NYC Health + Hospitals’ NYC Care releases worker’s resource toolkit to engage underserved populations and increase program enrollment
This toolkit includes posters, flyers, and social media content to ensure New Yorkers are aware of the benefits available to them.
NYC Care is a health care access program available to New Yorkers regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
October 24, 2024
NYC Health + Hospitals’ NYC Care program today announced the release of the Worker’s Resources Toolkit to connect more New Yorkers across the city to healthcare access programs. The toolkit includes messages aimed at workers in a variety of industries, with a particular focus on gig workers, who are less likely to receive information about the program from their employers. This toolkit includes posters, flyers, and social media content in Arabic, Bangla, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu. Included. NYC Care will partner with 22 community-based organization partners, city officials, and champions of digital and in-person outreach efforts to ensure this information is shared with NYC Care-eligible New Yorkers.
“This toolkit is part of our commitment to finding new and innovative ways to ensure all New Yorkers are aware of the health care services they are entitled to.” NYC Health+ said Jonathan Jimenez, MD, MPH, Executive Director of NYC Care Hospitals. . “We look forward to continuing to engage with new communities across the city to ensure we continue to reduce health inequities. To see if you’re eligible, visit NYCCare.NYC Visit us or call 646-692-2273.”
NYC Care has grown to more than 145,000 active members and provided more than 1 million primary care appointments to our members. Since our launch in 2019, we have provided hundreds of thousands of specialty care appointments, including 365,226 women’s health appointments, 284,766 eye care appointments, and 187,425 behavioral health appointments. NYC Care’s community-based organization partners have reached more than 1 million New Yorkers, scheduled more than 43,000 registration appointments, and facilitated more than 17,000 in-person registrations. In June, the program announced that its NYC Care 24/7/365 hotline had received more than 500,000 calls. From launching the Groceries to Go program in partnership with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide members with discounted groceries, to developing a multilingual video series about the program, to rolling out a public awareness campaign, NYC Care We continue to advocate for the health needs of our city. The most vulnerable.
###
Media Contact: Press Office
#174-24
About NYC Care
NYC Care is a health care access program that provides comprehensive, low-cost or free health care services through NYC Health + Hospital to New Yorkers who cannot afford or are not eligible for health insurance. NYC Care offers a membership card, 24/7 customer service, access to comprehensive and affordable health care services including primary care, mental health services, sexual and reproductive health care, low-cost medications, Provide multilingual membership materials. Immigration status or ability to pay. Call 646-NYC-CARE (646-692-2273) or visit NYCCare.NYC to learn more and sign up today. Privacy and confidentiality are guaranteed.
About NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health system. We are a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, and post-acute care centers. We are MetroPlus, a home care agency and health plan. Our health system provides essential services to more than 1 million New Yorkers each year at more than 70 locations across the city’s five boroughs. Our diverse workforce of more than 43,000 employees is uniquely focused on helping New Yorkers, without exception, live the healthiest lives possible. For more information, visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org and connect with us on Facebook. TwitTarInstagram, and LinkedIn.
