Access Health NYC

HOW CACF IMPACTS ACCESS HEALTH NYC:

WE DID THIS • WE DID THIS TOO • WE DID THIS AS WELL

Access Health NYC is a city-wide initiative that funds community-based organizations (CBOs) to provide education, outreach, and assistance to all New Yorkers about how to access health care and coverage.

Access Health NYC builds capacity, amplifies existing community-based efforts, and supports CBOs in targeting individuals and families who are uninsured, have limited English proficiency, have disabilities, are LGBTQ, formerly incarcerated and/or homeless, and other New Yorkers experiencing barriers to healthcare access/information about health coverage and options. Access Health NYC enhances the work of NY State-funded navigators by informing and linking hard-to-reach and underserved New Yorkers to coverage and existing free and low-cost health care options, and to provide consumer assistance.

 

1,400+

Educational workshops, trainings, and outreach events conducted

 

28K+

Individuals reached through trainings, workshops, and outreach events

339K

Individuals reached via social and ethnic media reader- and viewership

 

1,500

Individuals helped through a consumer helpline

 

Program Goal

 

Health care has always been complicated. Now our communities and the health care system are under attack from Washington. In this time of uncertainty, we need an initiative that empowers reliable CBOs to provide culturally competent and accurate information to ensure that all New Yorkers understand their rights to health care coverage and services.

 

Collaborative Partners

  • APICHA Community Health Center

  • Arab American Family Support Center

  • Bed-Stuy Family Health Center

  • Betances Health Center

  • Boom!Health

  • Care for the Homeless

  • Care for the Homeless

  • Charles B Wang Health Center

  • Commission on the Public’s Health System

  • Community Health Center of Richmond

  • Community Healthcare Network

  • Community Service Society

  • Elmhurst Community Partners

  • Emerald Isle Immigration Center

  • Fort Greene SNAP

  • FPWA

  • HANAC

  • Health People INC

 

  • Henry Street Settlement

  • JASSI

  • KCS

  • Make the Road

  • Mary Mitchel Family and Youth Center

  • New York Immigration Coalition

  • NMIC

  • Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp

  • Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition

  • Plaza del Sol

  • POMOC

  • Public Health Solutions

  • SAPNA

  • South Asian Council for Social Services

  • United Chinese Association of Brooklyn

  • Voces Latinas

  • YWCA of Queens

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A Great Help

Chander is a 79-year-old South Asian immigrant who joined the senior program at South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) and became a volunteer at the food pantry. At SACSS she had the opportunity to listen to presentations from doctors on health issues related to seniors such as Alzheimer's and memory loss and falls prevention among others. SACSS has also been able to help Chander understand how her insurance works.

“The health outreach team at SACCS showed me the difference between the new and old Medicare cards. They are a great help for the older people, and I really appreciate them.”

— Client of South Asian Council for Social Services

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Able to Affect Change

Mariam has been a client of Sapna NYC for about a year. She first started in SAPNA’s English classes, and soon became a part of an action group on lead poisoning. As part of this action group, Mariam was tasked with learning about lead poisoning and how to become a leader in her community by conducting health outreach. Mariam worked in the group to create materials, distribute flyers, and conduct presentations on lead poisoning. Mariam also benefited personally from her work at SAPNA.

After learning that several common South Asian ingredients contain lead, Mariam went to her primary care physician to get tested for lead. Her doctor was reluctant since the tests were done mostly on children, but Mariam insisted on receiving the test and eventually found out her blood lead was elevated. She was also able to make changes at home to reduce both her risk and her son’s risk of lead poisoning, including reducing the use of certain ingredients in her cooking, and by calling 311 to have her landlord test for lead when she was moving.

— Client of Sapna NYC

Who to Contact

For more information on Access Health NYC, please contact Miral Abbas, Health Partnerships Coordinator, at mabbas@cacf.org.