Established in 2001, the Health Access Project (HAP) is a community partnership that works to develop a more effective system for providing health care to low-income, uninsured residents of Salt Lake County. The Health Access Project targets individuals who have incomes at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Level. HAP Poverty guidelines available in Adobe Acrobat format. Download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader® (link will open in a new window).

Approximately 110,000 uninsured individuals live in Salt Lake County, the majority of which do not have access to affordable health care. When they get sick, the uninsured often delay seeking care until their condition has worsened. Many uninsured patients use the Emergency Room as their main source of care, increasing health care costs for the entire community.

In collaboration with all the major health care providers in Salt Lake County, HAP is creating a system through which the uninsured can obtain needed health care before it becomes an emergency. HAP accomplishes this by leveraging donated physician and hospital care, as well as by providing culturally-appropriate case management and enabling interpreter services. View a complete list of HAP partners.