New York Project Director

Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
50 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-809-4675
Email: cacf@cacf.org

Project CHARGE Partners

Asian Americans for Equality
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Center for Study of Asian American Health at New York University
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
Child Center of New York
Chinese-American Planning Council
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
Family Health Project
Henry Street Settlement
Kalusugan Coalition
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York
MAAWS for Global Welfare
New York Asian Women's Center
NYU South Asian Health Initiative
John Chin, Ph.D., Hunter College

Lead Agency: Coalition for Asian American Children & Families

The four-year project of the New York City coalition, Project CHARGE (Coalition for Health Access to Reach Greater Equity) focuses on increasing access to public and private, employer-based health insurance. It advocates expanded services for people enrolling in public plans, including culturally competent and language-accessible enrollment initiatives and expansion of critical "enabling services," such as language assistance, transportation, outreach, health education,and case management. It promotes collective advocacy to improve policies, funding, and pan-Asian interests in health care access and quality and provides information on the state budget development and legislative processes.