On Thursday April 18, Housing Works accepeted a $300,000 check from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. Left: Nadine Akinyemi, CEO of Bringing Access to Care & Board Chair of EngageWell IPA; Christopher Joseph, executive director of EngageWell IPA, Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President; Jessica Diamond, Housing Works’ executive director of community healthcare services; Manisha Franklin, director of community relations for Anthem and Lisa Thompson, M.D., medical director for Anthem.
Housing Works will open their newest location in East Harlem at 145 E. 125th Street in early June. The nonprofit has helped provide homeless and low-income New Yorkers with comprehensive care since 1990.“We imagine a world where no matter who you are, where you come from, or what challenges you face, absolutely everyone has access to the resources and care that they need,” said Lisa Thompson, M.D.
Via the Tangelo app, which accepts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , clients of Housing Works can have 24 boxes of food a year delivered to their home on a bi-weekly basis and can cater those foods to meet their dietary needs.