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AIDS Community Resources (ACR) of
Syracuse, N.Y., has become a health home. According to Michael E. Crinnin, executive
director of the nonprofit, ACR is part of a new model the state adopted for
people on Medicaid living with chronic disease, as part of a Medicaid redesign.
As a health home agency, the
organization will help promote clients’ health and aim to prevent clients’ use
of hospital and emergency care. The health-home model considers all the
situations that might contribute to a person’s health, including poverty,
inadequate housing, and transportation. ACR offers case management, treatment
adherence, HIV testing, transportation, housing, youth development and other
services.
The change also means that the
agency will serve clients with other chronic diseases as well as those with
HIV/AIDS. The agency’s name will be changed to Access, Care, and Resources for
Health (ACR Health) to reflect the increased breadth of its responsibilities.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus.
To learn more about The Friends of
AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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