Monday, May 19, 2025
5/19/2025
Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated Exchanges. - Jefferson Franklin Community Action Corporation (JFCAC) is a not-for-profit (501(c) (3) agency that is on the front lines pushing to improve rural communities throughout Jefferson and Franklin Counties of Missouri. JFCAC continues to engage in the Insurance Assistance Program (IAP), with no sub-Recipients/sub-Awardees. JFCAC is entering into the third budget period of this 36-month period of performance with an approved total funding amount of $117,173.00. JFCAC target Population continues to include those individuals who are disproportionately without access to coverage or care and may lack knowledge about affordable options, including but not limited to, general population, hourly wage workers, seasonal workers, and consumers lacking knowledge about health insurance options and/or enrollment. IAP will assist consumers with limited English proficiency, and circumstances of unemployment or low income. Additional groups for target will be those consumers who are expected to lose Medicaid and CHIP coverage when the continues enrollment conditions expired due to the end of the public health emergency status. JFCAC is expecting there will be many individuals impacted as being unwound from their coverage during the 2023-2024 period. Efforts to increase outreach and enrollment to these individuals will also be a priority goal for JFCAC IAP. To successfully continue in the outreach and enrollment of targeted individuals for education and enrollment efforts, JFCAC will have on staff four (4) IAP Health Navigators (3) at 25% & 1 at 50% allocation) and a Coordinator (1) focusing on MAC, federally trained and certified/recertified by October 1, 2023, and throughout open enrollment ending January 15, 2024, as well as post enrollment, through the end of the budget year. Due to the IAP Health Navigators and Coordinator, trained and certified, eligible beneficiaries in both counties will be enrolled in a QHP as a direct result of the program's assistance. The IAP Health Navigators will also continue to support the growth of the established tow county partnering coalition, providing greater resources and infrastructure to strengthen the project's enrollment and retention goals.
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).