Share/Save The third annual Community Health Fair (& BBQ) presented by Hudson Pride Connections Center and Jersey City Lesbian and Gay Outreach (JCLGO) will focus on health issues concerning the LGBT community, as well as people living with HIV, this Saturday. The event, this year dubbed “Take Care, Be Aware,” will include free workshops on [...]
Share/SaveA recently released report from the New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services finds that the state’s six needle exchange pilot programs, including one in Jersey City, are faring well, despite a frustrating lack of resources. “The accomplishments and positive experiences that have occurred during the course of conducting the New Jersey Syringe Access Program Demonstration Project should serve [...]
Share/Save- Low Census Return Rates: U.S. Census Bureau officials are concerned about the lower-than-average number of New Jerseyans who are sending back their census forms. The problem is worst in urban areas like Jersey City, where less than a third of residents have sent in their forms. – Flooding Around the City: Yesterday’s rain triggered [...]
Share/Save The 4th annual Hudson Pride Connections Center (HPC) Gala, slated for May 1, will honor four individuals: State Sen. Sandra Cunningham, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, HPC volunteer Iyannah Fields and Marvin Kreiger, the director of Hudson County HIV/AIDS Services Planning Council. The gala event, which will feature dancing, drinks, food and a silent [...]
Share/SaveAs we noted in this morning’s News Roundup, the Puerto Rican Family Institute plans on using a $30,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey to fund its Diabetes Outreach program. But three other programs operating in Jersey City received grant money from the foundation as well as part of $1.9 million in grants [...]
Share/Save- Hudson County judge Maurice Gallipoli is scheduled to hear arguments tomorrow on whether Hudson County violated the state’s pay to play law when it awarded a contract to Correctional Health Services for prison medical services. That company’s president, Geoffrey Perselay, donated $1,000 to Hudson County freeholder Anthony Romano on May 30, 2008. The contract [...]
Share/SaveTalk about timing. In our piece published on Friday that looked at Jersey City’s new needle exchange program, we noted that the main obstacle to the program (as well as other programs around the state) was funding, with no state funds appropriated to needle exchange under the pilot program and with a federal ban on [...]
On July 1, public health activists breathed a sigh of relief as Hyacinth AIDS Foundation launched Jersey City’s first-ever syringe access program. With little fanfare — a flyer pinned to a bulletin board — the Puerto Rican Family Institute, at 40 Journal Square, became the first vendor.
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