Our Mission
Health Care Access Now’s mission is to advocate, educate, and support individuals in our region by utilizing the expertise of Certified Community Health Workers to deliver coordinated services and resources.
School-based Health Centers and Kids with Chronic Illness
School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide a variety of health care services to students—and often their families and/or community members. Located in a school building on campus, SBHCs increase health care access by removing barriers to health care that many families face. At Roberts Paideia Academy’s SBHC, Nicole DeGreg is the Nurse Practitioner who sees patients….
Children and Chronic Illness
Anyone, at any age, might be diagnosed with a chronic illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that more than 40% of children and adolescents have a chronic disease. Types of chronic illnesses affect kids in different proportions than adults. Some of the most common chronic illnesses that children might have include…
Mental and Physical Health: Hand in Hand
“Stress affects physical health—and it keeps people from going to their [doctor] appointments,” says Christine Young, who trained as a Community Health Worker (CHW) through Health Care Access Now (HCAN). As a care coordinator for Talbert House, Young administers a screening to outpatient mental health clients that helps reveal health-related social needs, such as issues…
HCAN by the numbers…
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Insights & Inspiration
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