Grantee Name
S2AY Rural Health Network
Funding Area
Expanding Health Care Coverage
Publication Date
July 2011
Grant Amount
$97,635
Grant Date:
November 1, 2008-October 31, 2009
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The S2AY Rural Health Network (which comprises the Public Health Departments in Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Allegany, Yates, Ontario, and Wayne Counties), together with the Genesee Valley Health Partnership in Livingston County, Excellus, Preferred Care, and the Chambers of Commerce, formed a partnership to undertake, “Making it Easy: A Rural Plan to Increase Enrollment in Healthy NY.”
The goal was to inform rural small business owners about the options available to them, particularly the publicly subsidized option, Healthy NY, and ultimately identify specific ways to boost health insurance enrollment.
This grant was one of five organizations that received a planning grant from the 2008 NYHealth request for proposals (RFP), “Expanding Coverage Options in the Small Group and Individual Market in New York State.” The RFP grew directly out of the Foundation’s desire to generate ideas for expanding health insurance options for small businesses and sole proprietors.
Read an NYHealth special report that contains a summary of findings from this RFP.