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A recent city study of health among the homeless revealed that homeless people are twice as likely to die as the general population and suffer a wide range of debilitating and chronic illnesses. Project Renewal's Medical Department provides integrated psychiatric and primary care for homeless men and women regardless of their ability to pay and where it is easily accessible to them.
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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 othersupport 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.
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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
Clinic |
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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, a phyisician's assistant, socialworker,
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 offers preventative, urgent and HIV/AIDS
services in addition to primary care. MedVan
provides healthcare to 2,000 homeless New Yorkers annually, operating six days a week at 15 sites in Manhattan, Harlem and Brooklyn.
See
what WABC said about the MedVan
The MedVan was recently featured in an article of Chelsea Now. Read the story here
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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. The staff provides counseling, education, and initiates and ensures follow-up treatment for all positive screenings. In 2008 we merged with Womens Outreach Network to expand our practice to 150 community sites in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.
Medical Imaging Magazine focuses on the "Mobile Mission" of Project Renewal's ScanVan.
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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 sees 700 patients annually. Clients are able to get every type
of oral health care - from preventive care to emergency
care to dentures.
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