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2015 NYHealth Enrollment and Outreach Grantees

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.

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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

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc.

New York City is home to nearly 1.2 million documented and undocumented Asian Americans, representing more than 13% of the City’s total population. Many Asian Americans experience health disparities compared with the general population, including higher rates of chronic diseases and lower access to primary care services. Numerous factors contribute to this problem, such as language barriers and immigration issues. Founded in 1971, the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (Charles B. Wang) is a nonprofit federally qualified health center that operates service sites in Lower Manhattan and in Flushing, Queens. The majority of its 49,000 patients are low-income, uninsured, or under-insured Asian Americans with limited access to basic health care. As a result of a growing South Asian population in Queens, Charles B. Wang’s Flushing site is now at full capacity. In 2015, NYHealth awarded Charles B. Wang a grant to support the opening of a second clinic to serve the Queens community.

Under this grant, Charles B. Wang used NYHealth support for the recruitment of culturally appropriate providers and marketing and outreach efforts for this new population. Specifically, Charles B. Wang worked to attract and retain culturally and linguistically diverse providers and support staff in the areas of family practice, prenatal care, mental health, nursing, medical assistance, and other patient services. In addition, Charles B. Wang helped promote the new site to community residents and ensure that it operates at full capacity. Charles B. Wang aimed to increase its service capacity by 32% once the second Queens site is in full operation.

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc.

Many Asian Americans experience health disparities compared with the general population, including higher rates of chronic diseases and lower access to primary care services.

Numerous factors contribute to this problem, such as language barriers and immigration issues. Founded in 1971, the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (Charles B. Wang) is a nonprofit federally qualified health center that operates service sites in Lower Manhattan and in Flushing, Queens. The majority of its 49,000 patients are low-income, uninsured, or under-insured Asian Americans with limited access to basic health care. As a result of a growing South Asian population in Queens, Charles B. Wang’s Flushing site is now at full capacity. In 2015, NYHealth awarded Charles B. Wang a grant to support the opening of a second clinic to serve the Queens community.

Community Food Advocates, Inc.

In New York City, 75% of the 1.1 million public school students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch; however, one in three eligible students do not participate.

Although free lunches offer meals to students who need them most, many students skip it to avoid the stigma and bullying associated with the program. Universal School Lunch makes meals free for all students, delinks school food from family income, and removes the barrier to lunch participation. In 2014, Community Food Advocates (CFA) successfully advocated for Universal School Lunch for all students in New York City middle schools. In 2015, NYHealth awarded CFA a grant to work toward the systemwide implementation of Universal School Lunch throughout all New York City public schools.

Under this grant, CFA worked to ensure the streamlined implementation of the existing middle school free lunch program and expand free school lunch across the New York City school system. Specifically, CFA organized key Universal School lunch stakeholders, built coalitions, and produced policy materials. CFA identified, engaged, and trained students and parent leaders to advocate for Universal School Lunch. CFA also worked with school food staff to increase student participation in lunch programs by evaluating food and cafeteria appeal and menu selection. Additionally, CFA conducted school visits to identify best practices in schools with the highest participation rates, as well as barriers in those with low participation rates. CFA disseminated results to the New York City Department of Education, principals, school staff, and other stakeholders.

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

New York City’s affordable housing plan, Housing New York, aims to provide support to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing across New York City, of which 120,000 are preservation projects.

In 2014, NYHealth and the Kresge Foundation commissioned a report that examined the City’s housing plan, documenting the link between housing conditions and resident health and the disproportionate impact of poor housing conditions on low-income communities. The report also offered recommendations for City agencies to advance residents’ health through the plan. To address recommendations included in the 2014 report, NYHealth awarded Enterprise Community Partners a grant to develop a tool that will help builders focus on health during housing preservation projects to be piloted in buildings located at NYHealth Healthy Neighborhoods Fund sites of East Harlem and Brownsville, as well as the South Bronx.

Under this grant, Enterprise Community Partners developed and piloted the Healthy Green Capital Needs Assessment (HGCNA). The HGCNA tool ensured that affordable housing owners, public agencies, and building specialists understood the range of potential improvements to support resident health. The tool helped those involved in the rehabilitation process evaluate potential health-focused rehabilitation components; develop a proposed scope of costs; identify financing mechanisms and incentives; and develop and execute long-term operations and resident engagement plans.

Public Agenda, Inc.

As health care costs continue to grow, patients are increasingly facing higher premiums, deductibles, and copayments—leading to more out-of-pocket costs for their health care. Growing consumer exposure to costs has increased emphasis on price transparency and access to accurate consumer information.

Although it is apparent patients want to know more about health care pricing, little data are available to show how consumers are seeking and using available price information—and whether this information leads to value-oriented purchasing decisions. A nationally representative survey by Public Agenda in 2014, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), examined this issue by interviewing adults across the country about their practices with regard to seeking and using health care price information. RWJF and Public Agenda will repeat the national survey in 2016 to uncover further trends. In 2015, NYHealth awarded Public Agenda a grant to conduct a robust New York State companion survey in conjunction with the national project.

Under this grant, Public Agenda surveyed New Yorkers to understand the current state of consumer price information seeking and use. The New York sample was representative of the geographic and demographic distribution of the State’s population. Public Agenda produced a public report of the New York findings, which included trend analyses and a comparison of the New York results with national findings. By determining the extent to which New Yorkers are seeking and using price information, these findings can help stakeholders understand the existing landscape of accurate sources of pricing information. These State-specific results can serve as a benchmark to understand future developments in New York residents’ health care price behaviors and attitudes.

Read the reports on the surveys’ findings: “Still Searching: How People Use Health Care Price Information in the United States, New York State, Florida, Texas, and New Hampshire.“

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2015 NYHealth Enrollment and Outreach Grantees

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc.

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc.

Many Asian Americans experience health disparities compared with the general population, including higher rates of chronic diseases and lower access to primary care services.

Community Food Advocates, Inc.

In New York City, 75% of the 1.1 million public school students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch; however, one in three eligible students do not participate.

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

New York City’s affordable housing plan, Housing New York, aims to provide support to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing across New York City, of which 120,000 are preservation projects.

Public Agenda, Inc.