Grantee Name
Floating Hospital, Inc.
Funding Area
Primary Care
Publication Date
August 2015
Grant Amount
$238,524
Grant Date:
December 2010 – December 2012
The Queensbridge and Ravenswood housing complexes in Long Island City are home to a diverse, special needs population of 11,000 low-income residents who suffer from high incidences of chronic disease and are subject to health disparities.
To provide primary care to residents, The Floating Hospital and Wyckoff Hospital took over a satellite clinic located on-site at Queensbridge Houses, New York City’s largest public housing development. Following approval from the New York State Department of Health, NYHealth awarded The Floating Hospital a grant in 2010 to assume operations at the satellite clinic and support initial staffing costs to hire clinical and outreach staff.