Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray announced an initiative on Monday, March 13, 2017, to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 35 percent over the next five years. The Institute will be one of the city contractors who will distribute naloxone kits and train additional providers to combat the opioid use in New …read more
The Institute and Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley were recently granted federal funding to prevent suicides in Ulster County New York. The Daily Freeman, Times Herald-Record and Spectrum News covered the story. Read more here: Daily Freeman: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20170123/new-program-in-ulster-county-provides-follow-up-treatment-for-people-who-considered-suicide Times Herald-Record: http://www.recordonline.com/news/20170123/federal-grant-may-help-reduce-suicides-in-ulster-county Spectrum News: http://www.twcnews.com/nys/hudson-valley/news/2017/01/23/healthalliance-and-institute-for-family-health-team-up-to-help-prevent-suicides-.html
More coverage of the recent partnership with Ellenville Judge Matthew Parker to offer drug treatment alternative to drug offenders in Ellenville. Read more here: http://www.twcnews.com/nys/hudson-valley/news/2016/10/26/opioid-abuse-treatment-not-jail-ellenville.html
The Institute’s new initiative to offer a drug treatment alternative to opioid defendants in Ellenville, NY was featured in the Daily Freeman. Read more here: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20161026/ellenville-court-offers-options-for-opioid-defendants
The Institute was featured on MidHudsonNews.com today. The article described a new initiative between Judge Matthew Parker of Ellenville and Ellenville Family Health Center which offers a treatment alternative for opioid abusers that may enter the criminal justice system. Read more here: http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2016/October/25/opoid_alt_Evl-25Oct16.html
The ‘Bronx Salad was featured in a recent article published by DNAInfo — “‘Bronx Salad’ Aims to Improve Health in the Borough.” The article discussed goal of the collaborators — which include Bronx Health REACH, SoBro and the United Business Cooperative — to increase the amount of healthy food options available in the South Bronx. Read …read more
Dr. Mark Josefski and the Institute were mentioned in a recent Chronogram article about the annual music and arts festival. The festival, which takes place in Kingston, also includes a health component, spearheaded by Dr. Josefski. Read more of the article here: http://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/the-evolution-of-o/Content?oid=2389244
Bronx Health REACH staff were recently featured on a News12 Bronx segment about the Healthy Beverage Zone (HBZ) Project, led by Union Community Health Center and in partnership with members of #Not62 – The Campaign for A Healthy Bronx. The Bronx has been selected as a HealthyCommunity50 finalist, in the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge. As …read more
Dr. Neil Calman, co-founder and president of the Institute, took part in a forum called “Dismantling Racism in NYC’s Health System.” The forum was an initiative of the coalition, of which the Institute is a member – NYC Coalition to Dismantle Racism in the Health System. “We join together in part because New York City has …read more
