Priority Area
Expanding Health Care Coverage
Status
Closed
With the advent of health reform, there is a high need for direct assistance and face-to-face support to help individuals complete health insurance enrollment applications. To engage uninsured New Yorkers and help them enroll in coverage, the New York Health Foundation (NYHealth) is funding community-based organizations that serve as trusted messengers to their communities for outreach and enrollment activities.
Watch firsthand video accounts from newly insured New Yorkers who received enrollment assistance through the NYHealth-supported Enrollment Network. Read a report that highlights the lessons learned through the Enrollment Network’s outreach and education efforts in its first two years of operation.
Need help finding the right health insurance? Scroll down to find help near you and learn more about our enrollment network.
2015 NYHealth Enrollment Network :
NYHealth is funding a statewide enrollment network of community-based organizations that are in a position to reach populations known to be uninsured at disproportionately high rates and that are strong candidates for insurance enrollment. NYHealth has awarded grants for 2015 to the organizations listed below.
ACR Health
800-475-2430
www.acrhealth.com
Actors’ Fund
917-281-5965
www.actorsfund.org
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
212-271-7200
www.callen-lorde.org
Center for Frontline Retail
646-490-5925
www.facebook.com/FrontlineRetail
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
212-379-6988
www.cbwchc.org
Health and Welfare Council of Long Island
516-483-1110
www.hwcli.com
Henry Street Settlement
212-766-9200
www.henrystreet.org
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc.
718-939-6137
www.kcsny.org
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
212-744-5022
www.lenoxhill.org
The LGBT Network (formerly the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth, Inc.)
516-323-0011
www.lgbtnetwork.org
Make the Road New York
718-727-1222
www.maketheroad.org
South Asian Council for Social Services *
718-321-7929
www.sacssny.org
* Funding provided in part by the New York Community Trust
Trillium Health
585-545-7200
www.trilliumhealthny.org
Urban Health Plan *
718-589-2440
www.urbanhealthplan.org
* Funding provided in part by the Altman Foundation
Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc.
914-592-5600
www.westcop.org
Ambassadors for Coverage:
NYHealth is supporting the Ambassadors for Coverage program through grants to Empire Justice Center, which in 2013 selected 21 organizations to raise awareness about health insurance options in communities throughout New York State with high rates of uninsurance.
These Ambassadors conduct outreach, educate consumers about their options, encourage people to take the steps necessary to obtain health care coverage, and connect eligible New Yorkers to organizations that can help them enroll in an insurance plan.
To continue these efforts, NYHealth awarded EJC a second grant in 2014 to fund 20 organizations to serve as Ambassadors. In 2015, NYHealth awarded Empire Justice Center a renewal grant to target populations that have been left out of previous enrollment efforts.
Capital District
Adirondack Health Institute
Glens Falls, NY
518-480-0111
www.adirondackhealthinstitute.org
Counties Covered: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
Centro Civico
Amsterdam, NY
518-842-3762
www.centrocivico.org
Counties covered: Montgomery, Fulton, Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rennselaer
Central New York
Alternatives Impact
Ithaca, NY
607-273-4611
www.alternatives.org/impact.html
Counties covered: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga, Tompkins
Child Care Solutions
Syracuse and Auburn, NY
315-446-1220 (Syracuse), 315-446-1220 ext. 0 (Auburn)
www.childcaresyracuse.org
Counties covered: Onondaga, Cayuga
Cortland County Community Action Program
Cortland, NY
607-753-6781
www.capco.org
Counties covered: Cortland
Finger Lakes
Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Rochester
Rochester, NY
585-546-3440
www.cccsofrochester.org
Counties Covered: Monroe, Orleans, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne
Mental Health Association
Rochester, NY
585-325-3145
www.mharochester.org
Counties covered: Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming
St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center
Rochester, NY
585-325-5260
www.sjncenter.org
Counties covered: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Hudson Valley
Child Care Resources of Rockland
Spring Valley, NY
845-425-0009
www.childcarerockland.org
Counties covered: Rockland
Sister to Sister International
Yonkers, NY
914-207-0368
www.s2si.org
Counties covered: Westchester
Ulster County Community Action
Kingston, NY
845-338-8750
www.uccac.org
Counties covered: Ulster
North East Community Center
Millerton, NY
518-789-4259
www.neccmillerton.org
Counties covered: Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Hudson Valley
Long Island
Planned Parenthood of Nassau County
Hempstead, NY
516-750-2500
www.plannedparenthood.org/nassau-county
Counties covered: Nassau
Healthy Latino Communities
Roslyn Heights, NY
347-752-0852
www.helaco.org
Counties covered: Nassau, Suffolk
New York City
Brooklyn Queens Long Island Area Health Education Center
Brooklyn, NY
718-797-1558
www.bqliahec.org
Counties covered: Kings (Brooklyn)
The LGBT Network (formerly the Long Island GLBT Services Network)
Woodbury, NY
516-323-0011
www.lgbtnetwork.org
Counties Covered: Queens
New York Communities Organizing Fund
Brooklyn, NY
nycofi.nationbuilder.com
347-756-4949
Counties covered: Kings (Brooklyn)
Western New York
Cornell University Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County
Jamestown, NY
716-664-9502
chautauquacce.shutterfly.com
Counties covered: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua
Buffalo Urban League
Buffalo, NY
716-250-2400
www.buffalourbanleague.org
Counties covered: Erie
Community Access Services of WNY, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
716-852-5969
www.caswny.org
Counties covered: Erie