Fleur De Vie has launched a trauma-focused mental health program for school communities in Port-au-Prince, targeting teachers, students and parents as Haiti's crisis deepens.
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Community First Equity announced its continued expansion from Brooklyn into Long Island and New Jersey, to bring culturally responsive maternal health resources and support to more Haitian families.
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“Growing up was, if there was ever something that I felt like I couldn't do, my mom would say, ‘You have the blood of Dessalines in you. You have greatness in you. You have resilience in you.”
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A Haitian asylum seeker detained in Arizona died after a toothache went untreated for weeks, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner has confirmed.
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Marie’s doula was with her through the pregnancy, took her to the hospital in a taxi for the birth and stayed by her bedside for 14 hours through the delivery. She even watched Marie’s other kids so Marie’s husband could see the newborn.
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A $500 million New York initiative is helping Medicaid recipients get food, housing help, transportation assistance and more. Community leaders say Haitian New Yorkers who have Medicaid should apply before the program ends next year.
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Emmanuel Damas, 56, is the third Haitian reported dead in federal custody since April 2025, amid skyrocketing detentions to meet the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals.
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A tentative contract agreement could end the largest nursing strike in New York City’s history, pending a union ratification vote.
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