Academy Of Medical And Public Health Services

ACADEMY OF MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH SERVICE ORGANIZATION WITH A TRIPLE AIM TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN UNDERSERVED IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES; COORDINATE TRULY NEEDED PRIMARY CARE WITH SOCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND DELIVER CARE WITH DIGNITY AND EMPATHY TO MARGINALIZED NEW YORKERS THROUGH ITS COMMUNTIY PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, AMPHS LENDS TO EMPOWERMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN LOCAL AND CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PARADIGMS.

COVID-19 ESCALATED EXISTING COMMUNITY NEEDS WHILE CREATING NEW, UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES. TO ADDRESS THESE RISING NEEDS, WE OPENED A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE ADDRESSED RISING MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICE AND FOOD SECURITY NEEDS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ESSENTIAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORK DURING THE 2020 CENSUS AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR.COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES: OUR HEALTH TEAM LAUNCHED FIVE FLU IMMUNIZATION CLINICS, INOCULATING OVER 400 PEOPLE. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE TO SET UP THE FIRST COVID-19 TESTING SITE IN SUNSET PARK. WE HELD 38 HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE WORKSHOPS, REACHING 11,044 PARTICIPANTS. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: CONDUCTED 348 NO-COST BILINGUAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MILD TO MODERATE MENTAL HEALTH INDICATIONS.SOCIAL WORK SERVICES: COVID-19 OUR SOCIAL WORK TEAM HELD 231 INTENSIVE SOCIAL WORK CASE MANAGEMENT SESSIONS AND PROVIDED 539 COMMUNITY MEMBER FOLLOW-UPS THROUGH BILINGUAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND SOCIAL WORK STAFF.COVID-19 RESPONSE: TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 200,000 PIECES OF PPE, POSTERED AT 700+ BUSINESSES, AND DISSEMINATED OVER 10,000 PIECES OF COVID LITERATURE. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED $150,000 IN CASH ASSISTANCE TO 210 FAMILIES INELIGIBLE FOR STIMULUS FUNDING.FOOD DISTRIBUTION: IN RESPONSE TO FOOD INSECURITY DURING COVID-19, WE STARTED OUR FIRST CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE COMMUNITY POP-UP FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM, SERVING A TOTAL OF XX FAMILIES AND DISTRIBUTING OVER 30,000 POUNDS OF FOOD ACROSS SIX SITES IN SUNSET PARK.ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM: PROVIDED ESOL CLASSES AND DIGITAL LITERACY EDUCATION TO 275 STUDENTS ACROSS THE BEGINNER, HIGH BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS.CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: DURING A CENSUS AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR, WE UPLIFTED COMMUNITY VOICES THROUGH VOTER AND CENSUS OUTREACH. WE HELD 14 VOTER ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, INCLUDING TEXTBANKING, PHONEBANKING AND IN-PERSON OUTREACH THAT TOGETHER REACHED 80,133 PEOPLE, HELPED 100 PEOPLE REGISTER TO VOTE, AND ENGAGED 1,700 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONDUCTED OUTREACH FOR CENSUS 2020, REACHING A TOTAL OF 265,110 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH 161 OUTREACH EVENTS, INCLUDING PHONEBANKING, TEXTBANKING, TEACH-INS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN-PERSON EVENTS. TOGETHER, WE COMPLETED 8,163 CENSUS FORMS AND COUNTED APPROXIMATELY 28,570 PEOPLE.