Protect Yourself. Protect Our Community. Get your Flu Shot.

It is highly recommended that Housing Works clients and staffs get the Flu shot. They are offered to all-staff without co-pay*. Protect yourself and protect the entire community.

Call and get a same-day appointment for your Flu shot at one of our Health Center.

Manhattan

Keith D. Cylar House Health Center
743-745 East 9th St. Manhattan
212-677-7999 ext. 4236
Walk-Ins:

West Village Health Center
320 West 13th St. Manhattan
212-645-8111 ext. 4126
Walk-Ins:

Brooklyn

Downtown Brooklyn Health Center
57 Willoughby St. Brooklyn lower level
718-907-6230
Walk-Ins:

East New York Health Center
2640 Pitkin Ave.
718-827-4348
Walkins:

*Staff must present their AETNA card at time of service.

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Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:57 pm

Housing Works Expands Hep C Treatment

Housing Works will be able to provide Hepatitis C services to at least 160 untreated individuals in the next two years, thanks to a $100,000 federal grant that funds innovative models of health care.

Starting this Fall, Housing Works is offering HCV screening, treatment and treatment supports groups at its two Manhattan health centers.

Because HCV treatment is both mentally and physically intensive, many infected individuals avoid it. Community-based organizations like Housing Works are best suited to offer HCV services (because we offer supportive help like mental health care), but treatment has traditionally taken place in more impersonal clinical settings like hospitals.

Through this grant, Housing Works will help change that. “Because they already know Housing Works, clients will feel more empowered …

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Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:27 pm