Project Access Now

The first step to health care access is ensuring community members have adequate health insurance coverage that fits their needs. By providing essential support and guidance, project access now empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their health insurance coverage and access the care they need. For individuals who make too much to qualify for free coverage through the oregon health plan, but not enough to afford private insurance, panow provided monthly insurance payment support. In our 2024 fiscal year, 2,543 individuals were able to find or keep insurance coverage with panow's support.

Whole-person care goes far beyond simply having health insurance coverage. Our dedicated team of community health workers and donated care specialists empower individuals to access the care they deserve by scheduling appointments, providing prescription medication assistance, arranging donated care for uninsured individuals, ensuring coordination between an individual's social and health service providers, and providing language interpretation services so individuals can seek care in their primary language. In our 2024 fiscal year, we arranged 1,646 primary and specialty care appointments, and provided prescription medication support for 2,162 individua