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Adult Day Health Care opens at Harlem United
Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) licensure would extend medical interventions to disenfranchised clients. This was a bold move, as other agencies had passed on this opportunity, and it would prove to be successful.
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First government funded housing program
Our organization begins our first housing program for people living with HIV funded by the government through the Human Resources Administration (HRA) in New York City.
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Community leaders & HIV-positive New Yorkers gather in a church basement to form what would become Harlem United
At the height of the initial wave of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Upper Room AIDS Ministry (URAM) was founded in response to the community’s cries for help. Located first in the basement of a church, URAM provided for the very basic needs of those who were most affected by the epidemic. In addition to AIDS,…
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