Grantee Name
Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. / dba: Lutheran Family Health Centers
Funding Area
Expanding Health Care Coverage
Publication Date
June 2016
Grant Amount
$14,250
Grant Date:
July 2010 – March 2015
Numbers of homeless in New York City have been on the rise.
Barriers to primary health care access for the homeless are severe, extensive, and challenging to resolve. The community medicine program at Lutheran Family Health Centers (LFHC) was approached by the New York City Department of Homeless Services to be the on-site medical and behavioral health provider at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter (Bellevue), one of the largest shelters in the New York City system.
There had been no on-site provider at Bellevue, and because of funding cuts, the City did not have the resources to hire an on-site provider to perform much-needed services. Subsequently, LFHC submitted an application to open a clinic at Bellevue to provide a variety of primary care services for homeless men. NYHealth awarded LFHC a grant to support the early operation of the clinic.