It’s possible to cut costs while giving quality health care
View article here With New York state confronting a $6.1 billion budget deficit, the state is facing severe cuts to Medicaid, a program that serves as a lifeline to millions of New Yorkers living with significant physical and behavioral health challenges. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has convened a “Medicaid Redesign Team” to identify billions in savings […]
Instead of cutting Medicaid, invest in whole care
Featured in AM New York – February 11, 2020 | Page 6 A newly appointed Medicaid Redesign Task Force has been charged by Governor Cuomo with identifying ways to cut $2.5 billion next year without harming the sickest among us — a nearly impossible task. Instead of this risky approach, let’s invest in programs that […]
Mount Sinai, ICL, and Healthfirst Medicaid Savings Project Featured in Crain’s
Collaboration achieves $1.3 Million in Medicaid Savings and reduces hospitalizations for hundreds of people with significant physical and behavioral health conditions Click here to read the Crain’s article New York, NY (January 27, 2020)– The Institute for Community Living (ICL), Mount Sinai Health System, and Healthfirst announced Monday that their partnership in providing improved quality […]
More Care, More Support: City Unveils Public Safety and Public Health Reforms
Recommendations set forth by the Health Department and NYPD will provide new ways for City agencies to reach the narrow population of New Yorkers with untreated mental illness who may pose a danger to themselves or others. Featuring a quote from David Woodlock – ICL President and CEO “Although research shows that people with mental […]
David Woodlock – Power 100 Awardee
Congratulations to David Woodlock, ICL President & CEO, recipient of City and State’s Non-Profit Power 100, a well-deserved recognition for his innovative leadership in creating a healthier New York for all! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jake Oliver, jake@anatgerstein.com, (347) 361-9983 Institute for Community Living’s David Woodlock Named by City & State […]
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Brooklyn Museum Hosts ICL Artists at Special Exhibition
The works of ICL artists are now on view at the Brooklyn Museum in a special exhibition in the Museum’s Education Gallery. The show, entitled Seen and Heard, explores art and identify and how artists can seek to reclaim their identify on their own terms, not through the lens of diagnosis or disability. This […]
ICL Opens East New York Health Hub: Celebrating Game-Changing Center
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First-of-its-Kind Health Hub Opens in East New York
$30 million, 40,000-Square-Foot Facility to Tackle Long-Standing Health Disparities and Serve as National Model for Primary and Behavioral Health Care NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 29, 2018) Today, the Institute for Community Living(ICL) and Community Healthcare Network(CHN), along with Council Member Rafael Espinal and other dignitaries, celebrated the opening of the East New York Health Hub. This brand new, […]
ICL Hosts ‘Beyond Cultural Competence in Health and Social Services’
A fantastic day of learning welcomed a community of educators, service providers and agencies to explore issues that impact health and well-being from multiple perspectives. Together with Candida Brooks-Harrison, LCSW, founder of The Village Enrichment Associates, and the Provost and Social Work Department of CUNY Medgar Evers College, the Beyond Cultural Competence in Health and […]
