NYCHA Hosts Mental Health First Aid Training for Residents, Staff
Trainings helped prepare NYCHA resident and staff participants to be able to assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis.
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NYCHA Health Corps Members Honored for Service to Their Communities
In June, NYC Service held a recognition ceremony at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to celebrate 120 AmeriCorps Members for their
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NYCHA Staten Island Residents Trained on Community Wellness
Thirty Staten Island NYCHA residents trained to address mental health and wellbeing.
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The Floating Hospital Workshops Give Queensbridge Men Safe Space to Talk Health
Offering free workshops focused on men’s health issues.
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New Agricultural Education Center Coming to Marlboro Houses
The Marlboro Agricultural Education Center will include a rooftop greenhouse to support raising fish and plants.
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The NYCHA Health Corps Member Who Wants New Yorkers to Embrace Lifestyle Medicine
Janet Camacho was getting ready to graduate from Hunter College with a BA in Psychology, wondering how to land her
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Film Screening, Awards Ceremony Spotlight Smoke-Free NYCHA
NYCHA hosted its first official screening of “We All Share the Air,” in conjunction with an awards ceremony.
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Meet the NYCHA Health Corps Member Serving Communities in Five Languages
On any given week, Ousmane Diallo, a Community Engagement Officer at an NYC Health Department public health clinic, will often
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Meet Jegan Abraham, Director of NYCHA’s Office of Water Quality
Making sure that residents have access to clean, safe water is one of NYCHA’s top priorities. In late 2022, NYCHA’s
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Recognition Ceremony Held for First Cohort of NYCHA Health Corps
20 NYCHA residents graduated from NYCHA Health Corps, after spending nine-months performing public health and health equity service work in NYCHA communities.
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