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ENROLL Virginia!. Statewide Enrollment Assistance Network ENROLL Virginia! is a collaboration of the Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC), Young Invincibles and legal aid programs throughout Virginia Toll-free hotline: 1-888-392-5132
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ENROLL Virginia! • Statewide Enrollment Assistance Network • ENROLL Virginia! is a collaboration of the Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC), Young Invincibles and legal aid programs throughout Virginia • Toll-free hotline: 1-888-392-5132 • Online Outreach: Website (www.EnrollVa.org), Facebook, and Twitter (@enrollvirginia)
Where Did We Start? • September 3, 2013 - Started • 31 Navigators at 16 sites throughout Virginia • 1 Million of 8.1 Million Virginians are uninsured • 2 Navigators in Northern Virginia • 260,000 Northern Virginians are uninsured • 65,000 Medicaid Gap
Reaching Out to Allies and Creating a Network • Federally Funded Health Centers • ANSHI, Greater Prince William Community Health Center, Healthworks for Northern Virginia • Non-Profits Serving the Same Population • Northern Virginia Family Service • Free Clinics • Arlington Free Clinic • Department of Human Services (respective cities and counties)
Recruiting, Training and Maintaining Volunteers • Demand Required Trained Volunteers • No Natural Base of Volunteers • Recruiting, Training and Organizing Volunteers while Servicing Clients • Volunteer Support…Sustaining Their Involvement • Enrollment Parties • Every Wednesday evening, ENROLL Virginia hosts volunteer CACs who meet with clients one on one for application assistance in Arlington, VA
Lessons Learned and What’s Next? • Lessons Learned • High Demand because Health Literacy is Extremely Low • Critical Importance of In-Person Assistance • Many Consumers Need Advocacy Assistance • What’s Next? • Consolidate and sustain the developing infrastructure