Health Related Needs Resource Hub

AVAILABLE NATIONAL SERVICES FOR HEALTH RELATED NEEDS

​Aunt Bertha (Findhelp): https://www.findhelp.org/

• Find food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduced cost programs in the United States.
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211: https://www.211.org/

• The 211 network in the United States responds to more than 14 million requests for help every year. Most calls, web chats, and text messages are from people looking for help meeting basic needs like housing, food, transportation, and health care.

AAFP Neighborhood Navigator: https://navigator.aafp.org/

• A tool to enable patients to locate services that meet their health related needs on their own. Neighborhood Navigator, which is powered by Aunt Bertha, is equipped to accommodate more than 100 languages and is integrated with Google Maps to offer users step-by-step directions to community resources.

Cap4Kids: https://cap4kids.org

• CAP4Kids (The Children’s Advocacy Project) was developed in 2005 as a way for healthcare providers, social workers, child advocates and parents and teens to find reliable, up-to-date information on community resources to help improve and enhance the lives of children and families.
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Feeding America: https://www.feedingamerica.org

• The Feeding America network is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, working to connect people with food and end hunger. Donors, staff, and volunteers all play an important role in our efforts to end hunger in the United States.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap

• SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic

• The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

Public Housing and Voucher Program: https://www.hud.gov/topics/rental_assistance

• Public housing was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single-family houses to high rise apartments for elderly families. There are approximately 1.2 million households living in public housing units, managed by some 3300 PHAs.
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  The housing choice voucher program is the federal government’s major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments.

Benefit Finder questionnaire: https://www.benefits.gov/

• The official benefits website of the U.S. government and includes information for citizens to identify benefits that they may be eligible to receive, and application information. Benefits address a variety of needs including food/nutrition, health care, housing and utilities, childcare, and tax assistance.
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1Degree: https://www.1degree.org/

• Free online tools to help you find low-cost or free resources in a variety of locations across the United States: Nine counties of the Bay Area, Los Angeles County, Southwest New Mexico (Grant, Hidalgo, and Catron Counties), Summit County Colorado, Detroit, Michigan, Gainesville, Florida and New York City, New York.

NowPow: https://www.nowpow.com/

• NowPow is a personalized community referral platform for every need and every person. We build community referral networks that promote meaningful partnerships, drive impact, and data to bridge gaps in community care.