Category: News

Whitney Young Health’s Red Bookshelves By the Numbers

Since 2016, Whitney Young Health and The RED Bookshelf have collaborated in encouraging literacy and a love for books with children throughout the Capital Region.  RED Bookshelves consist of a wide-range of gently-used donated children’s books that children can take home and add to their own personal libraries. Whitney Young Health has four RED…
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Whitney on Wheels Providing Primary Care to Three New Sites

Whitney Young Health’s mobile health unit, Whitney on Wheels (WOW), has expanded their reach and added three new community locations to their lineup: Menands School District, Equinox, Inc.’s Transitional Living Program and Hope 7’s Community Center Food Pantry and as well as their After School Program. Since December 2018, WOW has been providing physicals,…
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CPTS Program Awarded Grant for New HIV Program

Whitney Young Health’s Community Prevention and Treatment Services (CPTS) Program has been awarded a 4-year grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for a new HIV program. Project COOL (Control Over Our Lives)’s mission is to integrate evidence-based, culturally competent mental and substance use disorder treatment with HIV primary care and prevention services. The patient population this…
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Whitney Young Health Implements New Language Service Technology

Earlier this month, the Whitney Young Health medical team was trained on Stratus Video, a language relay that can help staff communicate with our deaf or hard-of-hearing patients, along with translation services for over 25 languages via video and 200+ written languages. We are so excited to be able to roll out this new tool to…
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Give Back to Whitney Young Health This Holiday Season

Now is your chance to end 2018 on a good note by making someone else’s new year start off on the right foot. Whitney Young Health prides ourselves on providing affordable healthcare to over 20,000 patients, many of whom are children. Every gift, no matter how large or small, truly does makes a difference. Your…
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MVP Donates Winter Coats to Whitney Young Health’s Patients

Thank you to the MVP Health Care team for donating over 75 men, women and children coats towards our annual Coat Drive. Part of this donation went to new refugee families, whose children will be attending theAlbany International Center at North Albany Academy. Our mobile health unit, Whitney on Wheels, visits the school twice a month to provide primary care…
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