Housing Works : Client Programs

A PLACE BY AND FOR WOMEN

Accepting clients for primary care, dental, and day treatment services starting in September.

Call Michelle Kalski for more information (347-473-7408).

Charles King, President and CEO of Housing Works, remarked that the women of Brooklyn are dying of AIDS. Housing Works has committed to help bring this issue to the forefront and initiate changes on behalf of women in Brooklyn. The center will house day treatment services, primary care service and dental services for the women who are HIV positive.

In 2005, 28% of new HIV diagnoses in NYC were women. Of the women who tested positive for HIV in NYC, 71% were black, 24% were Hispanic, and 35% lived in Brooklyn. African American and Hispanic women together represented about 25% of all US women, yet they accounted for 81% of the estimated total AIDS diagnosis. The rate of AIDS diagnosis for African American women was approximately 23 times the rate for white women and 4 times the rate for Hispanic women.

Contact:

(347) 473-7406