HRSA Health Center Outreach and Enrollment One-Time Supplemental

Funding Call

December 17, 2013

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Agenda

• Federal Update• FY 2014 One-Time Outreach and Enrollment Supplemental

Funding Overview• Resources• Questions and Answers

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Federal Update

• Important dates• CuidadodeSalud.gov• Healthcare.gov • Other

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FY 2014 One-Time Supplemental Funding Terms

• One-time supplemental funding is meant to provide support to health centers to meet increased demand for enrollment assistance.

• This one-time supplemental funding will support immediate health center needs, consistent with the intent of and allowable costs outlined in FY 2013 Health Center Outreach and Enrollment Assistance Supplemental Funding.

• Any ongoing expenditures initially supported by these one-time funds beyond FY 2014 must sustained with other resources.

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FY 2014 One-Time Supplemental Funding Terms

• Health centers must use these funds to increase their current outreach and enrollment assistance capacity. This includes: – Expanding the hours of existing outreach and enrollment

assistance workers, – Hiring new or temporary outreach and enrollment

assistance workers, and/or – Other allowable activities and costs consistent with the

FY 2013 outreach and enrollment supplemental guidance (expected within 30 days of award).

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FY 2014 One-Time Supplemental Funding Terms

• Health centers should collaborate with other health centers and organizations in their service area to ensure that outreach and enrollment assistance activities are coordinated with other local, regional, and/or state-wide outreach and enrollment assistance efforts and training requirements.

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Review of FY 2013 Supplemental Funding Expectations

• Health center outreach and enrollment (O/E) assistance workers supported by this funding opportunity must: – Demonstrate and maintain expertise in: eligibility and

enrollment rules and procedures; the range of qualified health plan options and insurance affordability programs; the needs of underserved and vulnerable populations; and privacy and security standards.

– Comply with and successfully complete all required and applicable federal and/or state consumer assistance training, as is required for all assistance personnel carrying out consumer assistance functions.

– All O/E supplemental funds are to be used to support new O/E capacity and not supplant existing resources.

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Review of FY 2013 Supplemental Funding Expectations

• Health centers will be required to report additional activities supported through this one-time supplemental via the Health Center Program Outreach and Enrollment Quarterly Progress Report (QPR).

• QPR to be submitted through the HRSA Electronic Handbook (EHB) in January 2014, April 2014, July 2014, and October 2014.

• HRSA will provide additional guidance regarding specific requirements and deadlines through separate resources that will be available at http://bphc.hrsa.gov/outreachandenrollment/.

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O/E Allowable Costs

• O/E assistance personnel;• Fringe benefits for O/E assistance workers; • Moveable equipment and supplies to support outreach

and enrollment assistance individually valued at less than $5,000;

• Leasing of temporary space for the sole purpose of outreach and enrollment assistance activities;

• Training in support of the grant; and • Local travel in support of the grant.

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Unallowable Costs

• Support for personnel other than O/E assistance workers; • Fringe benefits other than those to support O/E assistance

workers; • Moveable equipment and supplies individually valued at

$5,000 or greater; • Vehicles; • Primary health care services; • Construction costs (including minor alterations and

renovation and fixed/installed equipment); • Facility or land purchases; and • Incentives (e.g., gift cards, food, free services).

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Resources

• BPHC O/E Team Inbox– bphc-oe@hrsa.gov

• One-time Supplemental Funding FAQs– http://bphc.hrsa.gov/outreachandenrollment/oe_additional_faqs.pdf

• BPHC O/E supplemental funding technical assistance website– http://bphc.hrsa.gov/outreachandenrollment/

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Q&A

Questions?

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