Who We Are
CrescentCare delivers comprehensive health care services including primary care, dental care, and behavioral health services for every stage of life. For over 40 years we have been committed to meeting the needs of the New Orleans area and surrounding communities and providing high-quality compassionate care through licensed and certified providers and caring support staff. As a nationally recognized Federally Quality Health Center, we have a deep sense of pride and commitment to those who place trust in our services. Our focus is to deliver exceptional care that exceeds standards of quality and patient satisfaction.
The NO/AIDS Task Force has been unwavering in providing crucial services and support for individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS since 1983. Operating under the name CrescentCare today, the organization offers a wide range of services to individuals living with HIV as well as their serodiscordant partners, members of the LGBTQ community and anyone who needs medical care in our community. CrescentCare prescribes 34% of the PrEP prescriptions in Louisiana, making a real difference in the fight against new HIV infections.
Over the years, our community’s need has grown, and the demand has quickly outpaced our building’s capacity. We didn’t have enough exam rooms to treat everyone who needed care. The surge in demand is nearly tenfold. This has meant some of our community members must wait for access to care.
The need is urgent and the time is now for CrescentCare to launch a capital campaign to meet the growing needs of our neighbors. I hope you will review our exciting plans ahead and join me in building a healthier community together.
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At CrescentCare, we bring caregivers and the community together as partners in health and wellness for all. Our experience builds on more than 40 years of impact through our founding organization, NO/AIDS Task Force. In 2014, we became a Federally Qualified Health Center to offer an expanded range of health and wellness services for anyone and everyone who is seeking healthcare services in Greater New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana.
Our Mission
Strengthening our entire community through whole-person healthcare and education.
Our Vision
A community without barriers to care, where all people have the power to be healthy and whole.
Our Values
• Inclusivity: We provide compassionate care for all, regardless of race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, housing and immigration status, income, language, cultural identity, and disability.
• Representation: We reflect the communities we serve.
• Dignity: We honor the lived experience of our clients and staff.
Our History
NO/AIDS Task Force was founded in 1983 in response to the early devastating effects of the HIV epidemic in New Orleans. The organization began as a single phone line with an answering machine staffed by community volunteers. In the years following, we continued to expand our services in response to community need and the impact of the epidemic on diverse populations. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, we added case management, mental health services, a meal delivery program and a community prevention and education project. Services were expanded to the Houma Thibodaux area in 2001.
In response to the community need for health care in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, and the opportunities offered organizations under the Affordable Care Act, we looked to expand our mission and services as a community health center. Born out of the civil rights movement and the war on poverty of the 1960s, community health centers responded to the health needs of a community. One of the first community health centers in the country, Tufts Delta Health Center, was founded in Bolivar Mississippi in 1965 to address the unmet health needs of African American sharecroppers. It is this rich legacy and history of service that we intentionally joined when we became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in 2013. During this transformation, we changed our name to CrescentCare and expanded our mission to provide comprehensive health and wellness services and advocate empowerment for the whole community.
Informed and grounded in these two social justice legacies CrescentCare has continued to expand and grow our services. We added dental services, pediatrics, and psychiatric service, to our growing list of existing primary medical, behavioral health, health education and supportive services. To better serve the community, we completed work on our new flagship location and combined four sites into our new home at 1631 Elysian Fields in the fall of 2018.
As we continue to evolve, we are committed to providing high quality, humble and affordable health care and supportive services to the vulnerable in our community.