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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. |
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Street Smart Van: Healthcare on Wheels for Homeless Youth |
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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
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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,
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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 (32K .doc) |
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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.
Read about our ScanVan launch October, 2007. |
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Medical Clinics |
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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
Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) HIV/AIDS
Bureau to deliver HIV prevention and counseling services. |
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Dental Clinics |
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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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