Sun River Health has been approved to receive $1,800,000 in omnibus appropriations funding from Congress requested by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries for The Alpha School in Brooklyn, and $2 million in omnibus appropriations funding requested by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representatives Sean Patrick Maloney for facilities and equipment at Sun River Health Beacon.
“We are incredibly grateful to Senator Chuck Schumer and Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Sean Patrick Maloney for securing these important funds for our community health center sites at The Alpha School in Brooklyn and in Beacon,” said Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPH, Sun River Health CEO. “The funding for The Alpha School is a critical resource needed to bring this expanded health center vision to fruition. This expansion will ensure that more New Yorkers are able to access a wider variety of vital health care services, including walk-in primary care and behavioral health care, all utilizing using state-of-the-art equipment in a space that honors patients and creates a healing environment. The funding for Beacon will meet this community’s growing needs, including by adding urgent care and expanding primary care. These vital funds will significantly contribute to the overall health and wellbeing of our Brooklyn and Beacon communities.”
The $1.8 million in funding requested for Sun River Health The Alpha School realizes the vision that began through an initial grant awarded by One Brooklyn Health System, Inc. (OBHS) through its Kings County Health Care Facility Transformation Program to Sun River Health. The capital funds will support the expansion of the facility’s primary care, behavioral health services, and OASAS programs in East New York, a medically underserved area in which more than 56% of the residents are low income and experience high rates of chronic health conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and HIV/AIDS.
The $2 million in funding for Sun River Health Beacon will help provide a dramatically redesigned system of service delivery, including the creation of a six-exam room urgent care suite and reconfiguration of the space to allow for a unified entry point for accessing primary care, urgent care, behavioral health care services, dental services, care management, and patient navigation. The project will expand access and capacity, raise visibility, and contribute to community revitalization in downtown Beacon.
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