Housing Works: Housing Prevents AIDS. Housing Improves Health.

Hours: Monday to Friday Adult Day Health Center: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Primary Health Care: p a.m. to 5 p.m; Dental: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m

In November 2007, Housing Works’ Women’s Health Center officially opened for business on the lower level of our headquarters in Brooklyn, the New York City borough with the largest HIV-positive female population.

The first “pioneer” group of Women’s Health Center clients has fully embraced the center and is spreading the word that the Women’s Health Center is, as the center’s motto goes, “A Positive Place for Positive Women.”

The Women’s Health Center’s stylish, art-filled interior reassures our clients right off the bat. These women, many of whom are African-American and Latina, see positive, culturally relevant reflections of themselves everywhere they turn. The welcoming atmosphere helps diffuse the stigma around HIV and AIDS that keeps too many women from getting the care they need. The largely female staff contributes to a women-friendly safe space, allowing clients to build strong bonds of sisterhood.

The Women’s Health Center has a full service dental practice with four examination rooms and three dental chairs where clients receive outstanding medical and dental care. Women’s Health Center programs empower clients not just to live healthy lives but to cope with the stresses of child-rearing, domestic abuse, family reunification, and other issues.

As the home of Housing Works’ fourth Adult Day Health Center, the Women’s Health Center provides an array of programs, including creative arts therapy, meals and nutritional counseling, exercise programs, substance abuse counseling, case management, peer support, and more. The Women’s Health Center boasts a children’s room, a cafeteria with a state-of-the-art kitchen, plasma TVs, conference rooms, an art room, and a gym.