Founded in 1989, Comunilife improves the quality of life and creates a healthier tomorrow for New Yorkers with special needs in the Hispanic and broader communities - by providing culturally competent health and human services and a continuum of affordable and supportive housing. Comunilife serves more than 3,000 low-income and vulnerable New Yorkers annually. We operate 1,438 units of low income and supported transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons living with serious mental illness or HIV/AIDS. Our Medical and Psychiatric Respite Program offers short-term supportive housing, care management and coordination for patients from acute care hospitals. Our Vida Guidance ...
Founded in 1989, Comunilife improves the quality of life and creates a healthier tomorrow for New Yorkers with special needs in the Hispanic and broader communities - by providing culturally competent health and human services and a continuum of affordable and supportive housing. Comunilife serves more than 3,000 low-income and vulnerable New Yorkers annually. We operate 1,438 units of low income and supported transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons living with serious mental illness or HIV/AIDS. Our Medical and Psychiatric Respite Program offers short-term supportive housing, care management and coordination for patients from acute care hospitals. Our Vida Guidance Center, a Bronx-based mental health clinic provides more than 18,000 outpatient visits a year to children, adolescents, adults, families and seniors. Our Mi Salud™ program provides coordinated behavioral and medical care services for older Hispanic seniors with serious psychiatric challenges. Our Life is Precious Program provides suicide prevention activities for Latina teens who have seriously considered or attempted suicide. According to a Centers of Disease Control and Prevention survey, in 2011 15.7% of Latina teens in NYC seriously considered &11.3% attempted suicide. In Brooklyn and the Bronx, where LIP is located, 16.7% and 16.5% of Latina teens, respectively, seriously considered suicide during that time - a rate far greater than their non-Hispanic counterparts.
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Number of Employees:
250-1000
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Annual Revenue:
$100-250 Million