Show Me Connecting Kids and Families will enroll/retain 6,925 children, 3,065 parents, and 1,360 pregnant women in the Medicaid/CHIP Program. - Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements (CMS-3Y3-25-001) Missouri Coalition for Primary Health Care d/b/a Missouri Primary Care Association 3325 Emerald Ln. Ste B Jefferson City, MO 65109 Joseph Pierle, Chief Executive Officer Email address: jpierle@mo-pca.org, 573-636-4222 (phone), 573-636-4585 (fax) Funding Request: $3,000,000 total over a five-year period Collaborative Name: Show Me Connecting Kids and Families Missouri Coalition for Primary Health Care d/b/a Missouri Primary Care Association (MPCA) proposes to serve as a new applicant, leading a collaborative of four partners in the Show Me Connecting Kids and Families program. MPCA is partnering with three Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) subrecipient partners to serve the following areas of Missouri: Clay County, Greene County, Jackson County, St. Louis County, City of St. Louis (St. Louis is its own and separate jurisdiction), Stone County, and Webster County. These areas have the highest number of uninsured children in the state and are close to Missouri’s largest metropolitan areas of Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield. MPCA will serve as the lead applicant for the collaborative along with the following FQHCs subrecipients: Family Care Health Care (St. Louis area), Samuel Rodgers Health Center (Kansas City area), and Fordland Community Health Center (Springfield area). The goals of the Show Me Connecting Kids and Families program are: Program Goal #1: To enroll/retain 6,925 children, 3,065 parents, and 1,360 pregnant women in the Medicaid/CHIP Program. Program Goal #2: Collaborate on outreach and enrollment efforts among Show Me Connecting Kids and Families partners, conducting community outreach strategies to increase awareness and connect families to coverage. The Show Me Connecting Kids and Families collaborative partnership requests $3,000,000 over the five year project period. Subrecipients will employ outreach and enrollment staff to provide 1:1 assistance to children and their parents/caregivers as well as pregnant women, aiding with new and renewal applications for MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid/CHIP). Community workshops and outreach events will be conducted and during year one, the Show Me Connecting Kids and Families collaborative anticipates providing 50 outreach events reaching an estimated 1,120 people, as well as providing 29 community workshops. Funds for the program will be used for: 1) providing patient in-reach to uninsured children and their parents/caregivers who are uninsured FQHC patients and may qualify for MO HealthNet, 2) accepting referrals from community partners of persons needing assistance with MO HealthNet applications/renewals, 3) conducting outreach events and community workshops, including back-to-school events, health fairs, and community partner events, 4) providing direct 1:1 assistance for new and renewal MO HealthNet applications, and 5) conducting a comprehensive outreach and social media campaign in conjunction with the national Connecting Kids to Coverage campaign efforts. The campaign will utilize popular social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly known as Twitter). The campaign will reach an estimated 750,000 Missourians through 1.5 million impressions.
