Social Determinants of Health: Resource List
Housing
- Local shelters
- Local housing authority
Food
- Local food bank or pantry
- Meals on Wheels
- Salvation Army
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Women, Infants, Children (WIC)
Transportation
- Council on Aging
- Local public transportation
- Health system transportation assistance
- Health insurance transportation assistance
Finances
- Utility company assistance program
- Rental assistance program
- Salvation Army emergency financial assistance
- Local township trustee
- Supplemental Security Income
Medical care/insurance
- Medicare or Medicaid
- Extra Help or Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
- Health system insurance navigator
- Health system financial assistance
Child care
- Head Start
- Faith-based childcare services
- State child-care assistance
- Employer or school-based child-care assistance
Exercise classes
- Local library
- Local YMCA or JCC
- Local community center or senior center
- Local parks and recreation department
- Local faith-based organization