Thank you!

Thanks to all the sponsors, donors, attendees and volunteers, Silver Celebration of Caring, NCHM’s 25th anniversary gala, was an outstanding event featuring live auction, grab bag raffle and a Treasure Box raffle containing his and hers watches from Peter & Co. Our supporters continued generosity has made a big impact in lives of our patients as we work to help to uninsured in Greater Western Cleveland! We couldn't "do what we do" without your help.

Save the date for next year’s Celebration: August 30, 2012

North Coast Health Ministry is now offering assistance to members of the community wishing to apply for public assistance programs through The Ohio Benefit Bank™. Individuals interested in learning about programs they may be eligible for are guided through an online application process by a trained Benefit Bank counselor. These programs can provide resources to individuals who may be having a hard time making ends meet, and include food and nutrition, health care, energy and child care assistance.

“It is our job as a free clinic to help our patients get access to all forms of assistance for which they are eligible,” says NCHM Executive Director Lee Elmore. “If someone is eligible for Medicaid, for instance, it’s our responsibility to assist them with their application so that they can get the benefits to which they are entitled. Our Ohio Benefit Bank counselors can help them through the process and, in many cases, help them access a range of other supports that positively impact their health, such as food, prescription, and utility assistance.”

Each year, more than $2.4 billion in public assistance goes unclaimed by Ohio citizens. Nearly 97 percent of these dollars are federal funds and must be returned for reallocation to other states or programs. The Ohio Benefit Bank™ strives to assist Ohioans in accessing these dollars because they are revenue for our local economies, they help stabilize families, and they help low- and moderate-income people overcome the devastating effects of poverty.

North Coast Health Ministry’s Benefit Bank counselors are available by appointment only and takes place at 16110 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. For many of the programs supported by The Ohio Benefit Bank™, certain income guidelines must be met. Other programs have income guidelines as well as resource guidelines that must be met. Individuals that believe they may be eligible for assistance and are interested in scheduling an appointment with a counselor should call 216-228-7878.

North Coast Health Ministry has

• Been selected as a 2010 Plain Dealer Holiday Spirit Agency. NCHM was one of local 20 agencies providing health and human services chosen from a total of 87 local agencies that applied for the program.

• Received a grant from the office of Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray for patient prescription medication assistance. The one-time grant is the outcome of a 2008 multi-state settlement with Express Scripts Inc.

North Coast Health Ministry is proud to report that it has received grants from the following foundations recently:

• The Community West Foundation

• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio

• The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation

• Cotabish Charitable Trust

• The Dominion Foundation

• Northeast Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure

• The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation

• Saint Luke’s Foundation

News Release

While NCHM works with its patients to enroll them in prescription assistance programs offered by pharmaceutical manufacturers through which they can receive free or low-cost medications, there are many drugs not included in the manufacturers' programs.  Often, even for drugs included in the programs, there is a waiting period of a month before a patient can begin receiving free or low-cost medications.  The partnership with Discount Drug Mart will allow patients with a NCHM identification card to access their prescriptions through a $25 co-pay for generic medications or a $50 co-pay for brand-name medications.  

News Release

CLEVELAND, Ohio -  February 10, 2009 - Hyland Software, Inc. has selected North Coast Health Ministry (NCHM) as a partner agency for its employee volunteer program.  The purpose of Hyland's newly formalized employee volunteer program is to give back to the communities where company employees live and work by offering paid time off for volunteer work.

North Coast Health Ministry was chosen for the partnership as a local non-profit organization that uses Hyland Software's OnBase enterprise content management (ECM) software and as an expression of Hyland's support for NCHM's mission of providing health care to the low-income uninsured.

Thank you for your
generous support!

Thanks to all who came out in support of NCHM on April 15 at Local Girl Gallery. We had a sell-out crowd, making our third annual event our best yet!

We are so very grateful to everyone who attended the event all the artists who donated their handiwork, and all the restaurants and friends of NCHM who donated food or beverages for the event.