The Missing Piece - Newsletter and Announcements
11.20.2009
HEALTH FAIR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21!
The Flatbush Development Corporation is sponsoring a health fair at Baptist Church of the Redeemer, 1921 Cortelyou Rd., Brookly, NY 11226 this Saturday from 11am to 6pm.
Services available include:
Mobile Mammography Unit (Appointment is necessary, call 1-800-453-8378 Ext.1)
FDNY Home Safety
NY Asian Women's Center
Diabetes Information
Flu, H1N1 Information
Flatbush Development Corporation contact #:718-859-3800
Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition
Reaching into the borough…..
Brooklyn Health: Bedford-Stuyvesant
Fall/Winter 2009 General Membership Meeting
Thursday, December 10, 2009
1:30 – 4:00pm
Objectives:
- Gain important skills in event planning on a budget,
- Learn about Bed-Stuy’s unique demographics and health needs,
- Network with Bed-Stuy politicians and community leaders,
- Highlight some of GBHC’s member agencies, and
- Participate in a dialogue on how we can work together to make Bed-Stuy healthier.
Keynote Presentation – “How to Organize a Celebrity Studded Event on a Shoe String Budget” by Vincent Ferguson, Body Sculpt, Inc.
Bedford-Stuyvesant panel representatives:
- Dee Bailey, Health Committee Chair, Brooklyn Community Board #3
- Reverend Monet Rice, Concord Baptist Church;
- Auxiliary Officer Chris Olivio, NYPD, 79th Precinct; and
- Senator Vilmanette Montgomery, New York State Senate
Baptist Concord Church
833 Dr. Rev Gardner C. Taylor Blvd (Marcy Ave)
Brooklyn, New York 11216
Entrance on Marcy Ave near Putnam Ave.
Downstairs in Memorial Hall (2 short flights down)
Please RSVP online at http://www.brooklynhealth.org or by calling 718-462-8654 x293.
Light refreshments will be served.
Tables will be provided for Bed-Stuy CBOs/providers and GBHC members in good standing only to display flyers for their upcoming programs and services. Specific request must be emailed to info@brooklynhealth.org.
Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition – Working to make Brooklyn a healthier place since 1997!
11.17.2009
NYCCAH is pleased to announce that they've added several new days to their schedule of POS (Paperless Office System) food stamps application appointments at their host sites.
For those of you who refer clients or customers to POS appointments, please take advantage of these expanded times.
IN BROOKLYN:
Child Development Support Corporation (CDSC)
Tuesdays 9am - 5pm
Thursdays 9am - 5pm
Fridays 9am - 5pm
Saturdays 9:30am - 3pm (limited)
11.16.2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2009 - USDA's Economic Research Service's (ERS) today released its annual report on Household Food Security in the U.S., which revealed that in 2008, 17 million households, or 14.6 percent, were food insecure and families had difficulty putting enough food on the table at times during the year. This is an increase from 13 million households, or 11.1 percent, in 2007. The 2008 figures represent the highest level observed since nationally representative food security surveys were initiated in 1995.
"I just can't put my finger on it"
New York City residents must provide finger-images to receive food stamp benefits. No other counties in the State of New York require such action. New York is one of only four states in the entire nation to impose such a pre-requisite, the others being California, Arizona and Texas.
According to Joel Berg, Executive Director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger: "Fingerprinting wastes money, fails to prevent significant fraud, and discourages people from applying. To prevent fraud by only one in nearly 35,000 people, the City denies benefits to 1 in 23 families in need. The average household in New York City in the Food Stamp Program receives about $2,500 in food stamps benefits per year. Since the system only caught 31 people, the City spends $25,806 per person, to prevent potentially $2,500 worth of misuse of federal funds."
Berg insists there are a number of effective ways to fight fraud other than finger-imaging. Such as computer matching, which is based on social security numbers and is already in use.