Developing and Increasing Access to Health and Community Services

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Developing and Increasing Access to Health and
Community Services
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What are the barriers to access to health and
community services?
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Funding-related barriers to access

• Availability of services
• Adequacy of available services to meet the need

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Physical barriers to access
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Programmatic barriers to access

• Lack of outreach capacity
• Ineffective outreach
• Negative perception of the program
• Affordability, eligibility, and other issues
  raised by organizational resources or funders
• Program quality

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Barriers to individuals' access

• Transportation
• Program location
• Program schedule
• Child care
• The target population doesn't see the issue as a
  problem
• Personal issues
• Cultural issues

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Reducing the barriers how to increase access to
health and community services

• Getting a program started or increasing the
  capacity of an existing program almost always
  requires money. Regardless of the source of that
  money - public and/or private - you aren't likely
  to get it without vigorous advocacy.

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Finding private funding sources

• Foundations
• Community fundraising

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Breaking down the physical barriers to access

• Removing or adapting physical barriers is, in
  large part, a financial issue, but there may be
  some creative ways to address it without, or in
  addition to, money

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Making sure your program does the job

• Increasing program capacity
• Developing effective outreach
• Negative perceptions of the program
• Affordability and eligibility
• Program quality

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Removing barriers to individuals' participation

• Transportation
• Program location
• Program schedule
• Child care
• Target population doesn't see the issue as a
  problem
• Target population's personal issues with the
  service
• Cultural issues