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IN THE COMMUNITY Coalition Supports Haitian Immigrants The Haitian Coalition, a community-based program that works in conjunction with Cambridge Hospital and the Cambridge Health Alliance, is dedicated to meeting the needs of Haitian immigrant residents of Somerville and Cambridge. One of the coalition's current efforts is to establish the Haitian-American After School Project in partnership with Haitian Teens for Positive Change and the Haitian Health Outreach Project. According to Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste, HMS assistant professor of medicine at the North Cambridge Neighborhood Health Center and Massachusetts General Hospital and medical director of these Haitian programs, the project's objectives are twofold: to address Haitian immigrant health care issues and to prepare the children of Haitian immigrants for college entrance. The project will support a case manager who will be on staff one day a week to help students and their parents with issues affecting their ability to lead healthy, productive lives. The case manager, for example, will help Haitian families access affordable medical, dental, and mental health care. The educational component of the project will focus on students in grades 7 through 12 and include tutoring in language arts and mathematics; MCAS, SAT, and TOEFL preparation; and workshops on the college application process. Project staff will assist with tutoring the students and facilitate communication between students, parents, and schools. The Haitian Coalition would also like to add a speakers series as one of the project's special programs. The hope is to invite medical and biomedical science professionals to speak with students and their parents about career development and the tools necessary to succeed in science and medicine. HMS faculty may participate in the Haitian Coalition program. For more information, contact Mirtha Bellevue, community health worker, Community Affairs, Cambridge Hospital, at 617-591-6777. --Jamae Kawauchi