{"id":361610,"date":"2026-10-01T06:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361610\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:34:43","slug":"jpafhc-opens-pediatric-dental-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361610\/","title":{"rendered":"JPAFHC Opens Pediatric Dental Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC) celebrated a significant expansion of pediatric healthcare at its Arverne location with the opening of new Pediatric Dental Services and an expanded pediatric suite, strengthening access to comprehensive, coordinated care for children and families in the Rockaways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The expansion was supported by $1.5 million in federal funding secured by Congressman Gregory Meeks,\u00a0representing\u00a0a significant investment in community-based healthcare infrastructure and JPAFHC\u2019s ability to expand essential services for Rockaway families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>JPAFHC leadership was joined by Congressman Gregory Meeks and New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., along with representatives from the offices of New York State Senator James Sanders Jr., New York State Assemblymember Khaleel M. Anderson, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, New York City Council Member\u00a0Selvena\u00a0N. Brooks-Powers, and the NYC Mayor\u2019s Office of Equity &amp; Racial Justice, as well as community partners, staff, and supporters for the September 23 ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the expansion of pediatric healthcare at JPAFHC\u2019s Arverne location.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-213609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5Zk1zZrA-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0September 23 ribbon-cutting ceremony marked\u00a0the expansion of pediatric healthcare at JPAFHC\u2019s Arverne location.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC) celebrated a significant expansion of pediatric healthcare at its Arverne&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-361610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}