Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated Exchanges - In this Non-Competing Continuation Application (NCCA) for Budget Year 3 (Y3), Covering Wisconsin (CWI) is the lead applicant of the Covering Wisconsin Navigator Consortium (the "Consortium"). The Consortium includes eleven agencies strategically located around Wisconsin: CWI, ABC for Rural Health, Centro Hispano of Dane County, Family Health Center of Marshfield, Feeding America of Eastern Wisconsin, Findley Foundation, Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center, Northern Wisconsin Concentrated Economic Program, Partnership Community Health Center, Progressive Community Health Center, and Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service. The total funding amount requested by the Consortium for Y3 (August 27, 2023 - August 26, 2024) is $3,130,871. The Consortium will provide education, outreach, and enrollment to any consumer seeking assistance, while targeting priority populations including: Black, Indigenous/Tribal, and other communities of color; Spanish and Hmong speakers, refugees/immigrants; LGBTQ+ persons, low-income, lower literacy, and reentry populations; farm workers and rural residents; pregnant women and women with children; young adults; persons recently unemployed; those who are Medicaid-eligible; and those approaching Medicare age eligibility. Special focus will be on consumers losing Medicaid due to Unwinding and needing to transition to Marketplace coverage. The Consortium will serve consumers in all 72 counties (statewide) in the FFE state of Wisconsin with 32.10 FTE Navigators (50 individuals). ----- Number of active Navigator staff to be federally trained and certified/re-certified by October 1, 2023 and throughout Open Enrollment (OE) which will end on January 15, 2024: (a) Total number of federally-trained and certified/re-certified Navigators: 46 Navigators (b) Out of the total number listed in (a), how many Navigators will be paid full-time/100% from Navigator grant funds: 3 Navigators (c) Out of the total number listed in (a), how many will be paid part-time from Navigator grant funds: 38 Navigators (1@90%, 6@80%, 4@75%, 1@70%, 2@65%, 1@55%, 8@50%, 3@40%, 4@30%, 5@25%, 2@15%, 1@10%) (d) Out of the total number listed in (a), how many Navigators will be volunteers/not paid from Navigator grant funds: 5 Navigators ----- Number of active Navigator staff to remain federally trained and certified/re-certified post-OE, January 16, 2024 to the end of the budget period on August 26, 2024: (a) Total number of federally-trained and certified/re-certified Navigators: 50 Navigators (b) Out of the total number listed in (a), how many Navigators will be paid full-time/100% from Navigator grant funds: 4 Navigators (c) Out of the total number listed in (a), how many will be paid part-time from Navigator grant funds: 41 Navigators (1@90%, 6@80%, 4@75%, 1@70%, 2@65%, 1@55%, 9@50%, 3@40%, 4@30%, 7@25%, 2@15%, 1@10%) (d) Out of the total number listed in (a), how many Navigators will be volunteers/not paid from Navigator grant funds: 5 Navigators
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).