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ENROLL Virginia!
• Statewide Enrollment Assistance Network
– ENROLL Virginia! is a collaboration of the Virginia
Poverty Law Center (VPLC), Young Invincibles and
legal aid programs throughout Virginia
• Toll-free hotline: 1-888-392-5132
• Online Outreach: Website (www.EnrollVa.org),
Facebook, and Twitter (@enrollvirginia)
www.EnrollVa.org
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1-888-392-5132
Where Did We Start?
• September 3, 2013 - Started
• 31 Navigators at 16 sites throughout Virginia
– 1 Million of 8.1 Million Virginians are uninsured
• 2 Navigators in Northern Virginia
– 260,000 Northern Virginians are uninsured
– 65,000 Medicaid Gap
www.EnrollVa.org
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Reaching Out to Allies and Creating a Network
• Federally Funded Health Centers
– ANSHI, Greater Prince William Community Health
Center, Healthworks for Northern Virginia
• Non-Profits Serving the Same Population
– Northern Virginia Family Service
• Free Clinics
– Arlington Free Clinic
• Department of Human Services (respective
cities and counties)
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Recruiting, Training and Maintaining Volunteers
• Demand Required Trained Volunteers
• No Natural Base of Volunteers
• Recruiting, Training and Organizing Volunteers
while Servicing Clients
• Volunteer Support…Sustaining Their
Involvement
– Enrollment Parties
• Every Wednesday evening, ENROLL Virginia hosts
volunteer CACs who meet with clients one on one for
application assistance in Arlington, VA
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Lessons Learned and What’s Next?
• Lessons Learned
– High Demand because Health Literacy is
Extremely Low
– Critical Importance of In-Person Assistance
– Many Consumers Need Advocacy Assistance
• What’s Next?
– Consolidate and sustain the developing
infrastructure
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