Community Health & Well-Being

SPHP and the Regional Food Bank Launch Senior Food Farmacy Program

May 26, 2021

St. Peter’s Health Partners and the Regional Food Bank have teamed up to launch the Senior Food Farmacy Program. The pilot program will run for 12 weeks and will provide an extra delivery of a variety of fresh, nutritious food twice a month to participants at the Ohav Shalom Apartments in Albany. [...]

SPHP Distributes COVID-19 Care Kits for the Homeless

May 10, 2021

St. Peter’s Health Partners Community Health & Well-Being has partnered with Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless in Albany, Joseph’s House Shelter in Troy, the Joseph Street Outreach Van, and the Homeless and Travelers Aid Society, to distribute COVID care kits for the homeless populations in Albany and Rensselaer counties. [...]

Catholic Health World: Catholic Health Care Works to Reverse Worrisome Dip in Children’s Health Insurance Coverage

March 23, 2021

Catholic Health World published a story examining the number of children who have lost health insurance coverage in the last few years. Although the number of uninsured children has been steadily growing nationwide, in New York state the number of uninsured children has dropped. [...]

MVP Donates Coats to SPHP

January 19, 2021

MVP Health Care has donated 200 brand new winter coats to St. Peter’s Health Partners through their Coats for Kids program. The coats were distributed to SPHPMA practices, as well as to programs in SPHP's addiction and behavioral health services. [...]

Times Union: Equinox Overhauls Logistics for its 10K Thanksgiving Meals

October 15, 2020

SPHP is pleased to provide $10,000 to Equinox to help in their effort to provide lonely, homebound, or homeless neighbors with a hot meal this Thanksgiving holiday. [...]

SPHP Hosts Free Pop-Up Produce Event in Albany’s South End

October 16, 2019

St. Peter's Health Partners' division of Community Health & Well-Being hosted a free, pop-up produce event at St. Peter's Family Health Center on Monday, October 14. [...]