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Harlem United and Housing Works Announce Upcoming Merger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elizabeth Koke, Housing Works Phone: 646-342-9350 Email: e.koke@housingworks.org HOUSING WORKS AND HARLEM UNITED ANNOUNCE UPCOMING MERGER; WILL CREATE ONE OF NEW YORK CITY’S LARGEST PROVIDERS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES New York City’s leading advocacy and service organization will add Harlem United’s FQHC, integrated harm reduction, housing,…
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Celebrating Janice – The New Yorker of the Week!
Today we celebrate Janice a Harlem United volunteer who was named Spectrum News NY1 New Yorker of the Week! A long-time volunteer in NYC and beyond, Janice has been part of the Integrated Harm Reduction crew for close to one year. Together Janice is one of our superstars creating a welcoming and safe shower service…
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How a smiling face & a listening ear make all the difference
Arleen came to Harlem United as a temp in 2006. For the past nine years, the front desk on the second floor of 306 Lenox Avenue has slowly become her “home.” Arleen knows how to hold down the fort and she does so with grace and her signature easy going attitude. In fact, she is…
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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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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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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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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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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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