The GNYHA Foundation, GNYHA's not-for-profit affiliate, is adding information on Nassau and Suffolk counties to its database of resources in the Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE), an on-line tool that connects low-income and uninsured New Yorkers to available health care and social services. Users will now have access to a total of nearly 4,000 searchable resources in HITE's database, including the new information for Long Island as well as HITE's existing comprehensive information on resources located in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and a seven-county region around Binghamton. In the near future, HITE is also planning to expand further to include resources in Queens and Staten Island. The expansion of HITE to Long Island was supported by a generous grant from the Suffolk Health Improvement Partnership's Health Community Access Program.        

HITE provides a comprehensive, searchable database of information to organizations that work with the uninsured—such as hospitals, clinics, social service agencies, community-based organizations, and others—on easily accessible, free, and low-cost health and social service providers located mostly in the New York metropolitan area. HITE users can search for resources by zip code, services offered, and languages spoken. Within seconds, HITE identifies a variety of programs and organizations that meet each user's unique needs. HITE's directory includes clinics with sliding-scale fees, homeless shelters, food pantries, support services for immigrants, assistance for victims of domestic violence, free legal services, and more. 

For more information, contact Michele Yellowitz or Jenne Russo at the GNYHA Foundation, or go to the HITE Web site at www.hitesite.org.