Trusted Messengers to Support Health Care Coverage
The Connecticut Health Foundation recognizes the importance of health care coverage in achieving good health outcomes. Two major changes in health care coverage are expected to occur in 2023:
- Eligibility for HUSKY (Medicaid) will extend to all children aged 12 and younger, regardless of immigration status, beginning Jan. 1.
- The federal public health emergency is expected to end, which will cause more than 200,000 state residents to need to verify their eligibility for Medicaid or find another source of coverage.
To assure that the people affected by these changes receive information about their coverage options from a trusted source, the Connecticut Health Foundation seeks to serve as trusted messengers to share information, answer questions, and connect people to resources as needed. Grants will be available for organizations conducting messaging related to coverage for undocumented children, or related to the coverage changes that will occur after the public health emergency ends, or both. Priority will be given to organizations working in communities where messaging on these topics might not otherwise be occurring.
Trusted Messenger RFP Resources:
- Trusted Messenger RFP Info Session Slide Deck
- 1/11 Info Session Recording | 1/11 Spanish Audio
- 1/12 Info Session Recording
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