Aspire distributing COVID test kits to vulnerable Hoosiers
Aspire Indiana Health is distributing more than 40,000 COVID home test kits to its community partners, schools and other nonprofit organizations in Boone, Grant, Hamilton, Madison and Marion counties.
In order to reach our most vulnerable Hoosier populations, Aspire is partnering with community organizations in our 5-county primary service area that can best connect vulnerable Hoosier populations with the rapid COVID tests. Social disparities have been shown to result in lower income, minority, urban and rural populations having less access to free testing options.
“Aspire’s core mission is to serve the underserved. That’s why we’re working with schools, safety net providers and other partners in the Central Indiana community to get these much-needed test kits into the hands of people who serve people who face healthcare barriers,” said President & CEO Barbara Scott.
Those receiving the kits include:
- Madison-Grant United Schools Corporation
- Hamilton Heights School Corporation
- The Christian Center, Anderson
- Christian Academy
- Anderson Housing Authority
- Homeless Ministries -- Anderson
- Boone County Department of Child Services (DCS)
- Madison DCS
- Hamilton DCS
- Marion DCS
- Boone County Health Department
- Madison County Health Department
- Hamilton County Health Department
- Marion County Sheriff’s Department
- Boone County Sheriff’s Department
- Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department
- Madison County Sheriff’s Department
- Good Samaritan Network
- Goodwill
- PACE
- Operation Love
- Park Place Community Center
- Hope Academy
- Step Up
- Noble ACT
- Fishers Fire Department
- Man 4 Man (Anderson)
- East Lynn Food Pantry (Anderson)
- Salvation Army (Anderson)
- St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry (Anderson and Fishers)
- Third Phase (Hamilton)
- Shelter Care (Hamilton)
- O’Connor House
- Trustees Offices (Noblesville and Westfield)
- Buckner's Place (Marion)
- Deaf Community Services (Marion)
- Glick Neighborhood Center (Marion)
- Elwood Community School Corporation
- Anderson Preparatory Academy
- Liberty Christian
- Frankton Elementary
- Frankton Jr./Sr. High School
- Lapel Schools
- Alexandria Monroe Schools
- Matchbook Learning
- Indiana School for the Blind
- Holy Cross (Anderson)
- Ace Prep
- Anderson University
- Madison County Fire Rescue House
- ICA (Charter School Madison County)
- Fayette County Syringe Service Program
- Madison County Juvenile Probation and Youth Campus
- Madison County Community Corrections & Advisory Board
- Suburban North Club
- Carvel Club
- Club East
- Westside Club
- Southside Club
- Hamilton County Community Corrections & Advisory Board
- Hamilton County Council
- Hamilton County Courts
- Hamilton County Probation
- Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office
- Hamilton County Juvenile Services
- Madison County Syringe Service
- Grace Baptist Church
The free test kits are made available by the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to health centers and Medicare-certified rural health clinics for distribution to patients and community members. Aspire Indiana Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) certified to accept Medicare and Medicaid.
“Health centers provide primary care services to nearly 29 million people each year throughout the country, including in geographically isolated and medically underserved and vulnerable communities. Two-thirds of the population served by health centers are living in poverty, over 60% are racial and/or ethnic minorities, and nearly 1.4 million are unhoused,” according to HRSA.
