Programs

  • Community Health Services for Chronic Conditions

    In 2024, we provided over 3025 clinic and behavioral health visits with onepractitioner and one mental health clinician. Over 80% of our patients thispast year were of Hispanic and Latino descent with almost 45% beinguninsured. Almost 50% live with chronic conditions such as diabetes andheart disease.HEC had been operating as a Department of Health and Human Services, HealthResources and Services Administration (HRSA) section 330 community healthcenter (CHC) having received $1 million dollars from HRSA for a ServiceArea Competition (SAC-AA) on 11/17/2020. As a new CHC from SAC-AA, theservice area was required to proceed through a SAC application process (FY2022 Service Area Announcement, HRSA-22-103) in the health center's firstyear of operation. HRSA's Objective Review Committee Final SummaryStatement scored our application with a raw score of 95, without thebenefit of additional priority points as a 1st year CHC. HEC was not fundedas it was determined another organization was awarded based on thosepriority points.We have many collaborative agreements with community-based organizationssuch as La Casa de Don Pedro and FOCUS as well as two substance useorganizations, Greater Essex Counseling Services and CURA. We have alsopartnered with Park Ave and Ridge Street elementary schools for primarycare and mental health services. We have an established agreement withRobert Wood Johnson - Clara Maass Medical Center for follow up andspecialty care. We are preparing to provide diabetes self-management andcardiovascular health services and education to patients in need ofimportant self-management skills. As you can see, we are committed toexecuting effective and evidence-based initiatives to improve chronicdisease symptoms and conditions in Newark and particularly in ourcommunities.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $804.7K