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Improving the well-being of the youth and their families in the City of Newburgh by addressing the social determinants of health and providing support and resources.

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True Insight

True Insight Inc is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded by Donald Fryar in Newburgh, New York. God gave Donald a vision to create programs for community economic development and enrichment for the youth in the City of Newburgh. Donald, who is a cancer survivor and legally blind, is a living testimony of God's grace and his book "From Loss to Gain" shares his story of overcoming challenges and making positive changes.

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Where there is no vision, the people perish” Proverbs 29:18a

True Insight aims to address the following socioeconomic health determinants in the City of Newburgh, New York

Income & Poverty

29.5% of the population in Newburgh live below the poverty rate which is twice that of NYS (13%) and almost 3 times the national rate of 10.5%. Further, in Newburgh, 23.9% of the elderly, and 36.9% of persons under 18 are living in poverty. The largest demographic living in poverty in Newburgh are females 25-34, followed by females 6-11 and then Females younger than 5. The US average is $28,555 a year. The Median household income of a Newburgh resident is $33,125 a year. The US average is $53,482 a year. The percentage of persons with Supplemental Security Income is 10.2% compared to the national figure of 4.6%. The percentage of persons receiving Food Stamp/SNAP benefits is 24.6%, which is more than 2x the national percentage of 11.4.

Education

Newburgh City School District which is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 780 school districts in New York (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2020-2021 school year. The school district’s graduation rate of 73% has decreased from 74% over five school years. 61% of the students in the district are from low-income families and 14% of the students are learning English. The Student/Counselor ratio is 484 students to 1 Counselor as compared to 346 students to 1 Counselor state-wide.

Employment

Newburgh has an unemployment rate of 8.6%. The US average is 6.0%. The average income of a Newburgh resident is $16,114 a year.

Housing

Renters make up 54.1% of the Newburgh population. 3.5% of houses and apartments in Newburgh are available to rent. 43% of renters pay more than 30% of gross monthly income for housing. By HUD’s definition, when households spend over 30% of their income on housing they are “cost burdened,” and when they spend over 50% of their income for housing they are “severely cost burdened.” Expenditures for housing include rent or mortgage payments and utility costs.

The data clearly indicates that the greatest housing problem in Newburgh is cost burden greater than 50% of income followed closely by cost burden greater than 30% of income. There are 1,865 renter households with a cost burden greater than 50% and another 1,060 renter households with a cost burden greater than 30%. The data shows that there is a serious lack of affordable rental units. Figures show the percentage of overcrowded households in Newburgh at 9.1%, almost 3x the national figure of 3.2%.

Data shows that 43% of owner occupied, and 56% of renter occupied units have one of the four housing problems identified by HUD which are (1) overcrowding, (2) lack of complete kitchen, (3) lack of complete plumbing, and (4) cost burden. While there are available housing units throughout the City, many of those units are dilapidated and unsafe. Poor compliance with building codes widespread in the City of Newburgh and vacant and abandoned buildings dominate the landscape.

The City has many low‐income homeowners struggling to keep up with the cost of maintaining their houses, many bank owned properties that are not managed or maintained, and a significant number of absentee landlords who have left properties vacant and let them deteriorate.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to make the world a better place for everyone. Everyone has their rights equally and we want to make sure that people can get food, education, treatment and accommodation for everyone who is living in poverty.

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Our Vision

In 2030 we want to see our organization in that position where we can see that only 10 percent people are living under poverty and in 2040 no people will be living under poverty around the world.

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Promoting The Rights of Children

We have launched this project to ensure the rights of poor children.

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Education for Poor Children

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HOMELESSNESS: THIS IS AN ISSUE IN THE CITY

HOMELESSNESS

Homelessness and the prevention of homelessness are on‐going concerns in Newburgh. The homeless population continues to increase (about 2.3%) because of continued unemployment, high housing costs, the continuing effects of the pandemic, and a difficult housing market.

Access to Healthcare: 86.4% of the population of Newburgh, NY has health coverage, with 26% on employee plans, 41.1% on Medicaid, 7.82% on Medicare, 10.9% on non-group plans, and 0.658% on military or VA plans. Between 2019 and 2020, the percent of uninsured citizens in Newburgh, NY grew by 16.8% from 11.6% to 13.6%.

Food Insecurity: Poverty, food insecurity, and lack of access to quality food undermine disease management and prevention efforts for diet-related conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. The strategy behind producing prescription (FVRx) vouchers addresses health conditions caused or worsened by poor diet and limited access to fruits and vegetables. Medical providers participating in the FVRx roundtable discussions include Bon Secours Charity Healthy System, CareMount Medical, Crystal Run Healthcare, Ellenville Rural Health Network, Garnet Health, MidHudson Regional Hospital, and Sun River Health.

Environmental Health: leading the development and implementation of a regional climate action strategy; overcoming barriers to the rapid scale-up of renewable energy and clean transportation; helping communities plan for resilience in ways that promote health, self-reliance and connection.

Our community supporters stand behind us and our mission: Newburgh Enlarged School District, Newburgh Free Academy Library, Newburgh Ministry, Poughkeepsie Middle School, Glory2God Ministries.

Homelessness is an Issue in the City

Access to Healthcare

86.4% of the population of Newburgh, NY has health coverage, with 26% on employee plans, 41.1% on Medicaid, 7.82% on Medicare, 10.9% on non-group plans, and 0.658% on military or VA plans. Between 2019 and 2020, the percent of uninsured citizens in Newburgh, NY grew by 16.8% from 11.6% to 13.6%.

Food Insecurity

Newburgh's widely reported poverty rate (30%), lack of public transportation and lack of access to major supermarkets contribute to ongoing food insecurity.

Environmental Health

Nearly 30K residents and workers in the City of Newburgh who drank tap water between the early 1990s and May 2016 were exposed to a toxic class of chemicals known as Perfluorochemicals, (or PFAS for short). This is due to the pollution of Lake Washington, the City's main drinking water reservoir during that time period.

Our Community

Our community of supporters stand behind us and our mission - Newburgh Enlarged School District, Newburgh Free Academy Library, Newburgh Ministry, Poughkeepsie Middle School, Glory2God Ministries.

Our local politicians fully support us - Mayor Torrance Harvey, Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson.