Why was the Bronx selected for Just Home despite community members expressing concerns about the borough being overburdened? have confirmed that Jacobi Medical Center has the capacity to treat the Just Home residents, as well as the residents in the affordable units. The Fortune case managers will work with the Jacobi medical providers to coordinate care for individuals living in the Just Home apartments. NYC Health + Hospitals’ has arranged for the development of housing on its land in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan – Just Home is the first Bronx campus in NYC Health + Hospital’s housing portfolio. NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is located in Council District 13, which produced just 58 units of new affordable housing in total over the last eight years. Will the City conduct an environmental review for Just Home? Fortune provides citywide social services in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx, and, in addition to housing in the Bronx, provides housing in several Manhattan locations – including to many residents from the Bronx. What kinds of on-site programming and transportation services will Fortune offer tenants? Fortune will provide on-site case management and care management, as well as a host of wraparound services shaped to tenant needs, Yes, the City will conduct a City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR), which is mandated by the State Environmental Quality Review Act, in order to determine what effect, if any, Just Home may have on the environment.
Does NYC Health + Hospitals have experience developing housing on its land? Island secure permanent housing in the community. Discharge planning is more complicated if an individual does not have a secure place to live in the community, and the courts may be less willing to release a medically fragile individual if that individual would be released to the streets. Is Just Home a part of the Borough- Based Jail plan to close Rikers Island? No, Just Home is not part of the Borough-Based Jail plan, but Just Home will help some of the most vulnerable people incarcerated on Rikers which may include behavioral health treatment, family relationship services, educational/ vocational services, recreational services and activities related to the arts. Additionally, the supportive tenants will have access to Fortune’s comprehensive array of services at their service centers in Long Island City, Queens and in the Bronx. Fortune staff will help to coordinate transportation for the Just Home tenants, as is needed and appropriate. For example, Fortune may arrange for a van to transport Just Home tenants to the grocery store. Residents will also be able to take the BX12 bus, which runs along Pelham Parkway. Yes, NYC Health + Hospitals has extensive experience arranging for the development of land on its properties, including affordable and supportive units. For example, at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, NYC Health + Hospitals arranged for the development of 89 new homes in partnership with Comunilife, setting aside 54 units for formerly homeless individuals who have
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | September 2022
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