Primary Care for All Americans (Fiscal sponsor: Global Impact) 

New York State’s primary care advocacy efforts are primarily led by provider organizations working to advance policy and practice changes. Consumer advocacy groups are increasingly engaging on primary care issues with a focus on patients’ needs. Yet a key voice remains underrepresented: grassroots, community-level movements that directly involve primary care providers, community leaders, and patients in local advocacy and solutions development. Community-led models are emerging, but remain limited; many communities still lack the leadership and resources to create these types of initiatives. In 2024, NYHealth awarded Primary Care for All Americans (PC4AA) a grant to expand New York’s primary care advocacy network. 

Under this grant, PC4AA will build relationships with community members, health care providers, and other stakeholders to understand community needs and develop culturally aligned strategies to address primary care access challenges in Queens. It will establish a grassroots network of primary care advocates with a targeted plan to improve primary care access locally. Over time, this grassroots model will complement efforts to increase primary care access and equity statewide.