CHP advocates made contact with over 1,000 people in Pueblo and helped enroll hundreds in in Pandemic EBT food assistance and other services. They also launched a phone tree initiative that has reached 200 directly-affected people and connected them to resources to meet their immediate needs.

During COVID-19, MSAC has provided input to integrate the SNAP (Nutritional Assistance) application into the Medicaid application for older adults and continued to do outreach and education at senior housing facilities and senior centers. They also provided tablets & internet for members who needed them, to continue their organizing.

During the pandemic, MPRC produced a report on Maine’s Medicaid transportation system and engaged with immigrant owners of transportation companies, as well as other interest groups, to grow their base and get feedback. They also built an online mutual aid community that brought over 1,000 new people into their base, in just a few months.

During the pandemic, MaketheRoadNY was able to move their Community Health Worker program to phone-based and to connect community members with their housing advocacy campaign. They also led multiple meetings with housing leaders to collect stories and engage the community, and led a successful campaign to suspend housing evictions.

During the pandemic, PHAN held multiple presentations and calls for consumers and advocates to spread knowledge about the state’s Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP). They distributed a survey on MATP, collected stories and added more than 800 people to their base.

During the pandemic, AlabamaArise was still able to engage Trinity Gardens community members through meetings, organizing events and activities to build ongoing relationships and they trained community leaders on state policy issues, including Medicaid and Advocacy 101 sessions.

During this pandemic APANO organized immigrant-owned restaurant owners to win a delivery fee cap. They helped secure tens of millions of dollars of funds for direct community benefit in response to COVID-19 and then help hundreds of families with rental assistance, relief funds, small business grants, food security programs, and more. They also developed & engaged new community leaders through their Climate Health and Housing Leadership Institute (CHHI).

Even during the pandemic, advocates with JONAH and EXPO, in Wisconsin, trained grassroots leaders virtually on how to advocate on Social Determinants of Health. These leaders are now meeting with health system officials to push for investments in affordable housing. They also continue to meet with and apply pressure for the release of people over age 65 from Wisconsin prisons to reduce the incarcerated population and partially mitigate the risks COVID19 poses.

During the pandemic, Georgians for A Healthy Future and The ARC Georgia, disseminated a rider survey for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation users and trained Grassroots Connectors to provide them with tools for their NEMT grassroots efforts. They also hosted meetings to discuss GA’s transportation advocacy & political landscape & completed a data analysis to identify transportation shortage areas in the state, highlighting where to improve.

Even during the pandemic, CHP created an online community for users and others affected by Non-Emergency Medical Transportation services, while re-focusing policy efforts on holding the manager of  Medicaid NEMT services in Colorado accountable for their contract. In all, they’ve reached 22,000 people and brought 250+ into their advocacy efforts!