God's Love We Deliver is a nonprofit that provides medically tailored meals to individuals unable to cook due to chronic health issues such as HIV/AIDS. This initiative began during the AIDS crisis and has evolved into a partnership with Amida Care, which offers these meals as a reimbursable Medicaid benefit. Allyson Schiff emphasizes the organization's role as a healthcare provider by prescribing food instead of traditional medications. Additionally, New York's Department of Health has initiated a $500 million Social Care Network to connect Medicaid members with organizations addressing issues like food insecurity.
God's Love We Deliver, a nonprofit, pioneered the use of food as a health intervention during the AIDS crisis, providing medically tailored meals for HIV patients.
In 2020, Amida Care became the first Medicaid Special Needs Health Plan in New York to partner with GLWD to offer medically tailored, home-delivered meals.
Allyson Schiff stated, "We've started seeing ourselves as a health care provider - very similar to the doctor you go to. Except instead of a prescription for a pill or physical therapy, we're writing you a prescription for food."
The New York State Department of Health launched a $500 million Social Care Network to connect Medicaid members with community-based organizations addressing social determinants of health.
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