University Settlement Submits Written Testimony to Committee on Health & Mental Health

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Last week Barbara DiGangi, Director of Families Thriving at University Settlement, submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on Health and Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction. Read the full testimony below or click here. —- Testimony of University Settlement Before the New York City Council FY 2021 Joint Preliminary Budget Hearing: Committee on Health […]

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University Settlement Advocates for Early Childhood Mental Health Funding

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Yesterday Marilus Castellanos, Senior Program Director of Early Childhood Mental Health and Family Wellness at University Settlement, submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on Health and Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction. Read the full testimony below. *** Testimony of University Settlement Before the New York City Council FY 2021 Joint Preliminary Budget Hearing:

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This Pharmacist Had Vaccine Doses to Spare. So He Hit the Road.

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  The pharmacist has started doing pop-up vaccination events at senior affordable housing facilities, possibly illuminating a new way to reach vulnerable groups. In a city scrambling to vaccinate people against Covid-19 as quickly as possible, Ambar Keluskar faced a problem this month that seemed to defy logic: Mr. Keluskar, a pharmacist in Brooklyn, struggled

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The Creative Center at University Settlement Offers Free Virtual Art Workshops for People Living with, or Survivors of, Cancer and Their Caregivers

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The Creative Center, a program of University Settlement, offers daily, free-of-charge, art workshops over Zoom to people living with, or survivors of, cancer and their caregivers as an antidote to the isolation and fear that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis, which has become even more challenging during the pandemic. “Since 1994, The Creative Center has

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Testimony of University Settlement Before the New York City Council

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Last week University Settlement submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on Aging for the joint preliminary budget hearing. Read the full testimony below. — FY 2021 Joint Preliminary Budget Hearing: Committee on Aging Council Member Margaret Chin, Chair of the Committee on Aging Presented by Bing Ji, Program Director of the Village

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The Creative Center at University Settlement Hosts Showcase

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The Creative Center at University Settlement Hosts Showcase featuring monologues written by people living with illness, read by notable performers New York, NY (March 12, 2021) – The Creative Center, a program of University Settlement, offers daily, free-of-charge, art workshops in visual, literary and performing arts to people living with cancer and other chronic illnesses as

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University Settlement Calls on the City to Fully Honor The Indirect Cost Rate Funding Initiative

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Yesterday, Veronica Wong, Advocacy Director at University Settlement, submitted testimony to the Committee on Contracts preliminary budget hearing, (held Jointly with the Committee on Finance and the Subcommittee on Capital Budget. Here’s what she had to say: —- Good afternoon, thank you for the time to speak. My name is Veronica Wong, and I’m the Advocacy Director for

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