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Local groups offer recovery, screening and nutrition services at Tremont health fair
Summary
Peer Alliance Recovery Center and about 20 other local organizations staffed tables at the Tremont health fair to provide recovery services, screenings and nutrition information; organizers emphasized services were available without proof of insurance or ID, according to the transcript.
Several local organizations staffed tables at the Tremont health fair to connect residents with recovery, screening and nutrition services. Reporter Satrice Laqueen singled out the Peer Alliance Recovery Center as providing free recovery services to people seeking support in The Bronx.
A staff member who attended the fair said community groups participate to engage residents and provide resources: "Any community event that takes place that we can be a part of, we like to be a part of it and engage and just provide the resources that we do have," the staff member said. The staff member also emphasized that services at the fair were accessible: people could "come as you are" and would not be required to present Medicaid coverage or identification, according to the transcript.
Organizations at the event ranged from recovery services to food assistance and preventive-health providers. Organizers and volunteers from Morning Star Family Church and Gotham Food Pantry helped distribute collected food as part of the outreach effort.
