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Massachusetts Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone on Medicare

Award Number: 90SAPG0116
ORGANIZATION: Center for Integrated Programs
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2030

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Massachusetts Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone on Medicare - Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs seeks to continue and expand its Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone Program in order to provide education and health insurance counseling to Medicare-eligible individuals, their families and caregivers. Renewal of funding from the Administration for Community Living will support staffing and training for counselors in order to realize the following Goals: 1. Provide accurate, objective and comprehensive information and assistance; 2. Promote awareness, knowledge and education surrounding SHINE; 3. Recruit, train and retain a diverse, sufficient and effective work force; 4. Develop and strengthen operational excellence-program structure and organization; and 5. Promote adaptable processes to position SHINE for change. These goals will be supported through achievement of the following objectives: 1. Increase content knowledge of counselors and beneficiaries; 2. Increase public awareness of SHINE; 3. Ensure diverse corps of counselors; 4. Use the new Learning Management system to reach community and potential volunteers; 5. Use STARS database to plan to increase diversity; 6. Improve alignment of program goals to performance measures; 7. Increase accountability to program expectations. Accomplishment of these objectives is expected to result in the following Outcomes: 1. A consumer population that is well educated in its insurance and health benefit options; 2. An increased capacity to reach multicultural communities and people who speak English as a second language; 3. Documented cost saving among SHINE consumers in prescription drug expenditures; 4. Improved visibility of SHINE program and community awareness of health insurance options.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $968,127 )
2025	2025	MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS	1 Ashburton Pl FL 10	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	State Health Insurance Assistance Program	00	1	4/3/2025	NEW	$319,482
2025	2025	MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS	1 ASHBURTON PL RM 517	BOSTON	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	State Health Insurance Assistance Program	01	1	5/21/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$648,645
														Subtotal = $968,127

Grand Total All Awards = $968,127

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Massachusetts Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone on Medicare

Award Number: 90SAPG0116

ORGANIZATION: Center for Integrated Programs

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2030

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