Peekskill-Based HRHC to Open a Health Center in Nyack

With a $1,095,355 grant through the federal Health Resources and Service Administration Health Infrastructure Investment Program grant, Hudson River HealthCare (HRHC) will expand primary care services to Nyack.

“Access to essential health care services for all residents reinforces the wellbeing of entire communities,” said Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (Westchester/Rockland), the Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee. “This grant will allow Hudson River HealthCare to make primary care services available for 3,000 people in the Nyack area, and I’m proud that this federal investment will have immense local benefit.”

Peekskill-based HRHC will use the grant to renovate a recently-acquired building and establish a community health center to serve low-income individuals in Nyack and the surrounding communities.

Rockland County was included in a needs assessment of an eight-county region of New York, which revealed Nyack as a “hotspot” for health issues and gaps in services, with disproportionally high rates of chronic conditions, including heart disease, cancers, high rates of alcohol abuse and suicide, and a large percentage of residents who lack a primary care provider.

“This grant makes possible the renovation of the recently purchased Nyack site that will allow us to expand primary care services to Rockland County residents in Nyack and surrounding communities,” said Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPH, President and CEO of HRHC. “This also strengthens the partnerships with our sister health center, Refuah, and Nyack Hospital in delivery system reform.”

The health center will be located in a 3,700-square-foot space less than half a block away from Nyack Hospital and one block off Main Street in the heart of its target service area.

Services offered at the new health center will include comprehensive, full life cycle primary, preventive, and behavioral health care. There will be significant access for unscheduled walk-in appointments.

HRHC is projecting to add an additional 14 staff with the creation of the Nyack health care facility, including physicians, nurses, medical assistants, social workers, patient navigators, patient representatives, and outreach workers.

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Also in Rockland County, HRHC is offering a free six-week Healthy Choices NY community workshop series on chronic disease self-management beginning Oct. 7 at the Martin Luther King Center in Spring Valley.

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