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Health Home launches
A care management service model, Health Home, was introduced whereby the caregivers of a client communicate with one another ensuring their needs are addressed in a comprehensive manner.
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Rapid Hepatitis C testing begins
We integrated a rapid Hepatitis C screening into our standard testing program. If an individual tests positive, we are able to immediately connect them to care for treatment.
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Prevention services expand
Recognizing that regular access to healthcare services is critical for preventing HIV—as well as other STIs and health conditions—we created a new program, called Access to Care, to link clients to care, increasing reengagement efforts to high-risk homeless and HIV positive individuals.
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Our first congregate housing opens
Our housing program expanded to include the first congregate housing facilities, Foundation House West.
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FROSTD joins the Harlem United family
We formed a Partnership and then later acquired the Foundation for Research on Sexually Transmitted Disease (FROST’D). This was done to give chronic substance users, HIV-positive formerly homeless persons, and YMSM2 access to healthcare. Specifically, this allowed us to build out our harm reduction services, including syringe exchange, to provide recovery support services to our…
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We become a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center
We were awarded a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC) grant. This designation gives Harlem United the opportunity to provide homeless clients with healthcare services they would otherwise not be able to access.
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Country’s only Spanish-language Adult Day Health Care program for people living with HIV/AIDS opens
We opened the first (and only) Spanish-language Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) program to address the rapidly growing Latino population affected by HIV/AIDS. The program was called El Faro, which means The Lighthouse in Spanish.
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Rapid Testing begins
We were one of earliest organizations to obtain rapid testing waiver allowing clients to access immediate HIV test results. This is important because it means when people test positive, they are able to be connected to care — and start treatment — right away.
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Harlem United co-founds Amida Care
We became a founding member and co-owner of Amida Care (then Vida Care), the only Medicaid special needs health plan owned by community based organizations, designed for persons living with HIV/AIDS in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
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