External Resources - Callen-Lorde

External Resources

Callen-Lorde’s Care Coordination Department supports patients receiving care at Callen-Lorde, whether it is for primary care, sexual health care, TGNB Gender Affirming Care, or HIV care. We provide intimate, personalized services for patients who need help navigating the healthcare system, social services systems, and other areas that impact a person’s quality of life. The Care Coordination Department provides comprehensive health promotion services to help increase health literacy knowledge and self-efficacy. Lastly, the Care Coordination Department is a powerhouse of comprehensive resources. The department is supported by a variety of grants, including those from the Federal, State, City, and private foundations.

Having grants that support our work has pros and cons since grants inform us of the parameters/boundaries of the patient care work we do. While this creates a hurdle, Care Coordination continues to connect patients to the appropriate resources to meet the needs of patients in creative ways. Below are external resources that our patients can check out.

 

Elder Resources

Websites and Pamphlets

Referrals

Food Assistance/Food Insecurity

Housing

Transportation

  • MTA Reduced Fare Program: If you are 65 years of age or older, you are eligible for reduced-fare travel on MTA subways and buses. Call 719-243-4999
  • Department of Transit, Aging Services

Podcasts

 

Food and Nutrition Organizations

NY Common Pantry

  • Choice Pantry Program – Offers fresh, culturally appropriate and nutritious food free to participants who qualify. The pantry packages supplemental grocery packages in five food categories: protein, dairy, grains, fruits and vegetables. Allocations proportional to the number of individuals in the family and provided every two weeks.
  • Hot Meals Program – Provides hot, nutritionally balanced meals to guests as well as Brown Bag lunches which include a sandwich, snack and beverage every Saturday and Sunday.
  • Nourish Program – Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) aims to increase health in individuals who are 60 years of age or older and have low income by providing nutritious food choices from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This program allows seniors to receive food on a monthly basis. The program includes guidance for preparing nutritious meals, dissemination of nutrition and health information by nutritionists, and a referral to health care and social service agencies for other needed services.
  • Call (917) 982-2564 to learn more.

God’s Love We Deliver

  • Home-Delivered Meals – Medically tailored meals are individualized to a person’s medical and nutritional situation. They are designed Registered Dietitian Nutritionists to provide nourishment, promote recovery and aid in the management of various heath conditions. God’s Love We Deliver uses fresh, quality ingredients to craft wholesome meals that are free of preservatives and fillers. All meals are freshly cooked in our kitchen a quickly blast-chilled and frozen to maintain meal quality and taste.
  • Contact (212) 924-8102 or clientservices@glwd.org to learn more.

GMHC

  • Keith Haring Food Pantry Program – The Short-Term Pantry (also known as the emergency pantry) provides shelf stable, ready to eat foods to individuals in need of immediate or emergency food assistance. Short-term pantry bags are available to anyone in need, regardless of HIV status. Short-term pantry bags are distributed in addition to fresh produce at GMHC On the Go every Wednesday from 11:30am-1:30pm from the agency lobby. The Long-Term Pantry is a coordinated food assistance and nutrition education program that aims to improve the health and well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS. You must be a GMHC client to participate in Long-Term Food Pantry programs.
  • Contact (212) 367-1133 or nutrition@gmhc.org to learn more.

Boom!Health

  • The Momentum Project – Provides communal meals and grocery bags as well as housing advocacy, harm reduction services, and supportive counseling.

Rockland BOCES Family Resource Center

  • Based in Rockland County, they provide workshops on Eat Smart and Managing Food Dollars.

Rockland County Food Pantry list

  • This website provides a comprehensive list of food pantries in Rockland County.

People to People

  • For decades, People to People has been assisting our community’s most vulnerable families, anxious seniors and worried veterans.
  • Based on Rockland County, contact (845) 623-4900 or info@peopletopeopleinc.org to learn more.

Bergen County Food Security Task Force

  • The task force ensures households are fed with healthy options by keeping local pantries and food distribution efforts stocked. They also work to connect food insecure people to a wider array of social services.
  • Contact BCFoodTaskForce2020@gmail.com  to learn more.

Center for Food Action (CFA)

  • They provide emergency food programs in addition to weekend snack pack meals and homelessness prevention resources in Bergen and Passaic County.

 

Clothing Donation Resources

Dress for Success, Northern New Jersey

  • The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
  • Contact northernnj@dressforsuccess.org to learn more.

Oasis: A Haven for Women and Children, Passaic County, New Jersey

  • Focus on: education and training to help women enter the workforce while offering after-school and Saturday programs that help children and teens excel in school, enter post-secondary education and training, and succeed in a career. We continue to offer women and children hot meals, emergency food bags, clothing and the help of three on-site social workers.
  • Contact info@oasisnj.org to learn more.

CUMAC, Passaic County, New Jersey

  • CUMAC is a non-profit organization dedicated to feeding people and changing lives. Our team works to alleviate hunger and its root causes for those in need in Paterson, Passaic County and northern New Jersey. The Community Closet is a resource for both disaster recovery and building the self-sufficiency of neighborhood residents. The Community Closet provides clothing and household items free of charge to victims of domestic violence, house fire, natural or other disaster in order to lessen the financial burden of their circumstance.
  • Contact info@cumacecho.org to learn more.

Person to Person, Connecticut

  • Person to Person manages and executes critical programs every day that transform the lives of their clients. Their diversity of programs focus on the well-being of clients and the community is part of what makes P2P unique. Essential needs are more than food and housing; it’s about the well-being of the individuals and families served.

 

Legal Services

 

Immigration Services

New York Legal Assistance Group

  • They help with removal proceedings, asylum cases, green card applications, citizen applications, and healthcare benefit access.
  • Contact (212) 613-5000 to learn more.

Bronxworks

  • They help with citizen applications, DACA, green cards, U visas, ESOL, and citizen classes.
  • Contact (718) 508-3091 to learn more.

Legal Aid Society of Rockland county

  • The Legal Aid Society of Rockland’s Civil Division provides legal representation to clients whose income is within 200% of the poverty level in: evictions, foreclosures, cases involving clients’ right to receive public assistance benefits, immigration matters, bankruptcies, and divorces. In addition, lawyers in Children’s Rights Division (CRD) represent children in family court proceedings involving, abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, PINS, custody and visitation, family offenses, termination of parental rights, and foster care placements.
  • Contact (845) 634-3627 to learn more.

Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland County

  • They help with Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions, Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
  • Contact (845) 942-5791 to learn more.

 

Out-of-State Patient Resources

Insurance

HealthCare.gov – Public insurance and Medicaid options by state

Out2Enroll – LGBTQ+ affirming insurance navigation

Medical Providers:

American Academy of HIV Medicine – Find an HIV provider by location

CenterLink – Directory for LGBTQ+ centers, many of which have primary care and pro-bono providers listed

MyTransHealth – TGNB-affirming medical and mental health providers

National Association for Community Health Centers – Community Health Centers are required to care for folks regardless of ability to pay, find one near you

PleasePrEPMe – Search engine for PrEP and HIV services

World Professional Association for Transgender Health – Directory for TGNB competent healthcare providers by specialty

Behavioral Health:

Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists – Directory of LGBTQ+ affirming behavioral health providers.

MyTransHealth – TGNB-affirming medical and mental health providers.

National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network – QTPoC mental health practitioner directory.

World Professional Association for Transgender Health – Directory for TGNB competent healthcare providers by specialty.

Additional Resources:

GALAP Directory – The gender-affirming letter access project, providing free and low-cost letters for gender-affirming access to medical care.

 

Additional LGBTQ+ Health Resources in NYC

APICHA
(212) 334-7940
400 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Primary, specialty, HIV care. Low cost/sliding fee scale, most private insurances, Medicaid and Medicare, Fidelis, Health First, MetroPlus, United HealthCare Community Plan, ADAP

Community Health Network
General: (866) 246-8259

Bronx: (718) 320-4466
975 Westchester Ave
Bronx, NY 10459

Queens: (718) 523-2123
90-04 161st Street
Jamaica, NY 11432

Adult and senior primary healthcare, HIV care, mental health services, gynecology, STI screening, HIV testing and counseling, podiatry and dentistry. Services for teens. Health centers, offices and mobile units in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. Transgender Health Care program at Bronx and Queens locations.

Daniel C. Leicht Center (at Governor Hospital Center)
227 Madison Street, Room 107 (btwn Jefferson & Clinton St)
New York, NY 10002
Appointments: (212) 238-8188
Accepts virtually all commercial insurances and provides sliding scale free. Most private insurances are not accepted. Specialties include LGBTQ+ primary care, specializing in HIV and transgender care, as well as care of patients with chronic illness.

Ryan Network
Upper West Side: (212) 749-1820
110 W 97th St.
New York, NY 10025

Midtown West: (212) 265-4500
645 10th Ave.
New York, NY 10036

Lower East Side: (212) 477-8500
279 E 3rd St.
New York, NY 10009

Family primary healthcare (pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric), HIV primary care, dental care, optometry, allergy, dermatology, neurology, nutrition, podiatry, prenatal care, sexual and reproductive healthcare, sonograms, urology, case management and mental health services.