Covid-19 Support: Increasing Resilience in the Paterson Community

New Destiny serves thousands of families each year in our Paterson area and beyond. Increasing parental resilience during this challenging time has been our goal as a Family Success Center. Having Community Health Workers on site supporting families not only with vaccination and testing, but other concrete services including rental assistance programs, food, and energy assistance has helped parents and children continue to stay strong and resilient. From March 2021 to November 30, 2021, New Destiny FSC Community Health Workers reached and engaged a total of 1,953 participants – of those individuals, 883 have been fully vaccinated! Our CHWs have connected with a total of 1,070 community members through outreach alone. Furthermore, through a short-term grant opportunity to increase vaccine awareness, we served 1339 individuals from September to December 2021. In total, our Covid19 Response Team served 3292 families! They ventured out in our community and met individuals in Paterson’s most vulnerable places – tabling events, disseminating information, canvassing on foot, engaging in educational conversations. They met the needs of those who were hesitant as well as responded to those who do not speak the English language. They successfully connected families with local vaccination sites, answered FAQs and addressed vaccine hesitancy head on. New Destiny held a total of 11 vaccination events and 79 outreach events from March 2021 to December 2021. CHWs conducted a total of 515 telephone calls to facilitate appointments for our city’s most vulnerable residents: seniors, immunocompromised individuals, persons with limited or no access to technology. We are grateful to be able to serve and continue to serve our community in this capacity. New Destiny is delighted to have extended such crucial and much-needed aide through our Community Health Workers to our city of Paterson.

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