Healthcare Providers And Hospitals

Linkages to Care

Health care providers and hospitals often serve as anchor institutions, with resources, relationships, and missions to serve their local communities. Integrating health care access with other services and supports is critical to establishing and maintaining community health and well-being. Seedco’s relationships in the health sector are improving access to care and reaching those with the greatest needs.

Bronx Health and Benefits Initiative | Bridging Access to Benefits and Care

Maryland Health Connection

Bronx Health and Benefits Initiative

The conditions in which we live explain in part why some Americans are healthier than others. Those with fewer resources and access to services tend to be less healthy. Starting in 2018 and in partnership with the Acacia Network, Seedco’s Bronx Health and Benefits Initiative builds capacity to coordinate community-based care in one of New York’s unhealthiest and poorest counties. Working closely with Acacia’s Bronx programs, Seedco is integrating its EarnBenefitsOnline at community sites and helping residents access benefits; training local Acacia staff; and deploying screening staff at Acacia’s health centers.

Bronx Partners for Healthy Communities Innovation Fund funds this project.

Seedco Executive Director Tara Colton, Acacia Network CEO Raul Russi
and St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction Founder Joyce Rivera accepting the grant award from OneCity Health Innovation Fund

Bridging Access to Benefits and Care

This program is designed to address social determinants of health for the most vulnerable and disenfranchised opioid dependent population in the Bronx through outreach, engagement, enrollment in public benefits and linkages to care. Seedco’s focus will be increasing enrollments in public benefits using our EarnBenefits Online technology. BABC builds on Acacia and Seedco’s Bronx Health and Benefits Initiative, funded through the Bronx Partners for Healthy Communities Innovation Fund, to integrate EarnBenefits Online into Acacia’s federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). This initiative is led by Acacia Network, with three core partners: Seedco, St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction (SACHR) and MDRC, which serves as the evaluation partner.

The program is funded by the OneCity Health Innovation Fund.

Maryland Health Connection

Seedco is an official partner of Maryland Health Connection, providing enrollment assistance with health, dental insurance during the Open Enrollment period and, to eligible individuals, throughout the year. Our team of certified Navigators has the expertise to guide you as you look at plan options, including determining eligibility for tax credits to reduce monthly costs.

Our program has served the Upper Eastern Shore since 2013 and the Southern Region since 2017. Each of the ten counties has a Navigator working in the community. Call our hotlines to connect with a Navigator in your community and to get answers to general questions.

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