Many seniors on a fixed-income are struggling with rising health care, rental and food prices. But accessing programs that could offset those costs are often tough to navigate. One Arizona organization was recently awarded a grant to guide older adults.
Chicanos por La Causa relies on health care navigators and community health workers to enroll low-income Arizonans, 55 and older, in programs like Medicaid and SNAP. To help fund that, Chicanos por La Causa was recently awarded a grant.
Claudia Boyer is the director of resource navigation there. She says many seniors struggle to get on these programs by themselves.
"The barriers include lack of access to the internet or computers, that's number one. The low digital literacy is hard for them, a lot of them, they don't have, or, you know, they don't own a phone or a computer," she said.
That’s where a navigator can help. Chicanos por la Causa was one of two Arizona organizations that were awarded grants from the National Council on Aging, which supports seniors nationwide.
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