Posts Tagged ‘prevention’
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
Even before merging, HVCS and Cornerstone Family Healthcare (CFH) worked together as community partners. We frequently make referrals back and forth to ensure that clients have optimal healthcare and the best possible quality of life. In our Drug User Health Hub, serving clients with opioid use disorder in Orange and Sullivan counties, a Cornerstone Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner sees clients and writes Suboxone prescriptions.
Since the merger, two CFH programs became HVCS programs:
• Positive Choices Center: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment (moved to Client Services department)
• HIPS and PrEP (moved to Community Education and Prevention department with HVCS)
For more information about Cornerstone, visit www.cornerstonefamilyhealthcare.org or find them on Facebook and Instagram.
Tags: AIDS, Cornerstone, healthcare, HIV, MAT, prevention, suboxone, substance use
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Friday, February 5th, 2021
Talk sexual health with Hudson Valley Community Services!
Thursday February 18th at 6:15 p.m.
The program will include a presentation on common STI’s, prevention and harm reduction methods, and methods of safe sex. It will also include a conversation on overall health. After the presentation HVCS will open up the conversation for questions and offer services to anyone who may be interested.
These groups are held in a safe space, are 100% confidential, and are LGBTQ affirming.
Register here: www.rebrand.ly/sexhealth
This event is being conducted with the Newburgh Free Library.
Tags: Awareness, Newburgh, prevention, sex, training, Zoom
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
In mid-December, we received an email from the Ulster County Department of Mental Health. They asked if we would be interested in signing on as a subcontractor on a grant from NACCHO: the National Association of City and County Health Officials. Specifically, they wanted to know if we would be up for reviving or rebooting our Mid-Hudson Project Reach Out (PRO) program to provide support and referrals to Ulster County residents with substance use disorder issues. We said yes, collaborated on a grant application, and were very pleased to learn that it was funded!
Street Outreach will offer many of the same services as PRO but is not van-based. Services include referrals to full spectrum addiction treatment (including in- and outpatient services and transportation to intake/admission appointment as needed), Expanded Syringe Access Program (ESAP), Syringe Exchange Program (SEP), Narcan training, HIV/HCV/STI testing counseling and navigation, case management, and food assistance.
Though we wish we could bring back PRO to the entire Mid-Hudson, we are thrilled to restore it to one county at least, and to have found a brand-new funding partner in Ulster County Department of Mental Health.
Tags: News, opioid, prevention, substance use, Ulster
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Friday, July 31st, 2020
Gotham Gazette reported on New York State’s withholding of payments on contractual services already provided by HVCS and its potential impact on programs and staffing. HVCS is not the only nonprofit facing this dilemma by far. Thanks to Gotham Gazette for covering this issue.
“With the pandemic blowing a hole in the economy and leading to a drastic drop in state tax revenue, budget officials have for months been withholding payments for state contracts to manage cash flows. Among the victims of that fiscal approach are substance use treatment providers who are being forced to cut already-limited services and consider staff layoffs and furloughs, which they say will likely lead to a sharp increase in overdoses and new disease outbreaks around the state.”
Read the full article here.
Tags: advocacy, harm reduction, prevention, recovery, substance use
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Jennifer Brathwaite, our Director of Education and Prevention, is quoted in this two-part article on aging in prison on RealHealth.com.
This a lengthy yet eye-opening article that is well worth the read. Jennifer’s contributing quotes appear in Part Two.
Here’s an excerpt:
Brathwaite finds that sometimes formerly incarcerated seniors may not be aware and educated about issues concerning HIV. “While I wouldn’t want to stereotype or put everyone in the same group, I think that with our older population, there is less knowledge or access to information that’s current about the advancements in this area and in what we know about HIV, hep C, STIs [sexually transmitted infections], infectious disease transmission and things like that,” she observes. “I think there’s still a lot of stigma, specifically around HIV, and a lack of knowledge about how the virus is transmitted.”
Part One
Part Two
Tags: AIDS, health, Hepatitis C, prevention, prison, prison services, Sullivan County
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
In this episode of the PHA (Peer Health Alliance) Podcast we discuss some great stigma-free resources right here in the Hudson Valley. Whether you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community or want to support someone who is. The team talks about a few of the great social, support and medical resources you can access without having to trek down to NYC! Save the tolls, give a listen and learn how to be more connected to the things you need right here in our community!
Listen and subscribe to all episodes on iTunes and Spotify!
Tags: Awareness, bisexual, gay, lesbian, LGBTQ, podcast, prevention, transgender
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Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
In this episode of the PHA (Peer Health Alliance) Podcast, the team discusses all you need to know about getting tested for HIV, Hep C and other Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Listen and subscribe on iTunes and Spotify.
Tags: Hepatitis C, podcast, prevention, STDs, STIs, testing
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
HVCS’ Peer Health Alliance or PHA podcast is fun, open conversation about reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections and overall sexual health tips for young men ages 13-29 in the LGBTQ community and anyone who wants to know more about staying safe when it comes to sex.
In this episode Steph, Naomi & Andy talk about condoms, condom flavors, lube and more.
Subscribe and listen to more episodes on Spotify, iTunes, your favorite podcast app, or the web.
Tags: AIDS, Awareness, bisexual, condom, gay, Hepatitis C, HIV, LGBT, podcast, prevention, transgender
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