NYACK – Hudson River HealthCare
will be able to expand its primary care services to Nyack thanks to a
more than $1 million grant from the federal government.
The Peekskill-based agency will use the grant to renovate a recently acquired
building and establish a community health center to serve low-income residents
in Nyack and surrounding communities. The facility will be less than a
half block away from Nyack Hospital and one block off Main Street in the
heart of the target service area. Services will include comprehensive,
full-life cycle primary, preventive, and behavioral health care with unscheduled
walk-in appointments.
Rockland County was included in a needs assessment of an eight-county
region revealing the county as a “hotspot” for health issues
and gaps in services, with disproportionally high rates of chronic conditions,
including health disease, cancers, high rates of alcohol abuse and suicide,
and a large percentage of residents who lack a primary care provider.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY17) announced the grant.
