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