Let our team of experienced healthcare providers help you care for yourself.
Apicha Community Health Center is committed to providing its community with access to quality primary care and support services. We are actively balancing your needs with the health and safety of our staff and the community at large. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Apicha CHC is offering more telehealth options for its services. Please see the list below for a guide to how our services have changed.
At Apicha Community Health Center, you'll receive comprehensive, coordinated, ongoing medical care. Our providers are culturally competent and understand each patient's unique situations and needs.
If you are not an existing patient and would like to become one, please call 212-334-6029 during business hours or use our contact form to leave us your basic information and we will be in touch with you within two business days.
If you are an existing patient, please use our secure patient portal instead.
Monday through Friday:
10:00 am — 5:30 pm
As part of our ongoing efforts to help contain the spread of COVID-19, we are now offering telephone and video visits with Apicha CHC providers, as an alternative to office visits. To learn more about televisits at Apicha CHC, read more here.
Preventive Care
Chronic Disease Management for conditions like HIV/AIDS, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and Hepatitis B and C.
Care for short-term diseases like strep throat, bronchitis, sinus infections, and STIs
For information on Apicha CHC's specialty services like HIV/AIDS, PrEP, and the Transgender Health Services, see those individual sections below.
At Apicha CHC, all of our medical providers specialize in HIV care. This means your provider will not only take care of your HIV needs, but also your overall health.
If you are not an existing patient and would like to become one, please call 212-334-6029 during business hours or use our contact form to leave us your basic information and we will be in touch with you within two business days.
If you are an existing patient, please use our secure patient portal instead.
Monday through Friday:
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
As part of our ongoing efforts to help contain the spread of COVID-19, we are now offering telephone and video visits with Apicha CHC providers, as an alternative to office visits. To learn more about televisits at Apicha CHC, read more here.
This programs includes the following services:
Case Management for HIV
As an enrolled client you will get a case manager, who can assist you with social services needs and entitlements if you qualify, so that you can focus on improving your health. We create a safe and comfortable space for you to discuss your needs. Our goal is to provide assistance in treatment adherence for those who are living with or are affected by HIV/AIDS. Our services are confidential and FREE of charge regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, nationality, religion, or creed. As an enrolled client, you will get the following services for Nutrition Health Education:
Our goal is to promote healthy living for people living with HIV/AIDS. Our staff is committed to providing nutrition health education specific to your needs.
Apicha Community Health Center’s Transgender Health Clinic is committed to providing comprehensive Primary Medical Care to address the distinct needs of transgender, gender non-conforming, gender variant, and genderqueer individuals.
If you are not an existing patient and would like to become one, please call 212-334-6029 during business hours or use our contact form to leave us your basic information and we will be in touch with you within two business days.
If you are an existing patient, please use our secure patient portal instead.
Monday through Friday:
10:00 am — 5:o0 pm
As part of our ongoing efforts to help contain the spread of COVID-19, we are now offering telephone and video visits with Apicha CHC providers, as an alternative to office visits. To learn more about televisits at Apicha CHC, read more here.
Our Transgender Health Clinic provides individualized primary medical care to people from all backgrounds in an affirming and safe environment. These services include:
PrEP or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis is a medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for daily use that can help people stay HIV-negative. PrEP, or Pre-exposure prophylaxis, helps reduce HIV infection rates. When taken daily as directed, PrEP can reduce the risk of HIV infection by more than 90 percent.
Our program provides screening to individuals to see if PrEP is right for them. Those who qualify are provided with a prescription to start taking a daily medication called Truvada, a two-drug combination in one pill.
If you are not an existing patient and would like to become one, please call 212-334-6029 during business hours or use our contact form to leave us your basic information and we will be in touch with you within two business days.
If you are an existing patient, please use our secure patient portal instead.
Monday through Friday:
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
As part of our ongoing efforts to help contain the spread of COVID-19, we are now offering telephone and video visits with Apicha CHC providers, as an alternative to office visits. To learn more about televisits at Apicha CHC, read more here.
People who receive PrEP at Apicha Community Health Center receive the following:
If you and your Apicha CHC medical provider believe that you would benefit from behavioral health services, you must first undergo a psychosocial assessment, in order to determine your eligibility to receive limited short-term counseling or a referral for ongoing psychotherapy.
Apicha Community Health Center’s social workers can provide you with short-term counseling or a referral to another provider depending on your individual needs. Our psychiatrist is available for an initial evaluation and medication management.
Please note: With all Apicha Community Health Center patients, a referral from your primary care provider for a psychiatric evaluation or medication management is required.
If you are not an existing patient and would like to become one, please call 212-334-6029 during business hours or use our contact form to leave us your basic information and we will be in touch with you within two business days.
If you are an existing patient, please use our secure patient portal instead.
Monday through Friday:
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
As part of our ongoing efforts to help contain the spread of COVID-19, we are now offering telephone and video visits with Apicha CHC providers, as an alternative to office visits. To learn more about televisits at Apicha CHC, read more here.
Apicha Community Health Center’s Behavioral Health Services are not meant for patients who have been diagnosed with severe or chronic mental or behavioral health issues. We will provide referrals to patients who require long-term psychotherapy.
Please note: With all patients, a referral from your primary care provider for a psychiatric evaluation or medication management is required.
Our services include:
Psychosocial assessments
Short-term Counseling
Psychiatric Evaluations
Medication Management
Crisis Intervention Services
Referrals for Specialized Services
Apicha Community Health Center is partnering with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Community Home Test Giveaway (CHGT) Virtual Program to continue helping our community members know their HIV status. This is a confidential HIV antibody test that requires oral fluid obtained from the gum line and provides a test result in 20 minutes.
Call us to obtain a coupon code to enter at the OraQuick Website (https://shop.oraquick.com/checkout/cart/) to obtain your at Home HIV Test Kits within 2-3 business days. Our counselors can be present virtually with you when you take the test, and help you obtain medical care. HIV Testing is available on weekdays by appointment.
To request a home HIV test kit, use our website or call us at 866-274-2429.
Apicha CHC also provides a free and comprehensive guide to identifying and managing STD's. Learn more here.
Monday through Friday:
9:30 am — 5:00 pm
In partnership with Hunger Solutions, NYC, Nutrition Outreach and Education Project (NOEP) seeks to increase participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to reduce hunger in New York City.
NOEP does this by providing individuals and households with confidential and accurate pre-screenings and application assistance, and partnering with community sites to participate in School Breakfast Program and the Summer Food Service Program.
In line with current social distancing recommendations, SNAP enrollment services are currently available over the telephone or confidential video conferencing.
To request an appointment, use our website or call us at 866-274-2429.
Monday through Friday:
9:30 am — 5:00 pm
Apicha CHC's Enroll Manhattan Project seeks to help New Yorkers obtain care, through understanding health insurance, how it can best work for them, and helping those who are uninsured and underinsured enroll in health insurance through the New York State of Health Marketplace.
In line with current social distancing recommendations, health insurance enrollment services are currently available over the telephone or confidential video conferencing.
To request an appointment, use our website or call us at 866-274-2429.
Monday through Friday:
9:30 am — 5:00 pm
Project Connect’s youth initiative, GAYME (GLBTQI API Youth Mentorship for Empowerment), connects LGBTQI API youth with other youth and adults to share their experiences. The group format is utilized to provide a safe and supportive environment.
Are you GLTBQI, Asian/Pacific Islander and 24 years old or younger? Join our GAYME mentoring program as a MENTEE! Apply by completing our application form online here.
Are you GLTBQI, Asian/Pacific Islander and at least 26 years old? Join our GAYME mentoring program as a MENTOR! Apply by completing our application form online here.
In line with current social distancing recommendations, all GAYME events are currently available help the telephone or confidential video conferencing.
Once signed up, Apicha CHC staff will contact you with further details.
A Healthier Me! is Project Connect's skills-building workshop series that invites expert speakers from the larger communities to lead workshops and lectures. Many of our speakers work specifically with LGBTQI and/or API individuals in their profession and many identify as LGBTQI API. All speakers are deeply committed to serving the LGBTQI API community and have tailored their workshops to address issues relevant to the LGBTQI API population.
In line with current social distancing recommendations, all workshops are currently available over the telephone or confidential video conferencing.
To sign up to be informed about the workshops, call 866-274-2429.
In line with current social distancing recommendations, SNAP enrollment services are currently available over the telephone or confidential video conferencing.
To request an appointment, use our website or call us at 866-274-2429.
Monday through Friday:
9:30 am — 5:00 pm
Apicha Community Health Center's Community Mobilization Project teams up with other organizations in our community to create special events tailored for New York City’s LGBT communities, people living with HIV/AIDS, and people of color.
At these events we will enjoy the work created by our communities and learn about ways to stay like Viral Load Suppression and PrEP.
It is our hope that these events will provide a space for these communities to come together, celebrate our work, struggles, and achievements, and, most importantly, inspire one another.
These events are sponsored through a grant from the New York State Department of Health’s AIDS Institute
In line with current social distancing recommendations, all events will take place through confidential video conferencing.
This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
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