Increasing Services to Asian Americans in NYC

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Increasing Services to Asian Americans in NYC

• Project Summary to Date
• October 2005 March 2008

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Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood?
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Ethnicity Of Our Clients
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Manhattans Neighborhood
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Ethnicity Breakdown Of Clients Screened At
Hamilton Madison House
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Queens Neighborhood
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Ethnicity Breakdown Of Clients Screened At
Child Center Of New York
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Screening Analysis
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Ethnicity Of Clients Screened Positive
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Screening VersusScreened Positive
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Where Are The People In Your Neighborhoodbeing
Screened?
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How Old Are The People In Your Neighborhood?
Project Wide Average Age 48 Standard Deviation
18.49 Youngest 18 Oldest 97
Child Center of New York Average Age
43.26 Standard Deviation 15.33 Youngest
18 Oldest 93
Hamilton Madison House Average Age
53.03 Standard Deviation 20.24 Youngest
18 Oldest 97
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The Gender Divide
Project Total Males 41.4 Female 58.6
Hamilton Madison House Males 35.6 Females 64.4
Child Center of New York Males 46.8 Females 53.2
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Project
Numbers
Screenings 6000 Brief
Interventions 600 Full Interventions
320 GPRA Intakes 255
Follow Up 80 - 100
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Targets Achieved
With Six Months To Go
Screenings 4940 (99)
Brief Interventions 206 (41)
Full Interventions 341 (113)

GPRA Intakes 208 (108)

Follow Up Rate 84
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How Do We Get There?

• Targeting new places for screening
• August Back to School Focus
• www.ny.com/academia
• English as a second language centers.
• Colleges and university campuses, Asian American
  cultural centers or groups.
• Outside restaurants and bars

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G-P-R-A, GPRA, GPRA, GPRA!

• Translations
• We needed them, we got some of them, we need to
  show that were using the ones we have if we want
  to get other languages translated
• Translation Statistics
• GPRA Tools Used 208
• Chinese 96
• Korean 62
• Hindi 9
• Bengali 4
• English 37

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Translations

• Screening Instrument
• Chinese, Hindi, Bengali, Korean, Vietnamese,
  Japanese, and Farsi
• GPRA Tool
• Chinese, Korean, Hindi, and Bengali

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Keys To Success

• Cultural competency
• Education and awareness
• Early intervention
• Referral to appropriate level of care
• Engaging the client in treatment with the
  following proven best practices
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Family therapy
• Group therapy
• Case management

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Thank You