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• Provides information and assistance finding prescription assistance programs and services for individuals who cannot afford medicine or healthcare costs. Patient assistance programs include prescription assistance and medical services.

• Provides a mental health clinic for adults with serious emotional disorders or mental illness.

• Provides temporary coverage for the cost of medications for individuals with a mental illness who leave the local jail or a local hospital, and have applied for Medicaid (Chapter 15 of Kendra's Law). The Medication Grant program provides funding to counties to pay for the individual's mental health medications (and some other medications) while they await activation of their Medicaid case.

• Links to over 700 registered opioid overdose prevention programs throughout NYS provide free training and furnish free or with health insurance - low costs- naloxone kits to the community.

• Offers Opioid Overdose Program Directory: www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/general/resources/oop_directory/index.htm.

• Offers Naloxone Co-payment Assistance Program (N-CAP), an important pharmacy benefit for all New Yorkers who have prescription coverage through their health insurance plans. Co-payments for naloxone in an amount up to $40 for each prescription dispensed will be billed to N-CAP, not to the individual getting naloxone.
  • Naloxone, the drug that reverses overdoses from opioids such as heroin and many prescribed pain relief medications, is now available in more than 2,600 pharmacies throughout New York State. Individuals who are themselves at risk for an overdose or their family members or friends may acquire naloxone in these pharmacies without bringing in a prescription.
  • Directory of pharmacies can be access online: www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/general/opioid_overdose_prevention/directories.htm
• Links to Community Opioid Overdose Prevention Training calendar www.nyoverdose.org/Home/Calendar.

• Registers eligible entities under Public Health Law 3309 with the New York State DOH, Opioid Overdose Prevention Initiative: www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/general/opioid_overdose_prevention/become_a_program.htm

Provides assistance with basic needs for individuals or families who have emergency need. Services provided, as resources permit, include emergency rent payment assistance, clothing, utility assistance, emergency food vouchers, rent and security deposit on a limited basis (excluding water/sewer bills), and personal hygiene items (shampoo, toothpaste, sanitary items, diapers), which can be utilized once every 30 days while supplies last. Offers food vouchers from the Utica office, and a food pantry for individuals and families in the Rome area. Assists with prescription drug assistance for up to a month supply, depending on fund availability to Madison County residents.

Provides assistance with basic needs for individuals or families who have emergency need. Services provided, as resources permit, include emergency rent payment assistance, clothing, utility assistance, emergency food vouchers, rent and security deposit on a limited basis (excluding water/sewer bills), and personal hygiene items (shampoo, toothpaste, sanitary items, diapers), which can be utilized once every 30 days while supplies last. Offers food vouchers from the Utica office, and a food pantry for individuals and families in the Rome area. Assists with prescription drug assistance for up to a month supply, depending on fund availability to Madison County residents.