Profile of
Prohealthsol Community Services Foundation, Inc.
Prohealthsol Community Services foundation ("PCSF") was formed on February 1,
2001, incorporated on February 25, 2002, and was issued its 501(c)(3) federal tax
exemption determination letter on September 8, 2002. PCSF's primary purpose is
to provide health related solutions and services to disadvantaged and under-served
communities. PCSF is a nurse managed organization, with an emphasis on
creating solutions that empower client communities to develop the capacity to meet
their health related needs. The target populations are primarily located in
Metropolitan Baltimore City however, PCSF is committed to serving all
disadvantaged communities throughout the state of Maryland. PCSF promotes its
goals and objectives by partnering with individuals, groups, companies, public and
private entities, functioning as an advocate and service provider for client
communities' health related concerns.
Initial Project
In the city of Baltimore there exists an estimated 22,000 vacant, deteriorating row
houses. These houses are very likely to contain multiple environmental hazards
including, lead-containing paint and dust, asbestos, rats, cockroaches, and
allergens. The city of Baltimore has been demolishing these buildings as part of its
urban redevelopment strategy. Demolition of these houses can increase the risk to
human health due to the dispersion of multiple housing related hazards into the
neighboring houses, yards, gardens, schools, etc. Residents of Baltimore's
minority and low-income communities have expressed concerns about the potential
health hazards of standard demolition practices. These concerns include
inadequate control of dust, rodents, insects, waste water, and the safety issues
associated with public access to demolition sites, as well as lack of advance notice
and education/safety information to residents. Presently PCSF is working very
closely with Kennedy Krieger Institute ("KKI") in its Community Prevention
Interventions for Urban Demolitions Research project to develop and implement
practical and appropriate community interventions to reduce the hazards of
exposure to the products of razed buildings. PCSF has partnered with KKI,
community groups, city agencies, and others to create a model of public and private
cooperation that is poised to survive KKI's research projects completion (in
February 2003). Under the leadership of PCSF these organizations will be able to
use the collective body of information obtained and working relationships
established to continue the work that has been so diligently forged. Each of the
following activities listed below focuses on how community-based prevention
interventions can be incorporated into urban redevelopment activities in
under-served minority and low-income communities, in order to improve the
prevention and control of environmentally-related health hazards.
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Prohealthsol Community Services Foundation, Inc.
Prohealthsol Community Services foundation ("PCSF") was formed on February 1,
2001, incorporated on February 25, 2002, and was issued its 501(c)(3) federal tax
exemption determination letter on September 8, 2002. PCSF's primary purpose is
to provide health related solutions and services to disadvantaged and under-served
communities. PCSF is a nurse managed organization, with an emphasis on
creating solutions that empower client communities to develop the capacity to meet
their health related needs. The target populations are primarily located in
Metropolitan Baltimore City however, PCSF is committed to serving all
disadvantaged communities throughout the state of Maryland. PCSF promotes its
goals and objectives by partnering with individuals, groups, companies, public and
private entities, functioning as an advocate and service provider for client
communities' health related concerns.
Initial Project
In the city of Baltimore there exists an estimated 22,000 vacant, deteriorating row
houses. These houses are very likely to contain multiple environmental hazards
including, lead-containing paint and dust, asbestos, rats, cockroaches, and
allergens. The city of Baltimore has been demolishing these buildings as part of its
urban redevelopment strategy. Demolition of these houses can increase the risk to
human health due to the dispersion of multiple housing related hazards into the
neighboring houses, yards, gardens, schools, etc. Residents of Baltimore's
minority and low-income communities have expressed concerns about the potential
health hazards of standard demolition practices. These concerns include
inadequate control of dust, rodents, insects, waste water, and the safety issues
associated with public access to demolition sites, as well as lack of advance notice
and education/safety information to residents. Presently PCSF is working very
closely with Kennedy Krieger Institute ("KKI") in its Community Prevention
Interventions for Urban Demolitions Research project to develop and implement
practical and appropriate community interventions to reduce the hazards of
exposure to the products of razed buildings. PCSF has partnered with KKI,
community groups, city agencies, and others to create a model of public and private
cooperation that is poised to survive KKI's research projects completion (in
February 2003). Under the leadership of PCSF these organizations will be able to
use the collective body of information obtained and working relationships
established to continue the work that has been so diligently forged. Each of the
following activities listed below focuses on how community-based prevention
interventions can be incorporated into urban redevelopment activities in
under-served minority and low-income communities, in order to improve the
prevention and control of environmentally-related health hazards.
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