Mission and Values

Mission

VIP Community Services offers comprehensive and integrated medical, behavioral health, housing, and wraparound services that promote positive outcomes for the people served, their families, and the community.

Mission

VIP Community Services offers comprehensive and integrated medical, behavioral health, housing, and wraparound services that promote positive outcomes for people served, their families and the community.

Values

Our core values drive every aspect of the work that we do. We are:

  • Mission Driven: Improving our patients’ and clients’ health and well-being (meaning non-medical factors that affect health) is why VIP was created and why we are here. Everything we do should be toward achieving our mission.
  • Person-Centered: The person (patient, client, family, VIP team) is at the center of our decisions and will drive how we do things in as holistic a way as possible.
  • Compassionate: When we are compassionate, we listen, we ask questions, we try to understand where the person is at, we are culturally sensitive, we are understanding. It will help us achieve our mission.
  • Respectful: We don’t have to agree with or even like the other person, whether they are a client, a patient or another staff member, but we will always act professionally. It is a way of showing care, concern or consideration.
  • Data & Quality Informed: Having data about what we do and how well we are doing it is the only way for us to know if we are in fact achieving our mission. And there is always room for us to do it better, so we will always strive to achieve better quality in everything we do.

Values

Our core values drive every aspect of the work that we do. We are:

  • Mission Driven: Improving our patients’ and clients’ health and well-being (meaning non-medical factors that affect health) is why VIP was created and why we are here. Everything we do should be toward achieving our mission.
  • Person-Centered: The person (patient, client, family, VIP team) is at the center of our decisions and will drive how we do things in as holistic a way as possible.
  • Compassionate: When we are compassionate, we listen, we ask questions, we try to understand where the person is at, we are culturally sensitive, we are understanding. It will help us achieve our mission.
  • Respectful: We don’t have to agree with or even like the other person, whether they are a client, a patient or another staff member, but we will always act professionally. It is a way of showing care, concern or consideration.
  • Data & Quality Informed: Having data about what we do and how well we are doing it is the only way for us to know if we are in fact achieving our mission. And there is always room for us to do it better, so we will always strive to achieve better quality in everything we do.

Philosophy

Our person-centered philosophy tailors services to the individual needs of each client through a wholistic approach to care, meeting clients where they are at. Our aim is to support clients to reach their personal health goals, whether through clinical care, job training, housing or mental health services. 

We work with individuals, families, and the larger community, and often provide services in partnership with other organizations, to ensure clients get the support they need.

Philosophy

Our person-centered philosophy tailors services to the individual needs of each client through a wholistic approach to care, meeting clients where they are at. Our aim is to support clients to reach their personal health goals, whether through clinical care, job training, housing or mental health services. 

We work with individuals, families, and the larger community, and often provide services in partnership with other organizations, to ensure clients get the support they need.

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Heat Advisory

The New York City Emergency Management Department (NYCEM) urges New Yorkers to take precautions during the hot weather expected on Thursday, June 11 and Friday, June 12.

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory in effect both Thursday and Friday from 12:00PM to 8:00PM. Temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s on Thursday and Friday, with heat indices up to 100°F on Thursday, June 11, and heat indices above 90°F on Friday, June 12.

Thunderstorms are likely both Thursday and Friday evening. There is a potential for isolated to scattered thunderstorms with localized heavy downpours mainly during the evening commute on Wednesday. There is a slight chance that some thunderstorms may be severe. Thunderstorms can also bring local winds gusts between 30-40 mph.

During periods of extreme heat, New Yorkers and visitors should use air conditioning to stay cool, go to a place that has air conditioning if it is not available at home, stay hydrated by drinking water at regular intervals, and limit strenuous activity, especially during the hottest parts of the day. If you don’t have air conditioning, find a cool place to visit nearby, like a friend’s place, a mall, a museum, a coffee shop, a library, or an NYC Cooling Center.

More than 600 Cooling Centers will be open across the five boroughs find your nearest cool option or Cooling Center by visiting NYC.gov/beattheheat, or by calling 311.