New York, NY (May 11, 2012) – The Institute for Family Health and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, along with over a dozen speakers from other organizations, testified yesterday in support of Assembly Bill 07699 at a public hearing called by New York State Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried. The sole opposing testimony came from the Greater New York Hospital Association. Read the rest of this entry »

BronxTalk, a call-in talk show focused on issues affecting Bronx residents, featured Bronx Health REACH and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest on its program on Monday, March 26th at 9 pm. The 30 minute program featured Charmaine Ruddock, Bronx Health REACH Project Director, and Shena Elrington, Director, Health Justice Program at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. The weekly show, hosted by Gary Axelbank, airs live on Monday nights and invites guests to speak about a variety of issues, including health care, education, crime, and housing. Read the rest of this entry »

Bronx, NY (December 21, 2011) —On Wednesday, December 21, Bronx Health REACH and New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera’s Bronx CAN Health Initiative, hosted an event to recognize the impact that the West Tremont Deli Grocery Corp at 19 W. Tremont, in partnership with the Citizen Schools apprenticeship program at MS 331, has had on increasing access to healthier food in a South Bronx community. Read the rest of this entry »

Progress in Community Health Partnerships, a national, peer-reviewed journal whose mission is to identify and publicize model programs that use community partnerships to improve public health, has published an article by the Bronx Health REACH coalition in its most recent issue. The article, “A Community Mobilizes to End Medical Apartheid”, describes the events that led to the Bronx Health REACH coalition’s decision to file a civil rights complaint with the New York State Office of the Attorney General alleging that three academic medical centers in New York City discriminated on the basis of payer status and race in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Hill-Burton Act, New York State regulations, and New York City Human Rights Law. To read the article, click here.

New York, NY (November 7, 2011) – The Institute for Family Health and Bronx Health REACH applaud Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) for voting “yes” on a comprehensive slate of proposals designed to reduce health disparities and improve access to care for people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities and LGBQT populations, among others. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, Bronx Health REACH co-hosted its second annual New York REACH US Health Disparities Summit in downtown Manhattan. The two-day event was co-hosted by Bronx Health REACH and its sister REACH NY grantees: B Free CEED; the Brooklyn Perinatal Network; and the Communities Impact Diabetes Center. As REACH grantees, these four organizations invited their legacy grantees and community partners to attend the summit: Transforming Our Communities into Places of Health and Wellness. Read the rest of this entry »

With the beginning of a new school year, Bronx Health REACH looks forward to continuing its work under the New York State Department of Health funded HEA+LTHY Schools NY program. Bronx Health REACH will continue working with eight participating schools in Districts 7 and 9 and will add four additional schools to the program. Due to a change in budget allocation at the State level, the nutrition and tobacco components of the program have been eliminated and Bronx Health REACH will be working with schools exclusively on physical education and physical activity (PE/PA) policies and programs. Read the rest of this entry »

Pando Projects is a nonprofit aimed at empowering people to develop grassroots solutions to address problems in their communities. For the past year, Bronx Health REACH’s Community HealthCorps member Ying Guo has been working with Head Start and the MidBronx Early Learning Program to start community gardens in pre-K classes through Pando Projects. Watch a video highlighting Ying’s efforts and those of other Pando Project leaders here. Read the rest of this entry »