Health

General

Community Health Advocates
Helps people receive, keep and use health care coverage. 105 East 22nd Street New York, N.Y. 10010.  Can also refer callers to website where they can manually “Get Help”.

888- 614-5400    

Healthy Families
The Healthy Families New York Home Visiting Program offers home-based services to expectant families and new parents, beginning prenatally or shortly after the birth of the child. Referral sites all throughout New York. Visit their website for list of resources.

Women’s Healthline
Information and referrals on general health for low-income women.

Call 311 and ask for the Women’s Healthline

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Free and confidential STD clinics

800-825-5448

Lifenet
Provides mental health referrals for low-income residents of NYC. Will provide referrals depending on area (can provide referrals for all five boroughs).

800-543-3638

Torch (Teen Outreach Reproductive Challenge) 
An innovative program that trains a diverse group of high school students in NYC as Peer Educators. Peer educations work to reduce the communication barrier between health care providers and adolescents.

212- 343-0114

The Door
Health Services, contraceptives, legal counseling, abortion services, and educational services for young people, ages 12-21. 

212- 941-9090

City Wide Family Planning Council
Provides culturally sensitive, comprehensive, preventative family planning and general healthcare.

Caribbean House: 718-778-0198
Queens Health Center, in Jamaica: 718-657-7088.
Lower East Side/ Northern Manhattan: 212-477-1120.
Brooklyn: 718- 388-0390.
Bronx: -718-991-9250.
Helen B. Atkinson Center: 212-426-0088

American Menopause Foundation
Provides general information concerning menopause and issues surrounding it. Has educational programs all over the country and has support groups.

212-714-2398

Medicaid Managed Care Helpline
Provides info about all types of health plans and assistance. (Spanish speakers available). 

212- 614-5400 or 800 -505 -5678

Brooklyn Women’s Services
General health services, primary care, gynecology, counseling, radiology, psychotherapy; accepts most insurance, no Medicaid, $175 for first visit, $125 for additional visits, no sliding scale. 

718-748-1234

Cumberland Neighborhood Family Care Center
Breast cancer screening, gynecology, and family planning, Medicaid accepted, sliding scale payment option.

718-260-7500

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center
Ambulatory Surgery Center (abortion clinic), Medicaid accepted, sliding scale payment option. Speak Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew and Spanish

718-963-8000

Settlement Health and Medical Services
AIDS/HIV related services, primary care, support groups, nutritional and health counseling.

212-360-2600

Choices Women’s Medical Center (Queens)
Primary health facilities, mental health facilities and an abortion clinic. Accepts Medicaid (call 1 day in advance).   2928 44th Ave, Long Island City 11101

718-786-5000 or 718-729-2271

Community Health Center
Women’s Health Services (Queens)- General women’s healthcare, outpatient services only.

718-334-3150

Youth Line
24-hour hotline offering crisis intervention along with information and referrals relating to teen pregnancy, AIDS, suicide, and other crisis situations.

800-246-4646

Lesbian Cancer Initiative (LCI)
The LCI is a program of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center that offers a continuum of prevention, education and support services and free programs for lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender (LBT) people regarding cancer. Research has shown that lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender people have a greater concentration of risk factors for cancer, and participate in routine medical care and screenings at lower rates than the general population. The goal of LCI is to make available the information needed by lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender people and to address our community’s needs and concerns.

(646) 556-9300