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ACCESS NYC
ACCESS NYC is a new Web Service to Streamline the Application to Human Service Benefit Programs.
In fall 2006, the City of New York launched ACCESS NYC, an online resource that promotes self-sufficiency among New York City’s residents by providing a single point of entry to City, State, and Federal human service benefit programs. ACCESS NYC follows a recommendation of the Mayor’s Commission for Economic Opportunity to use technology to simplify, streamline, and automate the delivery of government services.
ACCESS NYC allows residents to pre-screen, anonymously, for more than 20 programs across eight agencies in seven different languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Haitian-Creole, and English. By entering household information, residents can receive a list of the programs for which they are potentially eligible, print partially-complete application forms, search for office locations, and create an account to access their information at a later time.
The website was designed to be a clear, easy-to-use entry point for benefit programs offered to NYC residents. The City is partnering with non profit organizations to promote the ACCESS NYC and encourage its use in the community.
Looking ahead, ACCESS NYC will expand in several significant ways. The City will continue to add City, State, and Federal programs to the screening tool; develop functionality for electronic applications; and fully-integrate this program with 311 for greater accessibility.
To learn more about this new service, please visit ACCESS NYC online at: http://www.NYC.gov/accessnyc.
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