Access Health NYC

FPWA is a lead agency of Access Health NYC, a city-wide initiative that funds community-based organizations (CBOs) to provide education, outreach, and assistance on how to access health care or coverage. Access Health NYC CBOs target New Yorkers who are immigrants, LGBTQ, formerly incarcerated, and/or homeless, and are experiencing barriers to health care or coverage. The lead agencies train, monitor/evaluate, and provide technical assistance/guidance to the CBOs as well as support a consumer helpline.

Download the new multi-language Guide to Your Health Care Rights & Options community education guide.

For more information, contact Director of Policy Jeanette Estima.

Day Laborer Workforce

The Day Laborer Workforce Coalition estimates that there are currently 8,000-10,000 day laborers in New York City. An investment in day laborer centers supports the expansion of the existing four day laborer centers to provide services in all five boroughs. These services include dignified physical space for day laborers to meet, referrals to jobs or support services, legal services to address issues such as wage theft, and workforce training and development.

For more information, contact Senior Policy Analyst Osman Ahmed.

Campaign for Successful Aging

Ensuring that seniors have maximum independence and continue to contribute to the city’s economic well-being is a key priority for FPWA. In the spring of 2014, we launched a campaign to promote policies and services for New York seniors. We are working with a coalition of aging advocates to create a set of policy recommendations to curb chronic underfunding of senior services, fragmented service delivery, and lack of involvement by older adults in setting priorities.  We are also working with member agencies to advocate for an intensive case management model to support seniors with more complex needs.

For more information, contact Director of Policy Jeanette Estima.

Campaign for Worker Cooperatives: Building Opportunities and Wealth

Since 2013, FPWA has been organizing a campaign to increase worker cooperatives in New York City. Worker cooperatives are democratically owned enterprises that tend to provide higher wages and better economic benefits than other small businesses. Consequently, they are a solution to address long-term unemployment, low-wage jobs, and income inequality. We have been and continue to work with dozens of member and partner organizations to advocate for stronger city policies and funding to expand worker cooperatives.

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For more information, contact Senior Policy Analyst Osman Ahmed.