Northwell Health, NYC Administration for Children’s Services, Center for Fair Futures & Foster Agencies Launch Program to Improve Health Services for Young Adults Transitioning out of Care
Northwell Health , New York State’s largest health system, the New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the Center for Fair Futures and three foster agencies serving Queens – Forestdale , SCO Family of Services and MercyFirst – today launched a new pilot program that aims to improve health care services for young adults transitioning out of foster care.
- Northwell Health , New York State’s largest health system, the New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the Center for Fair Futures and three foster agencies serving Queens – Forestdale , SCO Family of Services and MercyFirst – today launched a new pilot program that aims to improve health care services for young adults transitioning out of foster care.
- Through this first-of-its-kind, public-private partnership, the pilot program coordinates the Fair Futures life and skills coaching with Northwell’s patient navigation services to increase and streamline access to health services for those in foster care.
- Working with ACS and the Center for Fair Futures’ coaches, the program will enroll 50 to 100 transition-age adults, providing these individuals with health care navigators.
- Thank you to our partners at Northwell Health and the Center for Fair Futures as well as our foster care agencies, Forestdale, SCO and MercyFirst.