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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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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