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Resource center and county aging office outline outreach for New York’s 1.15 Medicaid waiver
Summary
A social navigator from the Resource Center described the 1.15 Medicaid waiver, which tests nonmedical services through May 2027, and county Office for the Aging officials said they are contracting with Winniak to help screen and refer eligible Medicaid recipients for services such as food boxes, rental assistance and minor home repairs.
At the Nov. 19 Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, a representative introduced as Veil Gonzalez Colon, a social navigator with the Resource Center, described New York’s 1.15 Medicaid waiver and local outreach efforts.
Gonzalez Colon said the waiver is a testing program through May 2027 that can provide nonmedical services beyond standard Medicaid benefits, including weekly fresh-food boxes for qualifying families (up to six months in one description), utility and rental assistance,…
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