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The
Access to Care program
is a mental health and substance abuse program for people who were
impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, and their family
members. Survivors
are able to receive financial assistance for mental health
counseling, medication and substance abuse treatment during their
recovery. The program can be used to pay for services with
licensed providers and clinics anywhere in the country and is
retroactive to August 30, 2005. Anyone who resided in a FEMA
designated pre-disaster hurricane zip code prior to landfall and
suffered significant impact is eligible.
Anyone who lost a close family member as a result of the
hurricanes, regardless of their place of residence at the time of
the hurricanes, is also eligible for assistance. Mental
health professionals, case managers and interested clients can get
more information about eligibility, covered services and how to
enroll, by visiting the program’s website: www.a2care.org
or by calling: 1-866-794-HOPE, a 24/7 toll-free, multilingual line
staffed with trained mental health professionals.
Access
to Care Initiative
(pdf format)
This
program is an initiative of The American Red Cross Hurricane
Recovery Program and is administered by Link2Health Solutions, a
private non-profit subsidiary of The Mental Health Association of
NYC.
For
media inquiries, please call or email:
Jeanne Ellinport, ellinportj@usa.redcross.org
or 202-303-4585.
To
discuss outreach opportunities or request materials or more
detailed program information, contact Jennifer Cronin, jcronin@mhaofnyc.org
or 212-614-6328.
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