Posts Tagged ‘Ulster’
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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Monday, January 14th, 2019
There is some important news for clients of our Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP).
New York State has taken the necessary steps to ensure that February recurring SNAP benefits (formerly known as food stamps) will be issued to all SNAP recipients in New York State by January 20th. If you are one of our NOEP clients, please note that this January 20th SNAP benefit is not an extra payment, but rather an early issuance of February’s benefit. Your NOEP Coordinator will work with you on how to budget accordingly since it will be coming earlier. It is also important to note that all households that require recertifications for February should complete all the necessary steps as soon as possible and before January 18th. Local SNAP offices are working hard to have these recertifications processed before January 31st. At this time, there is no information about how March benefits will be impacted. If you have any further questions please reach out to the NOEP Coordinators in your county:
For Dutchess County please contact Elena Dalia at (845) 360-9722
For Ulster County please contact Catherine Cortale at (845) 579-2558
For Orange County please contact Debbie LaBoy at (845) 522-5761
For Sullivan County please contact Pat Ocasio at (845) 842-1232
Tags: Awareness, benefits, Dutchess County, food, Newburgh, NOEP, nutrition, pantry, Poughkeepsie, SNAP, Ulster
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Friday, April 13th, 2018
Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate the official opening of our new Kingston office on Thursday, April 12, 2018! We moved our existing Kingston office to a larger, brighter space and combined our staff with those who worked at a former Lake Katrine office. Special thanks to Congressman John Faso for sending a certificate of recognition and Jude McGrath from the office of NYS Assemblyman Kevin Cahill.
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Welcome to our open house!
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Members of our Kingston staff!
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Board Members Aretha Thompson and Michael Hall, with Andi Straus and Lisa Carr
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Flowers from the Newburgh office.
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Andi Straus, current Executive Director, with Jeff Kraus, former ED.
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Presenting the certificate from Congressman Faso’s office
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A certificate of recognition from Congressman Faso’s office
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Kingston’s mascot, Fred Finstone
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Jackie Perez and Joel Ruuska
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A sign posted in the Kingston office.
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Jeff Kraus, Andi Straus and Jude McGrath
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Mary Beth Davis-Steyer and J. Dewey
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J. Dewey introduces the next speaker.
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Andi Straus, Executive Directors, welcomes everyone to the new office.
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Board VP Michael Hall says a few words of thanks.
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Michael Hall with former Executive Director Jeff Kraus
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Ribbon Cutting
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The ribbon has been cut! We are open!
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Cutting the ribbon
Tags: event, food, Kingston, office, Ulster
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Monday, February 5th, 2018
It’s time once again for delicious brunch food, mimosas, drag performers and Match Game! Liz, Dirk and the staff of Gunk Haus in Clintondale invite you to the 2018 Drag Brunch, a fundraiser for Hudson Valley Community Services. Hostess Trixie Starr is sure to sweeten the deal with the always-fun games and spicy banter. Local superstars including JoJo Gerard, Boxxa Vine and Valkyrie Hail will perform classic favorites and pop hits that will get you grooving to music by Superior Sounds. Plus, don your best gender-bending outfit and vie for the Best Audience Member Outfit prize and enter to win great prizes.
Tickets are $30 each and include choice of brunch entree, coffee, tea and juices–plus a donation to HVCS.
Tags: donations, drag, Drag Brunch, event, food, LGBT, LGBTQ, Ulster
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
HVCS’ Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) is pleased to announced that it now serves Sullivan and Ulster counties, in addition to Dutchess and Orange. The New York State Department of Health’s Harm Reduction Unit recently approved our plan to expand our successful syringe exchange van program to Kingston and Monticello.
The discrete SEP van will be located in Kingston at Elmendorf Street between Broadway and Tremper Avenue on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 12 noon and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
The van will also operate in Monticello on Mondays and Fridays from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm, but interested clients and referring agencies must call (845) 476-2190 OR (845) 234-5225 for location.
The SEP program has kept thousands of used syringes off of the streets and out of the Poughkeepsie and Newburgh communities thus far. Program staff regularly offer trainings on the overdose prevention drug Narcan/Naloxone, and have saved several lives. Staffers estimate that the clients they have trained to administer Narcan themselves revive between three and five overdosing peers each month.
For more information on SEP, please call (845) 476-2190 or (845) 234-5225.
Tags: Kingston, Monticello, Narcan, overdose, prevention, SEP, Sullivan, syringe exchange, syringe exchange program, treatment, Ulster
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
This just in! The Queens and Kings of New Paltz announced that their HVCS fundraiser, “Testing All Queens,” extends beyond the on-campus dinner and show this Saturday night with an official afterparty at Village Pizza! Join them for more shenanigans, $11 pies, and drink specials at this popular New Paltz hangout starting at 10:00 pm. Plus, there will be a surprise drag show at midnight so you get two shows in one night! $2 cover to benefit HVCS.
18 and up, 21 to drink. For more info on Testing All Queens see our previous post.
Tags: Awareness, bisexual, donations, drag, event, food, gay, HIV Testing, INFORM, lesbian, LGBTQ, New Paltz, Ulster
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Thursday, November 17th, 2016
SUNY New Paltz’ Queens & Kings of New Paltz, an on-campus drag club, presents the 2nd Annual “Testing All Queens!” drag show fundraiser on Saturday, December 3rd from 6:00 to 9:00 pm in the Student Union Building. This outrageously fun holiday-themed event features performances by future drag all-stars, dinner by Pasquale’s, DJ music by Dangerboy, and a guest speaker from Love Heals. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for non-students, all to benefit HVCS. Our Project INFORM team will be on hand with sexual health info, condoms, lube and other goodies, too.
Last year’s event was a ton of fun, and we were so inspired by these talented drag kings and queens that we wound up hiring them for our other drag events later in the year! This is one event you don’t want to miss!
Tags: AIDS, Awareness, bisexual, donations, drag, event, food, gay, HIV Status, HIV Testing, INFORM, LGBT, LGBTQ, special, Ulster
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Friday, May 20th, 2016
It was Red Nose Day at HVCS’ Poughkeepsie and Kingston offices! Our Case Managers celebrated several months of not being “in the red” in their quality assurance data dashboard. This means that the program has been meeting or exceeding Department of Health performance standards. Way to go, Dutchess & Ulster case managers!
Tags: case management, Dutchess County, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Ulster, Ulster County
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Monday, March 21st, 2016
Tags: Big Gay Huidson Valley, drag, Drag Brunch, event, food, gay, Gunk Haus, LGBTQ, Ulster
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Monday, March 14th, 2016
There are only a few tickets left for HVCS’ Drag Brunch 2016! This event has sold out every year and we expect the same situation for Sunday’s big show. If you’ve been waiting, now’s the time to hop on over to Eventbrite to snag your tickets!
And, to add to the fun, our friends and supporters at Big Gay Hudson Valley hope YOU the audience will have just as much fun as our drag-tastic performers! They’re giving away two pairs of tickets to their upcoming event to the two “Best Gender Bender Looks” at Drag Brunch. Don your best gender-switcheroo outfit or bend your gender outfit to the extreme and you might win a pair of tickets to see “Nasty Drew & That Harder Boy: The Mystery of the Family Jewels” in Rosendale on Saturday, April 16th. Outfits will be judged by our performers TRIXIE STARR, JOJO GERARD, ANITA LAY and AVI MUNSTER, so dress to impress!
Learn More About BGHV’s upcoming show:
Great jumping catfish! Someone has snatched Lady Dubois’ cherished family jewels! Never fear, stripper sleuths Nasty Drew and That Harder Boy are on the case. Watch as they hunt for clues, ward off menacing suspects and loosen up a few buttons of their own on their search to find the dastardly diamond deviant.
Presented by Big Gay Hudson Valley and GayHudson.com, Nasty Drew & That Harder Boy: The Mystery of the Family Jewels is written and produced by Chris Harder (who you may remember from BGHV’s annual burlesque cabaret, HUNG With Care). This queer and campy “whodunit” play features some of NYC’s hottest names in burlesque, drag and circus performance.
Learn more and watch the trailer online at www.BigGayHudsonValley.com/NastyDrew
Tags: Big Gay Huidson Valley, Drag Brunch, event, food, Friendraiser, gay, Hudson Valley AIDS Walk, special, transgender, Ulster
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