Since 1990, Harlem Health Promotion Center (HHPC) has been working with community members through research, education, advocacy, and service delivery. As part of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the HHPC’s mission is to use community partnerships, health training, program evaluation, information technology, and infrastructure to improve the health and well-being of the Harlem community, and effectively communicate and disseminate public health practices to Harlem’s residents.
Deerfield has supported the HHPC since 2014 by funding a part-time health educator for the HHPC’s Youth Access Program (YAP) which provides sexual and reproductive health education and screening services to African-American and Hispanic youth between the ages of 13 and 24. Over the past three years, the YAP program has worked directly with 18 high schools and 13 community based organizations.
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Children’s Health Fund Coalition for the Homeless Covenant House Harlem Health Promotion Center Health Builders La Chaine de l'Espoir Little Sisters of the Assumption NY Foundling Partners in Health Possible Health The Family Center The Water Trust
Many Hopes Muso Northside Center for Child Development Réseau des Entrepreneurs Solidaires Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation Terre des Hommes Village Health Works
Access Project Africa Inland Mission International American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Girls Educational & Mentoring Services GOAL Harlem Children's Zone IVUmed New York Roadrunners Soft Power Health YMCA