Health Care Access for Immigrants in New York

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Clinical Services
These are some free or low-cost health care options for anyone in NYC, regardless of immigration or insurance status.

NYC Care is a health care access program that guarantees low-cost and no-cost services to New Yorkers who do not qualify for or cannot afford health insurance. With NYC Care, you can get a unique membership card to access health services, choose your own doctor, and get affordable medications. Learn more about the program and how to enroll by calling 646-692-2273 or clicking here: https://www.nyccare.nyc/enroll/

NYC Health + Hospitals offers low-cost and no-cost emergency and non-emergency services at public hospitals and clinics throughout the city. Search locations here: https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/locations/

Community health centers offer low-cost and no-cost primary care, dental, mental health, and other clinical services. Search for a health center near you: https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/ (Note that the site is in English only)

NYC Well is a free, confidential connection to mental health care, in more than 200 languages at any time of the day. Telephone: 1(888) NYC (692) -WELL (9355) or text WELL to 65173

Community-Based Services

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The following organizations offer a variety of community-based services to support immigrant New Yorkers’ health.

Bronx

BoomHealth provides overdose prevention, syringe access, health coordination, behavioral health, housing, legal, advocacy and wellness services throughout the Bronx.
Website: https://www.boomhealth.org/contact
Address: 226 East 144^th Street, Bronx, NY 10451 | 3144 3^rd Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451
Telephone: (718) 295-2666

Emerald Isle Immigration Center offers a range of social services, including meals on wheels, mental health counseling, health insurance enrollment assistance, and senior support, in addition to programs in education, employment, and immigration services.
Website: https://eiic.org/
Address: 4275 Katonah Avenue, Woodlawn, NY 10470
Contact: (718) 324-3039

Grameen Primacare, Inc. provides underserved women from low-income immigrant communities with a health promotion and empowerment program that utilizes a community health Access to bilingual health workers. Assistance with health system navigation and access to blood pressure, HbA1c, and other biometric tests.
Website: https://grameenprimacare.org/
Email: INFO@GRAMEENPRIMACARE.ORG
Address: 82-11 37^th Avenue, #607, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

NMIC provides insurance navigation, case management, health education, and mental health services, with a focus on communities in Northern Manhattan and the South and West Bronx.
Website: https://www.nmic.org/health/
Address: 8 Clinton Place, #8, Bronx, NY 10453
Contact: (347) 269-5186

Brooklyn

Academy of Medical and Public Health Services (AMPHS) is an organization that strives to create a local system of making health care access more accessible to immigrant New Yorkers. Their services include clinical care with a personal appeal. Have social services which can help with welfare, family planning and has training and education services.

Website: http://www.amphsonline.org/index.html

Address: 5306 3rd Ave 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220

Telephone: (212) 256-9036

Email: info@amphsonline.org

Elmy’s Special Services serves individuals with special needs through specialized care services and support, including early childhood intervention, behavioral health, day habilitation, and residential services.
Website: https://www.elmysspecialservices.org/
Address: 163 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221
Telephone: (718) 789-7539
Fort Greene SNAP provides health insurance enrollment services, maternal and infant health programs, and family and youth peer support services.
Website: https://www.fortgreenesnap.org/services
Address: 324 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Telephone: (718) 576-3136 -or- (718) 694-6957
Grameen Primacare, Inc. provides underserved women from low-income immigrant communities with a health promotion and empowerment program that utilizes a community health Access to bilingual health workers. Assistance with health system navigation and access to blood pressure, HbA1c, and other biometric tests.
Website: https://grameenprimacare.org/
Email: INFO@GRAMEENPRIMACARE.ORG
Make the Road New York provides one-on-one assistance with health insurance and food stamp enrollment, hospital bill negotiation, health system navigation, nutrition education and emergency food services, Community Health Worker training and services, and HIV testing referrals.
Website: https://maketheroadny.org/services-info/
Address: 301 Grove Street Brooklyn, New York 11237
Telephone: (718) 418-7690
Mixteca is a community-based organization in Sunset Park that addresses the health, education, social, and legal needs of the Mexican and Latin American community in Brooklyn. Programs include adult education, health and wellness workshops, mental health services, and immigrant rights services.
Website: https://www.mixteca.org/en/programs
Address: 245 23^rd Street, 2^nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Contact: (718) 965-4795
United Chinese Association of Brooklyn offers health insurance navigation services in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Website: https://www.ucaob.org/navigator
Address: 1787 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11223 | 8407 15^th Avenue, Brookyln, NY 11225
Contact: Ms. Bella Chu, (718) 256-0404 –or- (718)-232-0055

Manhattan

African Services Committee, Inc. has many services for immigrants including: HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis treatment and testing, hospital escort and medical interpretation, legal services, housing placements, food pantry and nutrition programs, LGBTQ health and human services programs and others.
Website: http://www.africanservices.org/
Address: 429 West 127th Street, New York, NY 10027
Telephone: (212) 222-3882

Chinese-American Planning Council provides HIV/AIDS and sexual health services in addition to programs in education, family support, and community and economic empowerment.
Website: https://www.cpc-nyc.org/programs/community-services/hivaids-services/about-us
Address: 165 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
Telephone: (646) 613-8420
Email: CHS@cpc-nyc.org

Henry Street Settlement provides a range of health and social services in the Lower East Side, including insurance enrollment and mental health treatment.
Website: https://www.henrystreet.org/health-and-wellness-services/
Address: 265 Henry Street, New York, NY 10002
Telephone: (212) 766-9200

NMIC provides insurance navigation, case management, health education, and mental health services, with a focus on communities in Northern Manhattan and the South and West Bronx.
Website: https://www.nmic.org/health/
Address: 45 Wadsworth Avenue, New York, NY 10033
Contact: 212-822-8300

Queens

Emerald Isle Immigration Center offers a range of social services, including meals on wheels, mental health counseling, health insurance enrollment assistance, and senior support, in addition to programs in education, employment, and immigration services.
Website: https://eiic.org/
Address: 59-26 Woodside Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377
Contact: (718) 478-5502

Grameen Primacare, Inc. provides underserved women from low-income immigrant communities with a health promotion and empowerment program that utilizes a community health Access to bilingual health workers. Assistance with health system navigation and access to blood pressure, HbA1c, and other biometric tests.
Website: https://grameenprimacare.org/
Address: 82-11 37^th Avenue, #607, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Email: INFO@GRAMEENPRIMACARE.ORG
HANAC offers health insurance navigation services, substance abuse treatment, and child and family counseling, in addition to other social services.
Website: https://www.hanac.org/programs-services/adult-family-programs/health-care-access/
Address: 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South, Astoria, NY 11102
Telephone: (718) 396-5041

Korean Community Services offers insurance enrollment support, COVID-19 testing and vaccination, and screenings for breast cancer and hepatitis B.
Website: https://www.kcsny.org/what-we-do/health/phrc/
Address: 203-05 32^nd Avenue, Bayside, NY 11361
Telephone: (718) 939-6137

Make the Road New York provides one-on-one assistance with health insurance and food stamp enrollment, hospital bill negotiation, health system navigation, nutrition education and emergency food services, Community Health Worker training and services, and HIV testing referrals.
Website: https://maketheroadny.org/services-info/
Address: 92-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Telephone: (718) 565-8500
South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) provides insurance navigation services, including insurance enrollment, finding long term care services, and applying for public benefits like SNAP, rental assistance, Access-A-Ride, Low-Fare Metrocards, and other programs.
Website: https://www.sacssnyc.org/health-benefits-access/
Address: 143-02 45^th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355
Telephone: (718) 321-7929
Voces Latinas offers a variety of services, including insurance navigation, HIV prevention, mental health, and women’s wellness and safety.
Website: https://voceslatinas.org
Address: 37-63C 83rd Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Telephone: (718) 593-4528

YWCA Queens offers case management services, health education, peer mental health support, and emergency rental assistance program support. Health education services are offered in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
Website: http://ywcaqueens.org/social-services/
Address: 42-07 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, NY 11355
Telephone: (718) 353-4553 Ext. 18 & 31

Staten Island

Make the Road New York provides one-on-one assistance with health insurance and food stamp enrollment, hospital bill negotiation, health system navigation, nutrition education and emergency food services, Community Health Worker training and services, and HIV testing referrals.
Website: https://maketheroadny.org/services-info/
Address: 161 Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10302
Telephone: (718) 727-1222

Citywide

Arab-American Family Support Center provides a wide range of social services for immigrants and refugees focused on mental health, physical wellbeing, childhood development, healthy relationships, and civic engagement.
Website: https://www.aafscny.org/
Telephone: (718) 643-8000
Child Center of New York, Inc. provides services f0r mental and behavioral health for children, educational support and family support. Focusing on underserved members of New York. Website | Telephone: (718) 651-7770 | Email: info@childcenterny.org

The Children’s Health Fund provides health care services for children. They also have a blue bus that is a mobile pediatric clinic which allows for curbside assistance.
Website: https://www.childrenshealthfund.org/
Address: 215 West 125th Street Suite 301 New York, NY 10027
Telephone: (212) 535-9400

Migrant Clinicians Network has pregnancy services for family planning & contraception, Breast & Cervical Cancer, Sexually Transmitted Infections. Virtual case management is also available through their Health Network.
Website: https://www.migrantclinician.org/issues/womenshealth
Contact: Candace Kugel, MS, CRNP, CNM at ckugel@migrantclinician.org

Public Health Solutions offers a variety of reproductive and sexual health services including birth control, gynecology, pregnancy testing, prenatal care, breastfeeding support, STI testing and treatment, WIC services, SNAP enrollment, and insurance assistance.
Website: https://www.healthsolutions.org/find-services/health-services-near-you/

Sanctuary for Families, Inc. provides Children and Family Services Program aims to minimize the effects of domestic violence on vulnerable children, cultivate healthy families in the wake of violence, and break the intergenerational cycle of abuse. They also provide shelter for families.
Website: https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/
Telephone: (212) 349–6009
Email: info@sffny.org

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc. provides medical attention for women’s health services, telehealth, pediatric care, mental health and dental health.

http://www.cbwchc.org/

Address: Manhattan 268 Canal Street New York, NY 10013

Telephone: (212) 379-6998

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The Children’s Health Fund provides health care services for children. They also have a blue bus that is a mobile pediatric clinic which allows for curbside assistance.

https://www.childrenshealthfund.org/

Address: 215 West 125th Street Suite 301 New York, NY 10027

Telephone: (212) 535-9400

Grameen Primacare, Inc. provides underserved women from low-income immigrant communities with a health promotion and empowerment program that utilizes a community health Access to bilingual health workers. Assistance with health system navigation and access to blood pressure, HbA1c, and other biometric tests.

https://grameenprimacare.org/

Contact: INFO@GRAMEENPRIMACARE.ORG

Address: 150 W 30th St, New York,

The Institute for Family Health provides an array of services for children’s health, women’s health, HIV/AIDS treatment, home visits, Telehealth and WIC. They also have a free clinic for the uninsured on Saturdays with licensed doctors.

https://institute.org/

Manhattan office: 2006 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10035

Telephone: 212-633-0800

New Paltz office: 279 Main Street New Paltz, NY 12561

Telephone: 845-255-2930

They also have offices in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Mid-Hudson Valley.

Urban Health Plan, Inc. provides affordable, comprehensive, quality, primary and specialty health care and by assuring the performance and advancement of innovative best practices. Services include women’s health care, children’s health care and specialty healthcare.

https://www.urbanhealthplan.org/

Address: 1065 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10459

Telephone: (718) 589-2440