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“100 % Insured For Sure:”
CHS wins health insurance enrollment program for Cumberland County’s low income minorities, children, and youth
                               
Cumberland County has the highest rate of uninsured children in southern New Jersey (over 11%). Low income minority families’ access to affordable health care is steadily declining. Through a new grant from the New Jersey Department Health and Senior Services, the Center for Human Services (CHS) will increase the number of low income, minority families enrolled in New Jersey’s FamilyCare program. “100% Insured for Sure” will focus on enrolling eligible Spanish-speaking Latino, African-American, and Native American populations, as well as residents of the assault and domestic violence shelters.

Louis Marino, who directs the CHS Bridgeton office, will serve as the Project Director. He will work with Carmen Lopez, Outreach/Project Manager, and qualified Volunteer Outreach Advocates (VOAs) to identify possible applicants through ongoing CHS programs including health literacy, education and vocational rehabilitation, and on-site childcare. In addition, Bridgeton and Vineland Public Schools systems will help find eligible students through school programs.

VOAs will conduct community outreach in churches, grocery stores, barbershops, health fairs, beauty salons, and community centers. The project will also share information through mass media, including Univision, the highly viewed Spanish language television station, WJNC, a popular Spanish radio station, Nuestra Communidad, a Hispanic community newspaper, The Daily Journal, and The Bridgeton News.

For information on this project, please contact Louis Marino at lmarino@urc-chs.com.

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