WV Receives Grant Monies to Increase CHIP & Medicaid Enrollment

In September 2009 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $40 million in grants to 69 grantees in 41 states and the District of Columbia to help them find and enroll children who are uninsured but eligible for either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Over $300,000 of those funds were earmarked for the West Virginia Alliance for Sustainable Families (WVASF) and its partners including: the West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition, the Partners in Health Network, the Partnership for African American Churches, and South Central Educational Development.

Terrell Ellis and Associates (TEA) is responsible for the WVASF portion of the grant which is to provide overall administration and also to coordinate the outreach and enrollment activities at the volunteer income tax assistance sites throughout the state as the eligibility guidelines for the earned income tax credit (EITC) and CHIP very similar there is expected to be a lot of overlap with clients.

Other outreach and enrollment is being done by the other partners through health care providers at local clinics and hospitals throughout the state and at the grass roots level through faith based community organizations.

For more information on the expansion efforts, contact Calah Young at Terrell Ellis & Associates, Inc., (304) 342-6972.