Daily News | Pew gives Philadelphia’s Esperanza Health Center $4 million to expand in Kensington
Pew Charitable Trusts on Wednesday announced five-year, $4 million grant to Esperanza Health Center, a North Philadelphia nonprofit that is expanding its medical, behavioral health and community services in Kensington and nearby neighborhoods.
The grant from Pew’s Health and Human Services Fund will help Esperanza expand its primary care and substance use treatment programs to serve 2,000 additional patients a year as it adds two medical teams and an additional dental team inNearby, Esperanza is about to open a new, four-story Community Health & Wellness Center, to expand its reach with classes to help people improve their diets, a conference center, an exercise room, and a gym for youths to have a safe place to play, said Susan...
The Pew grant is not for the building, which cost about $11 million, but rather will help add staff who will run the programs in the new building. As many as 30 people will be hired for the health center and for the wellness center, adding to the current total of 230 Esperanza employees, Post said.
Pew has had a long-term relationship with Esperanza, having made grants to help the nonprofit integrate behavioral health into primary care, said Kristin Romens, director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services. Esperanza has consistently met or exceeded those grants’ goals, she said. The $4 million is the largest amount the Pew fund managed by Romens awards. It’s part of a Pew effort to get money into the
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