 

 
       
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