The funding will allow the program to continue providing free healthcare services to unsheltered, sheltered and vulnerable populations in the Coachella Valley.
The four nursing students are participants in the Street Medicine program that assists the homeless and unsheltered in the Coachella Valley.
Diane Vines’ poster, titled “Street Medicine in the Coachella Valley,” was awarded first place in the Education category for the APNA 34th Annual Conference.
Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus nursing students supported the Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine’s effort to provide more than 90 free COVID-19 tests to the underserved and uninsured of the East Valley, most of whom are farm workers.
Diane Vines (nursing), discusses the Street Medicine Program, a cross section of faculty who will be on a panel to discuss slavery and reparations are listed, and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) reviews a book.
Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies), David Yaghoubian (history), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Diane Vines (nursing, Palm Desert Campus) were included in recent news coverage.
A nearly $63,000 grant to help street medicine efforts for the homeless in the Coachella Valley has been awarded to CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus nursing program.