St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc.

Where Health Is a Community

Effort

An independent incorporation

of the Sisters of St. Joseph1993 -

Present

Mission StatementSt. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center is committed to providing quality care and comprehensive services which will enhance the well-being

of individuals, families and the community. This commitment is

especially extended to those people who have no access to

health care.

St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc.

ServiceTraining

AdvocacyResearch

Healthy Community

The Values of Our Mission

70% patients/clients are working. 10% are students. 20% are disabled/disenfranchised.

75% are 21 - 55 years old Every race and ethnicity represented

Represent all of Monroe and seven surrounding counties

Who We Serve

Primary Health Care Physical exams Pediatric health Eye care Dental services

Counseling and Community Work

Psychiatry Support groups

Services at the Center

For a full list, click here

20,000 service visits annually

1,500 health care and counseling visits per month

3,000+ individuals served annually

Measurable Need

250+ lay and professional volunteers

Assist patients and clients Staff the office Maintain buildings and grounds Serve on the Board and committees Assist in raising funds Everything that needs to be done!!

Value of contributed services:

$ 1 million +

Volunteersare Heart and Soul

Student Education: Internships and Preceptorships

U of R: School of Nursing, Psychiatry Dept., Warner Sch. Marriage/Family Program, Medical School Students, Dept. of Community and Preventive Medicine, PRIDE Program

St. John Fisher: Masters in Counseling Program, School of Nursing, Service Learning, School of Pharmacy

Nazareth/Brockport: Greater Rochester Collaborative for Social Work

Roberts Wesleyan: Nursing, Social Work

Nazareth College: PT, Partners in Service Program

SUNY Brockport: Nursing NY Chiropractic College University of Buffalo:

Social Work 150+ students in academic

year• Monroe Community College Dental Hygiene Program• Rochester General Hospital Dental Residency

ACM LaboratoriesBorg/IDE RadiologyZoetek MedicalUR RadiologyDental LabsRochester City School District

Area Health Clinics

Professional/Contractual Partners

Spiritus Christi Mental Health Outreach

Monroe Plan for Medical Care Finger Lakes Health Systems

Agency Monroe County Medical Society Monroe County Bar Association NYS Oral Health Coalition Cancer Services Program Highland Hospital ABVI – Project Eye Care Empire Justice Center Partnership For The Uninsured Monroe County Court System

Community Partnerships

Donations

Grants

Fundraising

Fees For Service

Funding

Emergency Room visit - $986 average 2,500 diverted ER visits

2,500 x $986 = $2,465,000 Managed health care is less

costly than no health care Decreased employee sick time Mental health parity Wellness education

Impact On The Community

Continue to deliver quality care

Advocate for patients and clients

Be responsible for the Deep Story Data collection Research Analysis

Create an integrated model of care delivery

Commitment to the Future

• Increase access to health care and mental health care

• Forge collaborations with more partners in the community.

• Bring the SSJ Mission of uniting “neighbor to neighbor” to the health care discussion.

For any further information regarding SJNC, visit

www.sjncenter.org

DENTAL SERVICES

More than 1200 dental appointments each year; for patients who have nowhere else to go.

400 or more are dental hygiene appointments

400 or more are restora-tive and surgical

200 appointments are for prosthetics

220 appointments are acute and triage

The Neighborhood Center has three modern dental rooms and newly renovated sterilization unit.

Now recruiting volunteer dentists and assistants; demand for service is very high. Please consider volunteering one half-day or one evening a month.

Call Julie Ruggiero at: (585) 325-5260, ext. 1014

 

Dental Services–yesterday …

From one closet and donated equipment in 1993…

…and TodayTo three Dental rooms and State-of-the-Art Sterilization Unit

TELE-DENTAL Enables remote supervision. Here, Dr. Kim

Fontana supervises a student Hygienist.

Tele-Dental Detail

THANK YOU

Thank you for listening to my Nonna!

- Bianca

St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc.

417 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620

(585) 325-5260, Ext. 1014jruggiero@sjncenter.org

Julie Ruggiero, RDH

Put a drop of oregano oil in toothpaste. It is a great bacteria fighter.

Use Minty Toothpaste It usually energizes and makes you instantly awake, and alert

and improves mental sharpness

and memory.

That’s Oral Hy-Genius

Around 200 B.C., Greek athletes were so idolized that their SWEAT was prized as having magical benefits, and used in hair dye and toothpaste.

All together now:

EWW!!

Legend Has it…